Gross investment (tangible assets) data for “Extraction of oil and natural gas” (06) are not included in the survey, and this affects the results for gross investments. The survey will be recalculated when the data are available.
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Statistics about
Foreign subsidiaries in Norway
The survey describes the structure and development of foreign affiliates in Norway and their impact on the Norwegian economy.
Selected figures from this statistics
- Enterprises under foreign control. The most important ownersDownload table as ...Enterprises under foreign control. The most important owners
2022 Enterprises Persons employed Turnover (NOK million) Enterprises under foreign control, in all 9 882 391 057 2 424 701 Sweden 2 981 96 730 351 052 Denmark 1 066 37 323 138 960 United Kingdom 897 40 368 384 940 United States of America 882 53 192 364 878 Switzerland 598 22 298 325 527 Germany 485 28 943 166 386 Netherlands 353 10 455 52 807 Finland 343 16 497 132 419 France 300 25 182 105 252 In per cent Sweden 30.2 24.7 14.5 Denmark 10.8 9.5 5.7 United Kingdom 9.1 10.3 15.9 United States of America 8.9 13.6 15.0 Switzerland 6.1 5.7 13.4 Germany 4.9 7.4 6.9 Netherlands 3.6 2.7 2.2 Finland 3.5 4.2 5.5 France 3.0 6.4 4.3 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 12 September 2023.
Branch
A local unit not constituting a separate legal entity.
Control
The ability to determine the general policy of an enterprise by choosing appropriate directors.
Enterprise
The smallest combination of legal units that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources.
Enterprise group
An association of enterprises bound together by legal and/or financial links and controlled by the group head.
Foreign affiliate
An enterprise or a branch resident in a country which is under the control of an institutional unit not resident in the same country.
Institutional unit
Elementary economic decision-making centre characterised by uniformity of behaviour and decision-making autonomy in the exercise of its principal function. There are two main types of institutional units:
1. Households and individuals who make up a household
2. Legal entities
Legal entity
A legal or social entity is one whose existence is recognized by law or society independently of the persons or other entities that may own or control it.
Ultimate controlling institutional unit (UCI)
The institutional unit, proceeding up a foreign affiliate’s chain of control, which is not controlled by another institutional unit.
The classification by industry in the Inward Foreign Afiliates Statistics follows the Norwegian Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2007), which is based on NACE Rev.2 (EU) and ISIC Rev.4 (UN). NACE Rev. 2 is used when data are transmitted to Eurostat.
The classification by country or territory in the Inward Foreign Afiliates Statistics follows the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes, which are two-letter country codes defined in the ISO 3166-1 standard. GEONOM is used when data are transmitted to Eurostat.