Minifacts about Norway 2012

 

8. Media and culture



Norway's largest newspapers
Newspaper, city of publication Circulation 2010 Change from 2009. Per cent Circulation 2011 Change from 2010. Per cent
VG - Verdens Gang, Oslo  233 295 -11.1  211 588 -9.3
Aftenposten, morning edition, Oslo  239 631 -1.9  235 795 -1.7
Dagbladet, Oslo 98 130 -6.8 98 989 0.9
Aftenposten, evening edition, Oslo  105 012 -5.9  101 754 -3.1
Bergens Tidende, Bergen 82 432 -0.8 79 467 -3.6
Adresseavisen, Trondheim 73 434 -3.2 71 657 -2.4
Dagens Næringsliv, Oslo 80 559 1.2 82 595 2.5
Stavanger Aftenblad, Stavanger 63 988 -2.0 63 282 1.1
Drammens Tidende, Drammen 36 109 -4.2 33 352 -7.6
Fædrelandsvennen, Kristiansand 37 934 -3.9 36 604 3.5
Source: Norwegian Media Businesses' Association.
More information: http://www.mediebedriftene.no/index.asp?id=79970

Newspapers1 
  Number Circulation. 1 000
  1993 2011 1993 2011
Newspapers, total  143  168 2 934 2 369
6 issues per week 62 61 2 197 1 726
2-5 issues per week 79 81  723  514
1 issue per week 2 26 14  129
         
Sunday editions .. 4  694  388
1  Members of the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association.
Source: Norwegian Media Businesses' Association.
More information: http://www.mediebedriftene.no/index.asp?id=79970

News agencies in Norway
Avisenes Nyhetsbyrå (ANB) Tel.: +47 22 99 84 00
PO Box 8713, Youngstorget, NO-0028 Oslo Internet: www.apressen.no
Contact: Tor Axelsen  
   
Norsk Telegrambyrå AS (NTB) Tel.: +47 22 03 44 00
Holbergs gate 1, PO Box 6817, St. Olavs plass, NO-0130 Oslo Internet: www.ntb.no
Contact: Pål Bjerketvedt  
   
Agence France-Presse (AFP) Tel.: +47 22 83 93 94
Haakon VIIs gate 10, NO-0161 Oslo E-mail: oslo@afp.com
Contact: Pierre-Henry Deshayes Internet: www.afp.com
   
Associated Press (AP) Tel.: +47 22 20 10 30
Haakon VIIs gate 10, NO-0161 Oslo Internet: www.ap.org
Contact: Bjoern Henning Amland  
   
Bloomberg Nyhetsbyrå Tel.: +47 22 99 62 10
CJ Hambros plass 2c, NO-0164 Oslo Internet: www.bloomberg.com
   
ITAR Tass Tel.: +47 22 60 61 91
Fougstads gate 9, NO-0173 Oslo Internet: www.itar-tass.com
Contact: Anatoly Naydionov  
   
Thomson Reuters Norway Tel.: +47 22 93 69 00
Stortorvet 10, NO-0155 Oslo Internet: www.reuters.com
Contact: Wojciech Moskwa  
   
Xinhua News Tel.: +47 40 20 65 42
Haakon VIIs gate 10, NO-0161 Oslo Internet: www.xinhuanet.com/english/
Contact: Li Guorong  
   
Foreign Press Association Tel.: +47 22 24 50 74
Haakon VIIs gate 10, NO-0161 Oslo Internet: www.fpanorway.com
Contact: Björn Lindahl  
   
Norway International Press Center Tel.: +47 23 15 61 80
Haakon VIIs gate 10, NO-0161 Oslo E-post: nips@mfa.no
Contact: Benedicte Koren Tresselt  

Fixed and mobile telephone subscriptions, 31 December1



1 Figures for 2011 as of 30 June.
Source:  Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority.
More information:  http://www.npt.no/portal/page/portal/PG_NPT_NO_EN/PAG_NPT_EN_HOME

Access to media and electronic appliances at home, ages 9-79. Per cent
  1991 1997 2009 2010
NRK1 98 97 98 98
NRK2 . 71 93 92
NRK3 . . 89 90
TV 2 . 91 94 92
TVNorge 36 72 91 91
TV3 33 53 87 88
Local TV 28 43 58 45
Swedish TV 40 45 56 56
Video cassette player 51 70 55 47
DVD player . . 87 87
Hard disc recorder . . 29 38
DAB radio . . 18 21
Local radio 87 89 86 83
         
Cassette player 95 92 50 49
Record player 63 57 31 29
CD player 33 81 96 96
MP3 player . . 58 65
         
Private satellite dish 5 19 34 36
Cable 29 38 51 51
Shared antenna 7 6 4 5
         
Home PC .. 50 92 94
Internet .. 13 91 93
Video games .. 23 53 52
DVD player in PC . . 81 84
Mobile telephone .. .. 97 97
Broadband .. .. 82 84
Newspaper . . 70 69
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/medie_en/

Use of media and electronics, average day. Ages 9-79



Source:  Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/medie_en/

Cultural activities. Per cent of population participating in the previous 12 months. Ages 9-79. 2008



Source:  Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/kulturbar_en/

Membership1  Church of Norway and other religious and life stance communities, 2011
  Members Per cent
Population, total2  4 985 870  100.0
Membership, Church of Norway 31 December 2010 3 835 477 78.0
     
Christian faith communities, total  266 834  100.0
Seventh Day Adventist 5 066 1.9
Free Evangelical Fellowship 3 395 1.3
Evangelical Lutheran Church Community 19 614 7.4
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church 4 146 1.6
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland in Norway 5 946 2.2
The Christian Church (Smith's Friends) 7 110 2.7
Orthodox Church in Norway 9 894 3.7
Roman Catholic 83 018 31.1
Evangelical Lutheran Church Community 3 213 1.2
Baptist 9 922 3.7
Missionary Covenant Church 9 091 3.4
Jehovah's Witnesses 11 739 4.4
The Christian Community 2 585 1.0
Christian Center 3 252 1.2
Methodist 11 055 4.1
Pentecostal 39 599 14.8
Church of Sweden in Norway 17 376 6.5
Other Christian faith communities 20 813 7.8
     
Other religions, total  133 219  100.0
Bahá'í 1 064 0.8
Buddhism 14 580 10.9
Hinduism 5 858 4.4
Islam  106 735 80.1
Sikhism 2 975 2.2
Judaism  819 0.6
Other 1 188 0.9
     
Life stance communities, total 84 481  100.0
Norwegian Humanist Association 83 109 98.4
Other 1 372 1.6
1  Includes only members for whom public financial support is received.
2  Population as of 1 January 2012.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/trosamf_en/