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6.10 State supported public and school libraries

Year	Public libraries			School libraries
	Public libraries, total	Stock of volumes	Books lent	School libraries, total	Stock of volumes	Books lent
		Million	Million		Million	Million
1918-19	561	1.01	2.07	..	..	..
1920-21	619	1.08	2.51	..	..	..
1924-25	836	1.32	3.26	..	..	..
1930-31	799	1.50	3.67	..	..	..
1934-35	889	1.72	4.11	..	..	..
1940-41	987	1.97	3.66	..	..	..
1945-46	924	2.19	3.28	5 109	0.61	1.21
1946-47	934	2.31	3.42	5 109	0.61	1.21
1947-48	960	2.39	3.69	5 255	0.71	1.50
1948-49	1 086	2.53	4.06	5 255	0.78	1.66
1949-50	1 136	2.66	4.40	5 259	0.86	1.81
1950-51	1 137	2.82	4.81	5 259	0.93	2.00
1951-52	1 137	3.02	5.17	5 265	1.02	2.17
1952-53	1 129	3.48	5.42	5 265	1.11	2.38
1953-54	1 133	3.65	5.25	5 265	1.17	2.48
1954-55	1 136	3.47	5.35	5 265	1.26	2.66
1955-56	1 144	3.64	5.72	5 094	1.34	2.97
1956-57	1 148	3.90	6.24	5 094	1.42	3.28
1957-58	1 078	4.14	6.92	4 976	1.69	3.59
1958-59	1 097	4.41	7.33	4 837	1.80	4.02
1959-60	1 103	4.55	7.97	..	1.86	3.64
1961	1 105	4.86	7.90	4 826	2.08	3.63
1962	1 107	5.08	8.39	4 413	2.20	3.75
1963	1 109	5.40	8.05	4 206	2.29	3.76
1964	1 111	5.53	8.44	4 140	2.45	3.84
1965	1 111	5.95	8.77	4 342	2.57	3.99
1966	1 132	6.42	9.54	3 703	2.71	4.16
1967	1 154	6.64	8.85	3 714	2.86	4.36
1968	1 312	6.97	8.82	3 630	3.01	4.51
1969	1 310	7.51	9.60	3 621	3.29	4.62
1970	1 328	7.92	10.07	3 538	3.29	4.70
1971	1 317	8.41	10.54	3 632	3.66	4.86
1972	1 349	8.60	11.03	3 567	3.93	4.89
1973	1 368	9.38	12.07	3 467	3.97	5.07
1974	1 384	9.98	13.37	3 493	4.30	5.27
1975	1 402	10.56	15.16	3 553	4.59	5.98
1976	1 385	11.25	15.50	3 661	4.81	6.15
1977	1 394	12.00	15.96	3 661	5.11	6.18
1978	1 371	12.85	16.32	3 720	5.35	6.16
1979	1 360	13.51	16.61	3 760	5.67	6.11
1980	1 377	14.04	16.89	3 773	5.98	5.89
1981	1 373	14.71	17.13	3 757	6.22	5.76
1982	1 373	15.39	17.75	3 761	6.35	5.56
1983	1 395	16.00	18.56	3 804	6.53	5.55
1984	1 391	16.50	18.75	3 789	6.65	5.36
1985	1 375	16.81	18.60	3 658	6.58	5.21
1986	1 374	17.58	18.55	3 658	6.79	4.89
1987	1 373	17.78	18.87	3 380	6.50	4.37
1988	1 339	18.36	18.44	3 523	6.85	4.35
1989	1 290	18.55	19.87	3 437	7.02	4.53
1990	1 247	18.87	20.42	3 386	6.86	4.75
1991	1 218	19.38	19.20	3 330	7.11	4.81
1992	1 214	19.89	20.59	3 307	7.36	4.68
1993	1 184	20.03	20.07	3 189	7.62	4.70
1994	1 183	20.43	19.61	3 237	7.89	4.80
1995	1 157	20.41	19.50	3 212	7.93	4.72
1996	1 136	20.71	19.59	3 230	8.27	4.71
1997	1 108	20.51	18.81	3 075	7.73	4.23
1998	1 077	20.65	19.03	3 191	8.26	4.44
1999	1 047	20.79	18.52	3 116	8.31	4.62
2000	1 005	20.92	18.39	2 611	7.46	4.64
2001	974	20.64	17.90	12 971	8.39	4.85
2002	951	20.76	17.92	23 099	8.69	5.59
2003	892	20.49	18.36	33 032	9.13	5.80
2004	865	20.32	18.57	52 810	9.00	6.00
2005	832	20.06	17.90	42 586	8.86	6.35
2006	815	19.92	17.24	62 620	9.50	6.52

1	The data material covers 90 per cent of the libraries in primary and lower secondary schools.
2	The data material covers 94 per cent of the libraries in primary and lower secondary schools.
3	The data material covers 95 per cent of the libraries in primary and lower secondary schools.
4	The data material covers 88 per cent of the libraries in primary and lower secondary schools.
5	The data material covers 84 per cent of the libraries in primary and lower secondary schools.
6	The data material covers 87 per cent of the libraries in primary and lower secondary schools.
Source: Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/07/nos_cultural/

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