Minifacts about Norway 2011

 

8. Media and culture



Norway's largest newspapers
Newspaper, city of publication Circulation 2009 Change from 2008. Per cent Circulation 2010 Change from 2009. Per cent
VG - Verdens Gang, Oslo  262 374 -7.7  233 295 -11.1
Aftenposten, morning edition, Oslo  243 188 -1.8  239 831 -1.9
Dagbladet, Oslo  105 255 -14.7 98 130 -6.8
Aftenposten, evening edition, Oslo  111 566 -10.6  105 102 -5.9
Bergens Tidende, Bergen 83 086 -3.2 82 432 -0.8
Adresseavisen, Trondheim 75 835 -1.6 73 434 -3.2
Dagens Næringsliv, Oslo 79 628 -3.8 80 559 1.2
Stavanger Aftenblad, Stavanger 65 298 -1.6 63 988 -2.0
Drammens Tidende, Drammen 37 678 -3.7 36 109 -4.2
Fædrelandsvennen, Kristiansand 39 454 -3.1 37 934 -3.9
Source: Norwegian Media Businesses' Association.
More information: http://www.mediebedriftene.no/index.asp?id=79970

Newspapers1 
  Number Circulation. 1 000
  1993 2010 1993 2010
Newspapers, total  143  168 2 934 2 446
6 issues per week 62 61 2 197 1 785
2-5 issues per week 79 81  723  528
1 issue per week 2 26 14  133
         
Sunday editions .. 5  694  601
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  
   
Norway International Press Center Tel.: +47 23 15 61 80
Haakon VIIs gate 10, NO-0161 Oslo E-mail: nips@mfa.no
Contact: Benedicte Koren Tresselt  
   
Foreign Press Association Tel.: +47 22 24 50 74
Haakon VIIs gate 10, NO-0161 Oslo Internet: www.fpanorway.com
Contact: Björn Lindahl  
   
Xinhua News Tel.: +47 40 20 65 42
Haakon VIIs gate 10, NO-0161 Oslo Internet: www.xinhuanet.com/english/
Contact: Li Guorong  

Fixed and mobile telephone subscriptions, 31 December



Source:  The 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
NRK1 98 97 98
NRK2 . 71 93
NRK3 . . 89
TV 2 . 91 94
TVNorge 36 72 91
TV3 33 53 87
Local TV 28 43 58
Swedish TV 40 45 56
Video cassette player 51 70 55
DVD player . . 87
       
Local radio 87 89 86
       
Cassette player 95 92 50
Record player 63 57 31
CD player 33 81 96
MP3 player     58
       
Private satellite antenna 5 19 34
Cable 29 38 51
Shared antenna 7 6 4
Terrestrial digital antenna . . 12
       
Home PC .. 50 92
Internet .. 13 91
Video games .. 23 53
DVD player in PC . . 81
Text TV .. 79 93
Mobile telephone .. .. 97
Broadband .. .. 82
Newspaper subscription . . 70
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, 2010
  Members Per cent
Population, total2  4 858 200  100.0
Membership, Church of Norway 31 December 2009 3 848 841 79.2
     
Christian faith communities, total  245 664  100.0
Seventh Day Adventist 5 136 2.2
Free Evangelical Fellowship 3 492 1.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church Community 19 503 8.2
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church 4 169 1.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland in Norway 5 422 1.2
The Christian Church (Smith's Friends) 6 879 2.9
Orthodox Church in Norway 8 492 3.3
Roman Catholic 66 972 24.4
Evangelical Lutheran Church Community 3 213 1.4
Baptist 9 749 4.0
Missionary Covenant Church 8 729 3.6
Jehovah's Witnesses 11 640 6.4
The Christian Community 2 578 1.1
Christian Center 3 266 1.4
Methodist 11 082 4.7
Pentecostal 39 923 16.9
Church of Sweden in Norway 14 626 6.6
Other Christian faith communities 20 793 8.6
     
Other religions, total  121 321  100.0
Baha'i 1 012 0.8
Buddhism 13 376 11.0
Hinduism 5 175 4.3
Islam 98 953 81.6
Sikhism 1 037 0.9
Judaism  818 0.7
Other  950 0.8
     
Life stance communities, total 82 890  100.0
Norwegian Humanist Association 81 800 99.0
Other 1 090 1.0
1  Includes only members for whom public financial support is received.
2  Population as of 1 January 2010.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/trosamf_en/

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