Statistics Norway
LABOUR FORCE SURVEY, 4th Qu. 2001
17 Persons aged 16-74 years by labour force status, seasonally adjusted, three-months moving average. 1000
  Labour force Employed persons Man-weeks worked of 37.5 hours Unemployed persons (LFS) Unemployed persons (LFS) in per cent of the labour force Registered unemployed1 Registered unemployed +government measures1
               
1996              
December 2 260 2 164 1 747 96 4.2 89 121
               
1997              
January 2 260 2 165 1 746 95 4.2 87 116
February 2 264 2 170 1 760 94 4.1 85 112
March 2 273 2 181 1 759 92 4.1 85 111
April 2 280 2 188 1 765 92 4.1 83 107
May 2 283 2 187 1 761 96 4.2 82 106
June 2 290 2 193 1 749 96 4.2 80 102
               
July 2 290 2 197 1 751 93 4.1 78 100
August 2 296 2 206 1 759 90 3.9 77 97
September 2 297 2 209 1 783 88 3.8 75 94
October 2 296 2 213 1 797 84 3.7 71 91
November 2 305 2 217 1 800 88 3.8 67 88
December 2 306 2 221 1 811 85 3.7 64 87
               
1998              
January 2 309 2 224 1 809 85 3.7 66 85
February 2 309 2 233 1 810 76 3.3 64 83
March 2 315 2 238 1 802 77 3.3 62 81
April 2 322 2 242 1 806 79 3.4 61 79
May 2 325 2 247 1 809 79 3.4 59 77
June 2 325 2 246 1 806 79 3.4 59 75
               
July 2 326 2 251 1 802 75 3.2 58 73
August 2 324 2 253 1 810 71 3.1 58 71
September 2 324 2 258 1 815 66 2.8 57 69
October 2 325 2 259 1 821 67 2.9 58 68
November 2 330 2 260 1 824 70 3.0 58 67
December 2 330 2 262 1 832 68 2.9 59 66
               
1999              
January 2 328 2 261 1 814 68 2.9 58 67
February 2 327 2 259 1 802 68 2.9 58 67
March 2 325 2 254 1 788 71 3.1 59 66
April 2 321 2 251 1 796 70 3.0 60 68
May 2 330 2 258 1 792 71 3.1 55 63
June 2 329 2 258 1 796 71 3.0 59 68
               
July 2 330 2 257 1 790 73 3.1 62 72
August 2 326 2 249 1 794 77 3.3 61 70
September 2 339 2 253 1 792 86 3.7 62 69
October 2 349 2 262 1 802 88 3.7 61 67
November 2 350 2 266 1 805 84 3.6 61 70
December 2 347 2 263 1 796 84 3.6 61 69
               
2000              
January 2 349 2 265 1 800 84 3.6 62 71
February 2 349 2 263 1 802 86 3.7 62 72
March 2 346 2 262 1 804 83 3.6 62 72
April 2 350 2 269 1 800 80 3.4 62 73
May2 2 352 2 276 1 806 75 3.2 65 75
June 2 346 2 272 1 798 74 3.1 63 74
July 2 349 2 272 1 801 77 3.3 62 75
August 2 348 2 267 1 791 80 3.4 62 75
September 2 354 2 274 1 797 80 3.4 62 75
October 2 353 2 275 1 797 78 3.3 63 76
November 2 352 2 269 1 781 82 3.5 63 74
December 2 355 2 269 1 775 86 3.6 63 74
               
2001              
January 2 355 2 269 1 769 87 3.7 62 73
February 2 357 2 275 1 786 81 3.5 61 73
March 2 363 2 284 1 800 79 3.3 61 73
April 2 360 2 282 1 807 77 3.3 60 72
May 2 360 2 279 1 804 81 3.4 60 71
June 2 359 2 275 1 803 84 3.6 60 71
               
July 2 356 2 273 1 796 84 3.5 60 71
August 2 356 2 271 1 793 85 3.6 62 71
September 2 368 2 279 1 790 89 3.8 64 73
October 2 370 2 279 1 783 91 3.9 64 73
November 2 376 2 286 1 782 89 3.8 70 76
December .. .. .. .. .. 67 75

1 These are monthly figures, and not three-months moving average. The figures previous to January 1999 are adjusted for the definition-break in the series.
2 Due to the method of estimation the result of the strike in May is not included in the figures of man-week worked.