Statistics Norway
Labour Force Survey. Seasonally adjusted, March 2002
1 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
               
1997              
April 2 280 2 188 1 765 92 4.0 83 107
May 2 282 2 186 1 762 96 4.2 82 106
June 2 289 2 193 1 750 96 4.2 80 102
               
July 2 291 2 197 1 752 94 4.1 78 100
August 2 296 2 206 1 759 90 3.9 77 97
September 2 297 2 208 1 783 89 3.9 75 94
October 2 296 2 212 1 797 84 3.7 71 91
November 2 306 2 218 1 799 88 3.8 67 89
December 2 305 2 221 1 810 85 3.7 64 88
               
1998              
January 2 308 2 224 1 809 85 3.7 66 85
February 2 308 2 232 1 810 76 3.3 64 83
March 2 316 2 239 1 802 77 3.3 62 81
April 2 321 2 242 1 806 79 3.4 61 79
May 2 325 2 247 1 809 78 3.4 59 76
June 2 324 2 245 1 807 79 3.4 59 75
               
July 2 326 2 251 1 803 76 3.2 58 73
August 2 324 2 252 1 810 72 3.1 58 71
September 2 325 2 258 1 815 66 2.9 57 69
October 2 325 2 258 1 820 67 2.9 58 68
November 2 331 2 261 1 823 70 3.0 58 67
December 2 328 2 261 1 832 67 2.9 59 66
               
1999              
January 2 328 2 261 1 814 67 2.9 59 67
February 2 325 2 258 1 803 67 2.9 58 67
March 2 325 2 255 1 789 71 3.0 59 66
April 2 320 2 250 1 797 70 3.0 59 67
May 2 329 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 1 791 73 3.1 62 72
August 2 326 2 249 1 794 77 3.3 61 70
September 2 340 2 253 1 791 87 3.7 62 69
October 2 350 2 262 1 801 88 3.7 61 67
November 2 352 2 267 1 803 84 3.6 61 70
December 2 344 2 261 1 796 83 3.5 61 70
               
2000              
January 2 348 2 264 1 800 83 3.6 62 71
February 2 347 2 262 1 805 85 3.6 62 72
March 2 347 2 264 1 805 82 3.5 62 72
April 2 349 2 270 1 802 80 3.4 62 72
May2 2 351 2 276 1 806 75 3.2 65 74
June 2 346 2 272 1 798 74 3.2 62 74
July 2 349 2 271 1 801 78 3.3 62 75
August 2 347 2 267 1 790 80 3.4 62 75
September 2 354 2 274 1 796 80 3.4 62 75
October 2 354 2 275 1 796 78 3.3 63 76
November 2 354 2 271 1 779 83 3.5 63 75
December 2 352 2 267 1 777 85 3.6 63 74
               
2001              
January 2 354 2 269 1 770 85 3.6 62 73
February 2 354 2 274 1 790 80 3.4 61 73
March 2 363 2 285 1 801 79 3.3 61 73
April 2 358 2 281 1 808 77 3.3 60 71
May 2 358 2 277 1 803 81 3.4 60 71
June 2 359 2 274 1 803 84 3.6 60 71
               
July 2 356 2 272 1 796 84 3.6 60 71
August 2 356 2 271 1 792 85 3.6 62 71
September 2 368 2 279 1 789 89 3.8 64 73
October 2 372 2 280 1 781 92 3.9 64 73
November 2 378 2 288 1 778 90 3.8 70 76
December 2 372 2 285 1 761 87 3.7 67 76
               
2002              
January 2 376 2 290 1 765 86 3.6 69 78
February 2 378 2 289 1 764 89 3.8 69 78
March 2 386 2 297 1 783 89 3.7 70 79
April .. .. .. .. .. 71 80

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.