Statistics Norway

Marriages and registered partnerships

13   Marriages contracted1, by immigrant background2 of male and female. 2003
Country background of male Total Country background of female
Norway The rest of the Nordic countries Eastern Europe Western Europe Asia including Turkey Africa North America and Oceania South and Central America Stateless and unknown
Total 24 119      18 579  398 1 244  259 2 185     338  129  357  630
                     
Norway 20 008 16 797  292  853  178 1 133  100  114  278  263
The rest of the Nordic countries  437  321 59 12 6 25 2 1 6 5
Eastern Europe  516  173 5  292 2 3 2 2 1 36
Western Europe  439  326 14 11 54 15 3 3 3 10
Asia including Turkey 1 433  309 8 30 9  831 11 6 5  224
Africa  461  186 5 4 4 7  166 3 2 84
North America and Oceania  163 97 2 4 1 3 - - 48 8
South and Central America  168  147 2 5 2 9 2 - 1 -
Stateless and unknown  494  223 11 33 3  159 52 - 13 -
1  At least one of the spouses resident in Norway.
2  If not Norway, then the person is born abroad by two foreign born parents or born in Norway by two foreign born parents. If foreign, own, mothers or fathers country of birth is used.

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