Statistics Norway

Marriages and divorces

5 Marriages1, 2, , by previous marital status of the spouses3. 1961-2009
Annual average Year Total Bachelors to Widowers to Divorced men to Per 100 marriages contracted
Never married Widows Divorced Never married Widows Divorced Never married Widows Divorced Bachelors to Widowers and divorced to
Never married Widows and divorced Never married Widows and divorced
1961-1965 24 300 21 328  218  804  295  178 95  867 87  428 87.8 4.2 4.8 3.2
1966-1970 29 055 25 845  182  902  222  157  120 1 039 96  492 89.0 3.7 4.3 3.0
1971-1975 27 898 24 272  169 1 071  172  165  106 1 197 83  665 87.0 4.4 4.9 3.7
1976-1980 23 677 19 355  131 1 267  125  117 94 1 469 94 1 026 81.7 5.9 6.7 5.6
1981-1985 21 108 16 729 81 1 208 91 98 87 1 509 81 1 224 79.2 6.1 7.6 7.1
1986-1990 19 513 14 937 67 1 281 64 66 87 1 498 79 1 435 76.5 6.9 8.0 8.5
1991-1995 18 204 13 588 47 1 254 50 49 80 1 504 61 1 570 74.7 7.1 8.5 9.6
1996-2000 21 197 15 290 59 1 626 59 48  130 1 757 96 2 131 72.1 7.9 8.6 11.4
2001-2005 19 323 13 717 62 1 548 58 46  129 1 622 93 2 045 70.1 8.3 8.7 12.0
                             
1987 19 464 14 957 71 1 282 68 73 94 1 464 77 1 378 76.8 7.0 7.9 8.3
1988 19 902 15 347 61 1 280 62 62 89 1 504 90 1 407 77.1 6.7 7.9 8.3
1989 18 994 14 428 65 1 283 55 58 84 1 464 72 1 485 76.0 7.1 8.0 8.9
1990 20 080 15 245 61 1 312 73 44 82 1 623 75 1 565 75.9 6.8 8.4 8.8
1991 17 962 13 643 61 1 156 43 39 57 1 536 53 1 374 76.0 6.8 8.8 8.5
1992 17 511 13 480 37 1 094 50 54 70 1 352 52 1 322 77.0 6.5 8.0 8.6
1993 17 526 13 158 39 1 161 51 56 89 1 448 54 1 470 75.1 6.8 8.6 9.5
1994 18 437 13 481 49 1 372 56 58  104 1 487 63 1 767 73.1 7.7 8.4 10.8
1995 19 584 14 180 51 1 485 51 36 81 1 699 82 1 919 72.4 7.8 8.9 10.8
1996 21 021 15 203 70 1 565 58 37  134 1 795 78 2 081 72.3 7.8 8.8 11.1
1997 21 199 15 406 55 1 532 58 46  125 1 774 97 2 104 72.7 7.5 8.6 11.2
1998 20 364 14 773 53 1 543 49 60  120 1 684 85 1 997 72.5 7.8 8.5 11.1
1999 20 805 14 824 57 1 660 62 51  149 1 698  124 2 178 71.3 8.3 8.5 12.0
2000 22 598 16 245 60 1 830 66 48  122 1 833 97 2 297 71.9 8.4 8.4 11.3
2001 19 722 14 036 66 1 561 57 60  129 1 675  105 2 032 71.2 8.2 8.8 11.8
2002 20 364 14 574 62 1 661 54 51  135 1 681 85 2 057 71.6 8.5 8.5 11.4
2003 18 897 13 554 61 1 465 52 30  119 1 516 96 2 002 71.7 8.1 8.3 11.9
2004 18 655 13 169 62 1 475 72 44  134 1 551 95 2 050 70.6 8.2 8.7 12.5
2005 18 976 13 251 58 1 579 55 45  129 1 688 82 2 085 69.8 8.6 9.2 12.3
2006 18 416 12 844 52 1 529 55 49  106 1 596 92 2 092 69.7 8.6 9.0 12.7
2007 19 967 13 942 49 1 678 65 34  140 1 727  100 2 227 69.8 8.6 9.0 12.5
2008 21 468 14 972 58 1 757 53 38  160 1 852 93 2 482 69.7 8.5 8.9 12.9
2009 20 344 14 581 47 1 576 50 43  105 1 691 97 2 148 71.7 8.0 8.6 11.8
1  Figures on 1961-1985 refer to marriages where the bridegroom was resident in Norway.
2  Figures from 1986 refers to marriages where both spouses were resident in Norway.
3  Previous marital status of spouses do not include divorced and surviving partners. The Act on registered partnership has been in force since 1 August 1993. From 1997 there have been as many as 24 marriages where one of the spouses were divorced or surviving partner. The number of contracted marriages of this kindwill be shown as the difference of the "tota"l collumn and the sum of each collumns separated .

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