Statistics Norway

Immigrants by reason for immigration

9 Immigrations during 20111 by reason for immigration and county of residence on 1 January 2012
County of residence Total Labour Family Refugee Training2 Other
Total, 2011 53 364 26 116 16 054 5 211 5 618  365
01 Østfold 2 125 1 118  715  163 95 34
02 Akershus 6 165 3 303 1 764  354  697 47
03 Oslo 9 520 4 684 2 826  268 1 652 90
04 Hedmark 1 346  531  431  257  117 10
05 Oppland 1 557  718  359  380 90 10
06 Buskerud 2 966 1 616  947  280  110 13
07 Vestfold 2 052 1 093  691  150  107 11
08 Telemark 1 277  463  444  256  108 6
09 Aust-Agder  924  361  327  174 59 3
10 Vest-Agder 1 323  562  411  255 87 8
11 Rogaland 5 773 3 082 1 959  353  359 20
12 Hordaland 5 604 2 823 1 790  355  607 29
14 Sogn og Fjordane 1 137  557  312  159  104 5
15 Møre og Romsdal 2 985 1 661  881  285  147 11
16 Sør-Trøndelag 3 127 1 349  755  213  797 13
17 Nord-Trøndelag 1 034  454  249  271 46 14
18 Nordland 2 015  739  622  474  160 20
19 Troms Romsa 1 528  527  341  417  229 14
20 Finnmark Finnmárku  906  475  230  147 47 7
1  First time immigrations by immigrants (born abroad to foreign-born parents) with non-Nordic citizenship.
2  Au pairs have training as reason for immigration.

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