Statistics Norway

Norwegian business enterprise sector, ownership and roles

7 Chairman of board in (public) limited companies, by number of positions in a board and gender. 1st of January 2009
  Number of chairmen of board Per cent
  Total Women Men Total Women Men
Total  124 983 19 133  105 850  100.0  100.0  100.0
1 position in a board 66 285 13 302 52 983 53.0 69.5 50.1
2-3 positions in board 38 045 4 440 33 605 30.4 23.2 31.7
4-5 positions in board 10 772  875 9 897 8.6 4.6 9.4
6-9 positions in board 6 188  351 5 837 5.0 1.8 5.5
10-19 positions in board 2 906  137 2 769 2.3 0.7 2.6
20-49 positions in board  713 26  687 0.6 0.1 0.6
50-99 positions in board 68 1 67 0.1 0.0 0.1
100 or more positions in board 6 1 5 0.0 0.0 0.0

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