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96 Marriages. Different sex1 2, 3, by previous marital status of spouses
Year Annual average Marriages contracted Unmarried4 men to Widowers to Divorced men to Per 100 marriages contracted
Total Civil Unmarried4 women Widows Divorced Unmarried4 women Widows Divorced Unmarried4 women Widows Divorced Unmarried4 men to Widowers and divorced men to
Unmarried4 women Widows and divorced Unmarried4 men Widows and divorced
1961-1965 24 300 3 529 21 328  218  804  295  178 95  867 87  428 87.8 4.2 4.8 3.2
1966-1970 29 055 4 265 25 845  182  902  222  157  120 1 039 96  492 89.0 3.7 4.3 3.0
1971-1975 27 898 6 022 24 272  169 1 071  172  165  106 1 197 83  665 87.0 4.4 4.9 3.7
1976-1980 23 677 7 337 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 7 755 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 6 448 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 4 845 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 5 836 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 5 859 13 717 62 1 548 58 46  129 1 622 93 2 045 70.1 8.3 8.7 12.0
2001 19 722 5 835 14 036 66 1 561 57 60  129 1 675  105 2 032 71.2 8.2 8.8 11.8
2002 20 364 6 032 14 574 62 1 661 54 51  135 1 681 85 2 057 71.6 8.5 8.5 11.4
2003 18 897 5 687 13 554 61 1 465 52 30  119 1 516 96 2 002 71.7 8.1 8.3 11.9
2004 18 655 5 845 13 169 62 1 475 72 44  134 1 551 95 2 050 70.6 8.2 8.7 12.5
2005 18 976 6 197 13 251 58 1 579 55 45  129 1 688 82 2 085 69.8 8.6 9.2 12.3
2006 18 416 5 896 12 844 52 1 529 55 49  106 1 596 92 2 092 69.7 8.6 9.0 12.7
2007 19 967 6 517 13 942 49 1 678 65 34  140 1 727  100 2 227 69.8 8.6 9.0 12.5
2008 21 468 7 407 14 972 58 1 757 53 38  160 1 852 93 2 482 69.7 8.5 8.9 12.9
2009 20 344 6 781 14 581 47 1 576 50 43  105 1 691 97 2 148 71.7 8.0 8.6 11.8
2010 19 353 6 132 14 018 55 1 408 56 23  114 1 644 96 1 932 72.4 7.6 8.8 11.2
2011 18 828 6 326 13 378 47 1 436 50 34  107 1 665 83 2 013 71.1 7.9 9.1 11.9
1  The figures for 1961-1985 refer to marriages where the bridegroom was resident in Norway.
2  From 1986 the figures refer to marriages where both spouses were resident in Norway.
3  Previous marital status of spouses does not include separated, divorced and surviving partners.
4  Unmarried means never married.
Source: Marriages and divorces, Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/en/ekteskap 

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