Table 6.8 Works of fiction published

6.8 Works of fiction published
Year and average	Number of titles, total	Poetry	Plays	Books for children and teenagers	Novels and short-stories	Books by Norwegian authors	Translated books


1928	257	15	29	213	..	165	92
1930	318	30	35	253	..	225	93
1935¹	423	20	26	377	..	267	156
1939¹	451	26	10	101	..	249	202
1941¹	467	30	10	427	..	258	209
1943	443	36	15	392	..	376	67
1945	645	69	14	562	..	496	149
1946-50	836	42	23	771	..	427	409
1951-55	744	26	19	209	..	267	477
1956-60	749	33	11	203	..	229	520
1961-65	843	38	13	150	..	249	594
1966	957	74	25	148	..	345	612
1970	1 113	91	14	186	..	373	740
1971	1 028	88	8	178	..	367	661
1972	1 542	81	30	245	..	435	1 107
1973	1 213	100	17	211	..	435	778
1974	1 334	96	41	236	..	481	853
1975	1 460	96	16	252	..	472	988
1976	1 253	112	20	373	..	482	771
1977	1 289	126	15	321	..	511	778
1978	1 410	154	39	328	..	613	797
1979	1 202	131	17	378	..	483	719
1980	1 414	122	21	346	..	487	927
1981	1 335	115	68	321	..	511	824
1982	1 524	151	46	329	..	602	922
1983	1 291	114	21	213	..	409	882
1984	1 048	100	11	347	..	448	600
1985	1 368	103	24	378	..	441	927
1986	1 018	97	22	262	..	433	585
1987	1 985	93	16	419	..	535	1 450
1988	1 275	90	23	327	..	426	849
1989	1 353	96	24	448	..	512	841
1990	1 179	99	12	372	..	465	714
1991	1 898	105	87	598	1 043	..	..
1992	1 923	125	73	628	1 010	..	..
1993	2 082	130	98	651	1 096	..	..
1994	2 158	137	99	673	1 158	..	..
1995	2 096	113	111	628	1 145	..	..
1996	2 058	140	112	571	1 141	..	..
1997	2 126	139	96	640	1 125	..	..
1998	2 171	157	98	665	1 142	..	..
1999	2 159	170	80	661	1 126	..	..
2000	2 175	164	84	623	1 166	..	..
2001	2 138	150	90	603	1 177	..	..
2002	2 260	138	79	680	1 256	..	..
2003	2 272	128	31	660	1 370	..	..

¹	Excluding books published at own expense.
Source: University of Oslo Library.
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