Marriages and divorces, 2000

Only once before, in 1990, has a similar increase been registered. From 1989 to 1990 the total number of divorces went up with nearly 900, and the figure for divorced per 1 000 married and separated increased from 9.8 to 10.9, an increase of 1.1 then and now. The level of divorces for 2000 (10 100) is approximately the same level as in 1995. The years 1993 and 1994 are the only years, for as long as we have statistics on divorces, that there were more divorces than now. The high numbers for 1993 and 1994 are probably related to a new act on marriages which came into force 1 January 1993. Among other aspects the required amount of time of separation before divorce was shortened. From 1994 and for the rest of the decade the number of divorces was at a lower level than at the beginning of the decade.

16 300 marriages were dissolved by death.

Tables:

• Table 1 Marriages dissolved. Separations. 1961-2000 (Corrected 15 November 2001)
• Table 2 Divorces and separations, by county. 1981-2000
• Table 3 Divorce rates for males and females in different age groups. 1959-2000
• Table 4 Divorces, by duration of marriage. 1971-2000
• Table 5 Divorces, by number of common children. 1971-2000
• Table 6 Number of children involved in divorces. 1971-2000
• Table 7 Divorces, by number of children and duration of marriage. 2000
• Table 8 Divorces, by age of wife and husband at divorce. 2000
• Table 9 Estimated percentage of marriages dissolved, assuming the divorce rates of each single year. 1960-2000
• Table 10 Divorces 2000. Citizenship of female and male
• Table 11 Divorces, by citizenship of wife and husband. 2000
• Table 12 Children under 18 years of age involved in divorces, by county. 2000