Tag: Statistics Norway

  • The expert: These are the consequences when fewer children are born in Sweden

    The expert: These are the consequences when fewer children are born in Sweden

    10,555,448 – that's how many inhabitants we had in Sweden in November last year, according to Statistics Norway, Statistics Sweden. During Thursday morning, new statistics on the country's population are presented and part of the statistics is that the birth rate curve is falling. Glenn Sandström, Associate Professor of Demographic History at Umeå University, joins…

  • Hear the latest news in Lunchekot

    Hear the latest news in Lunchekot

    The Turkish parliament will take up Sweden’s NATO application for debate on Thursday, reports the Reuters news agency, which refers to the official agenda of the Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee. Inflation here in Sweden rose to 4.2 percent in October, new figures from Statistics Norway show this morning. The corresponding figure for September was…

  • Food prices in Norway increase by 9.3 per cent in a year

    Food prices in Norway increase by 9.3 per cent in a year

    Statistics Norway (SSB), Norway’s statistics agency, has reported a price increase of 4.8 percent in the past year. This announcement came in a press release on Monday morning. Although this figure represents a decrease compared to earlier months this year, it is important to note that overall price growth is still historically high. The consumer…

  • Green energy plays bigger roles in European countries

    Green energy plays bigger roles in European countries

    © Provided by Xinhua According to Brussels-based Solar Power Europe, the 27 EU member states saw 41.4 gigawatts (GW) of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity connected to their grids in 2022, an increase of 47 percent compared to 2021. LISBON, May 21 (Xinhua) — European countries have accelerated their green transition by promoting the use…

  • Protests against NATO were held all over Sweden

    Protests against NATO were held all over Sweden

    © Provided by Xinhua Protests against Sweden hosting a major international military exercise and the country aspiring to become a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) were held in 17 cities across the country on Saturday. STOCKHOLM, April 23 (Xinhua) — “NATO is nothing but America’s war machine,” Nellie Puig, a Swede protesting…

  • Sweden’s GDP for the fourth quarter shrinks 0.9 percent ahead of expected recession in 2023

    Sweden’s GDP for the fourth quarter shrinks 0.9 percent ahead of expected recession in 2023

    © Provided by Xinhua On an annual basis, Sweden’s GDP shrank for the fourth quarter by 0.9 percent and several banks predicted a recession in 2023. STOCKHOLM, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) — Sweden’s gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the third quarter, according to figures released…

  • Magdalena Andersson (S): The government has gone further than the agreement with Turkey requires

    Magdalena Andersson (S): The government has gone further than the agreement with Turkey requires

    Social Democrats party leader Magdalena Andersson is interviewed about the NATO process, what the Social Democrats want with nuclear power and what she wants to do in the meantime in opposition. This week, Turkish President Erdoğan said that Sweden should not expect Turkey’s support with the NATO application, after first a doll representing Erdoğan was…

  • Soon more older than young people in Norway

    Soon more older than young people in Norway

    In ten years’ time, it is estimated that for the first time there will be more older people than children in Norway, figures from the Norwegian Statistics Authority Statistics Norway show. The worst affected are the small municipalities in northern Norway, which, despite major investments and an active municipal policy, are being depopulated at a…

  • First economic deficit in Norway in 25 years

    First economic deficit in Norway in 25 years

    The negative figures are the first since 1994 and a result of the shutdown in Norway due to the corona pandemic.Unders kottet is unique in Norway, but the country is far from an economic crisis. – The second quarter of 2020 is serious in several ways, for the Norwegian economy and public finances, says Pål…