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Business and industry in Norway - The food, beverages and tobacco industry

Number of companies 1655 Number of employees 53 160 This sector’s export share 3 Gross product in percentage 2,0 The Norwegian food, beverages and tobacco industry has grown gradually since the end of the 19th century and is currently Norway’s

Business and industry in Norway - The mechanical-engineering industry

Number of companies 4039 Number of employees 103913 This sector’s export share 30 Gross product in percentage 6,3 The mechanical-engineering industry is Norway’s largest industrial sector and is extremely varied. Parts of it are strongly

Business and industry in Norway - The furniture and furnishing industry

Number of companies 469 Number of employees 9126 This sector’s export share 30 Gross product in percentage 0,62 The furniture and furnishing industry has developed from being a typical craft type of industry into a modern one. Traditionally, this

Business and industry in Norway - Graphic production and publishing operations

Number of companies 2099 Number of employees 37778 This sector’s export share 1,5 Gross product in percentage 1,94 Over the past few years, the Norwegian graphic industry has changed from a traditional, craft sector into a future-oriented,

Business and industry in Norway - 3) The service sector

The service sector encompasses a wide range of industries, cf the figure below. This sector covers everything from service industries that are decentralised in accordance with Norway’s settlement patterns to services offered in a market exposed to

Business and industry in Norway - Shipping

Norwegians on board 15765 Norwegians onshore 5025 Foreigners on board 48355 Number of ships NIS (01.10.00) 764 NOR (31.10.00) 933 Foreign flag (01.10.00) 650 Shipping companies ca. 450 Export share (1999) 87 Gross product in percentage (1999) 1,4

Business and industry in Norway - The travel industries

Number of employees 155 000 Gross product NOK 51 billion Gross product in percentage 4,3 Percentage of employees 6,8 The travel industries are counted as being some of the largest, fastest-growing industries in the world. The number of people

Business and industry in Norway - The building and construction industry

Number of employees 115 200 Number of companies 34 090 Gross product in percentage 6,2 The building and construction sector comprises the construction and maintenance of houses and commercial buildings, and the development of roads, airports and

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Dealing with the media: Guide for civil servants and armed forces staff

Pocket Statistics on Government Employees 2007

Pocket Statistics on Government Employees 2007 contains statistics relating to employees of the Norwegian central government administration.

An Innovative and Sustainable Norway

To innovate means to do something new in order to create value. People who live in a stable society based on equality, security, equitable distribution and job satisfaction provide the best starting point for increased innovative ability. Human

Food Security in a Climate Perspective - English Summary

A strategy developed in cooperation with Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Ministry of the Environment. - English Summary - January 2013.

The Petroleum Taxation Act

The Petroleum Taxation Act Click here (pdf) Act of 13 June 1975 No.35 relating to the Taxation of Subsea Petroleum Deposits, etc. Last amended by Act of 9 December 2005 No.109

Facts 2006 Energy and water resources in Norway

Facts 2006 Energy and water resources in Norway The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy publishes an English translation of this facts sheet on energy and water resources in Norway every other year. In this publication stationary energy supply and

Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS)

The TRIPS Agreement was negotiated during the Uruguay Round and, like the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), is included as an annex to the WTO Agreement.

A survey of 22 OECD-countries

Fish for Development

The overall objective of the Fish for Development programme is to reduce poverty through food security, sustainable management and profitable business activities.

The Defence Budget 1999. Summary

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Key Figures of the 2005 budget

Key Figures of the 2005 budget Click here (pdf)

Environmental Action Plan for the housing and construction sector, 2005-2008

The Norwegian Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development presents here its new Environmental Action Plan for the housing and construction sector.