research and discover
1. find information about the history of immigration in Norway.
- Immigration to Norway has been going on at all times, as long as we can speak of a Norwegian statehood.
- According to the statistics in Norway, the immigrant population make up to 15,6 per cent of the population.
- In 1992 the immigrant population in Norway was 183 000 peoples, 23 years later the number had risen to 815 000 peoples.
2. Compare Norwegian immigration to the British experience. Are the same groups represented?In which parts of the countries do we find immigrants? How large are immigrant groups in the two countries? which groups immigrate today?
- In Norway it lives immigrants in all minucipalities. The highest share in Oslo and Drammen, where immigrants and norwegian-born to immigrant parents make up 32 and 27 percent of the population in 2015.
- Since 1945, immigration to the United Kingdom under British nationality law has been substantial, in particular from the Republic of Ireland and from the former colonies and territories of the British Empire such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Caribbean, South Africa, Kenya and Hong Kong.
- the five largest immigrant groups in Norway are in turn Polish, Swedish, Somali, Lithuanian and Pakistani.
- London has the greatest number of immigrants (2.8 million foreign-born people in 2013) among all regions with comparable data in the UK.
