Full resolution (JPEG)
- On this page / på denna sida
- Population, by G. Amnéus
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has been proofread at least once.
(diff)
(history)
Denna sida har korrekturlästs minst en gång.
(skillnad)
(historik)
respectively). In 1801, 73.40 per cent of the working women were
employed in domestic work. Of these, 305,267 were mistresses of
households. Farming gave employment to 88,544, or about 14 per
cent. In both these groups, there has been an appreciable decline in
the relative number since 1876, while the other spheres of action,
on the other hand, show an increasing proportion. Among these
may be named minor industries (sewing, washing, ironing, etc.)
which occupy 6.10 per cent of the working women, while the
remaining 6.40 per cent are divided among trade and money
transactions — 1.45 % —, factory work — 1.30 % —, public work and
private intellectual occupation — 1.19 per cent —, handicraft —
0.69 % —, and various — 1.77 %.
DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO NATIONALITY.
The composition of that part of the population which is of
Norwegian origin, is treated of in the article on Anthropology.
As regards other nationalities, the total number of persons
born abroad, and living in Norway at the time of the last census
in 1891, amounted to 47,572, or 2.39 per cent of the population.
The great majority of these — 38,017 persons — were born in
Sweden, 2475 in Denmark, 2661 in Finland, 1738 in Germany,
1094 in the United States, 655 in Great Britain and Ireland, 98
in France, etc.
The percentage of foreigners in Norway has risen during the
last few decades. In 1865 they amounted to 1.25 per cent, and
in 1876 to 2.07 per cent of the total population. In other
European countries, the corresponding proportion varies very much.
In Luxembourg, for instance, about the year 1890, 8.50 per cent of
the population were foreigners by birth, in Spain only 0.20 per
cent, and in France 3 per cent.
DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
The great majority of the Norwegian population belong to
the Protestant faith. In 1891, 30,685 of the population belonged
to various dissenting communities, or were otherwise outside the
established church. This number shows a great increase in the
number of dissenters since 1876, when the total number was
only 7180.
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Project Runeberg, Tue Mar 11 10:44:48 2025
(aronsson)
(diff)
(history)
(download)
<< Previous
Next >>
https://runeberg.org/norparis/0113.html
