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INDUSTRY
I. GENERAL SYNOPSIS.
Next to agriculture, industry is the livelihood that is of the
greatest importance to the Norwegian people, considered with
reference to the number of people for whom it provides a living.
According to the latest census (1891), out of the total population
of Norway, — 2.004,000 individuals, — about 462,000, that is to
say 23 %, were directly or indirectly connected with industry
(inclusive of some kindred trades like mining, making of highways
and railroads). For the sake of comparison, we may mention that
out of the population of Sweden almost exactly the same
percentage, that is to say 22.7 %, were connected with industry,
while in Denmark 28.6 % of the population were thus engaged.
In France 26 % of the population are engaged in industry, in
Austria the same percentage, while in the German Empire (1895)
39 %, and in Switzerland (1888) 40 % are similarly engaged.
The industrial population of Norway has been steadily growing
of late, a circumstance which is apparent from the fact that in 1876
it numbered only 353,000 individuals, that is to say 19 % of the
aggregate population, and in 1865 about 250,000 (about 15 %).
The growth of the Norwegian industry, at any rate of the
manufacturing industry, is, however, still more pronounced, if we look
at it with reference to the production. In the sixties this was
still of little importance, but during the last generation has grown
considerably in a number of branches. It is to be regretted that
there are no statistics available with reference to the total
production, but the statistics of our exports show that the progress has
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