Highest emigration rates from the capital - Regional differences in emigration from Norway

Abstract

Oslo – Norway’s capital county – has by far the highest emigration rates of all Norwegian counties: Annually more than 1% of Oslo’s population move abroad. The trends were quite different during the historic emigration waves to America, when people in Innlandet and Agder were most prone to emigrate. One reason for the currently high emigration rates in Oslo is the high share of immigrants living in the capital. However, natives in Oslo emigrate to a larger extent than natives in other parts of Norway. Moreover, while immigrants in certain counties emigrate rather than moving to another county, the opposite is found in other counties. The mobility patterns of immigrant children also differ from those of native children, with clearly higher emigration rates.