But of course, Norway's fortunes changed significantly upon the discovery of another even more valuable resource lurking underneath the water.As recently as the late 1950s, very few people in the industry believed that the Norwegian continental shelf (the ocean bed off the Norwegian coast) might be rich in oil and gas deposits. It was at this point that the Norwegian government claimed sovereignty of large offshore areas, but awarded licenses to conduct seismic surveys to private companies.Despite some early setbacks, the industry took off in 1969 with the major discovery of what is today known as the Ekofisk field. That’ what we’ll find out today, in this episode of the Infographics Show, What Makes Monaco So Rich? Probably many people have ever wondered why the Scandinavian states are so rich.
).Showering yourself in goat's blood on stage gets the crowd riled up.Norway and Switzerland are up there. Anyways, yes Norway is expensive and there are many reasons for that. So why is Norway rich?by PETER HITCHENS, Mail On Sunday You'd think that leaving the European Union would be like jumping off the edge of the world, the way British politicians talk about the subject. Originally from the UK, David now lives in Trondheim and was the original founder of Life in Norway back in 2011. The average income in Norway is slightly higher than in the US. The country is blessed with natural resources.Despite the cold winters, agriculture too has always played an important role. We'd likely be at a level similar to Sweden or Finland without the black gold.So yeah, the oil and natural gas gives our economy quite a large boost but again we'd still be relatively 'rich' without it.Norway was well off even before they struck oil as far as i know, oil just helped them even further.Anti-examples: Russia, UK, Venezuela, Iraq, Iran, and a few other countries.The population numbers quoted in the video are wrong btw. Much of this money is saved by the government and used for public welfare which makes living there easier in many ways. Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland together enjoy a very high standard of living.
The money comes from taxes on operating companies, exploration license fees, dividends from the partly state-owned Statoil, and profits from the state's ‘Direct Financial Interest' in some fields.The fund was established in 1990 to counter the effects of the expected decline in income and to smooth out the disruptive effects of fluctuating oil prices. The current population of Norway is 5,3 million. This is also why the fund is prohibited from investing domestically in Norway as it needed to get the money out of our economy.Because the oilfund makes austerity politically impossible. The causes of the Scandinavia‘s states wealth are numerous and complex.
Posted by. - VisualPolitik EN. Now granted, we wouldn't be poor without it but we wouldn't have a GDP per capita much higher than our non-Petroleum neighbors.According to IMF figures from 2017 our GDP per capita(nominal) is $75,000 while Sweden in comparison has $52,000 and Finland $45,000.
The government released licenses gradually, mainly to international companies until the formation of Statoil in 1972, which gave the state a direct interest.Over the last forty years, petroleum activities on the Norwegian continental shelf have contributed significantly to Norway's economic growth and financed much of the welfare state. Norway cannot do this, because any politician who stands up and suggests cutbacks because the "we cannot afford things" gets laughed out of the court of public opinion.Though admittedly the wealth has been much better managed than in most other petrostates (looking at you, Venezuela! Another major reason why Norway is so wealthy is Petroleum. Its position on the planet has been beneficial to Norway in many ways. However, the income equality is much higher in Norway as well So, rich people make less - and low income earners make a lot more than in the US. Close. The current value is displayed on As at 31 December 2017, the fund's assets were split two-thirds in equity investments, just over 30% in fixed-income investments, with the relatively small remainder in real estate.David, I love “Norway Weekly” and am so thankful to have found it..Will definitely use the information on Norwegian Ancestry as we are learning about relatives we never knew we had. Norway has become rich because of its offshore oilfields and gas. It should be no surprise to learn that its national pension fund is worth about $376 bn. Without oil it'd be at Finland's level, that is, somewhat behind Sweden and Denmark.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castEurope: 50 (+6) countries, 230 languages, 743M people… 1 subreddit.Press J to jump to the feed. Every other country in europe periodically shoots its own economy in the kneecaps to "save money". Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts 1 year ago. Why is NORWAY so RICH? I have learned much from Norway Weekly and look forward to receiving it each Tuesday.Based in Trondheim, we are Norway's English language publishing company. The former have admittedly become the goal of it in modern time, but the creation was solely due to a desire to avoid the dutch disease as it was discovered that the profit from the oil industry was increasingly pushing out the traditional industry.
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