Fashion Statistics Norway

National data

Metric	Value
Population:	5.1 million
Labor force:	2.8 million
Unemployment rate:	4.1 %
GDP per capita (PPS):	100,818 dollars

Consumer Expenditure

Metric	Value
Annual expenditure on footwear:	6.9 billion dollars

Fashion companies

Compared to neighbouring countries like Sweden and Denmark the norwegian fashion industry is rather small. On the other hand, Norway brings lots of internationally accomplished designers and talents to the table. Designers like Kristian Aadnevik, Lisbeth Løvbak Berg, Kristofer Kongshaug and Veronica B Vallenes are all norwegian. Norway is also known for outdoor and sports brand Helly Hansen.

The largest fashion companies in Norway are listed below.

	Company name	Market value	Annual revenue	Company type
1	Varner Group	3.5 billion dollars	1.4 billion dollars	Private
2	Helly Hansen	670 million dollars	450 million dollars	Private
3	Dale of Norway	277 million dollars	130 million dollars	Private
4	Moods of Norway	59 million dollars	36 million dollars	Private

Exports (2014)

Exports of clothing: 282 million dollars

Used clothes and textiles: 32.4 million dollars
Garment made of textile felts and nonwoven fabric: 14.8 million dollars
Sweaters, pullovers, sweatshirts, etc.: 13.8 million dollars
Panty hose, tights, stockings, socks and other hosiery: 8.5 million dollars
Women’s suits: 4.5 million dollars

Exports of footwear and headwear: 32 million dollars

Footwear, with leather body: 9.8 million dollars
Footwear, with textile body: 6.25 million dollars
Other headgear: 5.7 million dollars
Other footwear of rubber or plastics: 3.9 million dollars
Other footwear: 1 million dollars

Imports (2014)

Imports of clothing: 3.32 billion dollars

Women’s suits, not knit: 316 million dollars
Sweaters, pullover, sweatshirts, etc.: 324 million dollars
Men’s suits, not knit: 244 million dollars
T-shirts: 230 million dollars
Women’s suits: 151 million dollars
Women’s overcoats, not knit: 115 million dollars
Men’s overcoats, not knit: 87.1 million dollars

Imports of footwear and headwear: 756 Million dollars

Footwear, with leather body: 309 million dollars
Footwear, with textile body: 173 million dollars
Other footwear of rubber or plastics: 123 million dollars
Waterproof footwear: 26.9 million dollars
Other footwear: 13.4 million dollars

Sources

These statistics pages are a product of FashionUnited Business Intelligence. For more fashion data, company information and statistics, please refer to the FashionUnited Business Intelligence homepage.

Sources: Eurostat, CIA, ILO, WTO, IBISWorld, OECD, Comtrade (UN), World Bank, Euratex, CZSO.