This is a member survey conducted by Norsk Industri, Federation of Norwegian Industries, an organization of employers in the production and manufacturing industries in Norway, with close to 3000 member companies.
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Share of layoffs due to COVID-19 in production companies in Norway March 2020
More and more production and manufacturing companies in Norway give temporary layoffs to employees due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. In this sector, 36 percent of the surveyed companies had already carried out employee layoffs, as of March 20, 2020. Some production companies still had close to normal production at that time, and some had already given layoffs to a considerable share of their employees. Several manufacturing companies also announced, that they have just started giving layoffs to employees, and that their situation might get markedly worse by Easter.
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Norsk industri. (March 24, 2020). Have you given (temporary) layoffs to employees in your company due to the coronavirus crisis? [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 05, 2026, from /statistics/1108487/share-of-layoffs-in-production-companies-due-to-covid-19-crisis-in-norway/
Norsk industri. "Have you given (temporary) layoffs to employees in your company due to the coronavirus crisis?." Chart. March 24, 2020. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 05, 2026. /statistics/1108487/share-of-layoffs-in-production-companies-due-to-covid-19-crisis-in-norway/
Norsk industri. (2020). Have you given (temporary) layoffs to employees in your company due to the coronavirus crisis?. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 05, 2026. /statistics/1108487/share-of-layoffs-in-production-companies-due-to-covid-19-crisis-in-norway/
Norsk industri. "Have You given (Temporary) Layoffs to Employees in Your Company Due to The Coronavirus Crisis?." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 24 Mar 2020, /statistics/1108487/share-of-layoffs-in-production-companies-due-to-covid-19-crisis-in-norway/
Norsk industri, Have you given (temporary) layoffs to employees in your company due to the coronavirus crisis? ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1108487/share-of-layoffs-in-production-companies-due-to-covid-19-crisis-in-norway/ (last visited August 05, 2026)
Have you given (temporary) layoffs to employees in your company due to the coronavirus crisis? [Graph], Norsk industri, March 24, 2020. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1108487/share-of-layoffs-in-production-companies-due-to-covid-19-crisis-in-norway/
