Population figures, gender distribution, patterns of settlement and migration in area of the Karmsund strait and Stavanger in the second half of the nineteenth century

Figures & data

Figure 1. Stavanger County/Søra-field showing the Boknafjord in the centre. To the north of that is the Karmsund strait, and the Stavanger area is south of the Boknafjord.

Figure 2. Growth in percentage terms (average per annum) of native population in Norway, in rural districts in Norway, towns in Norway, Stavanger County and the area covered by this study 1835–1845, 1845–1855, 1855–1865, 1865–1875, 1875–1891.

Source: Statistics Norway.

Figure 3. Percentage average annual population growth 1855–1891 in Boknafjord N, Boknafjord S, Skudeneshavn and Kopervik (1855–1865 Skudeneshavn only), Sandnes, Haugesund, Stavanger.

Source: Statistics Norway.

Table 1. Marriages per thousand of the mean population between 1855 and 1890

	1856–1865		1866–1875	1876–1880	1881–1885	1886–1890
Karmsund deanery	6.6	Boknafjord N	6.8	8.2	8	6.5
Stavanger deanery (except Stavanger town)	7.4	Boknafjord S	8.3	7.8	7.8	6.5
		Haugesund	8.1	7.3	6.7	5.2
		Sandnes	7.3	8.2	6.3	5.1
Stavanger town	7.9	Stavanger	7.7	8.8	8.3	6.5
		Skh. and Kopervik	7.8	5.9	6.3	4.8
Norway	7.22^*		6.85^**	7.18	6.66	6.35

Source: Statistics Norway.

^* Mean 1856–1865.

^** Mean 1866–1875.

Figure 4. Births and deaths per 1,000 of the mean population in the years 1855–1891 Boknafjord N, Boknafjord S, Skudeneshavn and Kopervik (1855–1865 only Skudeneshavn), Sandnes (1866–1890), Haugesund, Stavanger, towns and rural communities in Norway.

Source: Statistics Norway.

Figure 5. Natural population growth in the years 1855–1891, Boknafjord N, Boknafjord S, Skudeneshavn and Kopervik (1855–1865 Skudeneshavn only), Sandnes, Haugesund, Stavanger, towns and rural communities.

Source: Statistics Norway.

Figure 6. Net migration 1856–1865, 1866–1875, 1876–1891 in Boknafjord N, Boknafjord S, Haugesund, Sandnes, Stavanger, Skudeneshavn and Kopervik (1856–1865 only Skudeneshavn). Absolute numbers.

Source: Statistics Norway.

Figure 7. Females per 1,000 males in 1845, 1855, 1865, 1875 and 1891 in rural communities in Norway, Boknafjord N, Boknafjord S.

Source: Statistics Norway.

Figure 8. Females per 1,000 males in the towns of Norway, in Skudeneshavn and Kopervik, Haugesund, Stavanger and Sandnes in 1845, 1855, 1865, 1875 and 1891.

Source: Statistics Norway.

Figure 9. Inhabitants in the rural communities of the area being studied who had been born in municipalities in which they were currently resident, those born in a different rural municipality, those born in a town or abroad, 1865, 1875, and 1890. Percent.

Source: Statistics Norway.

Figure 10. Inhabitants of towns in Stavanger County (other than Egersund and Sogndalstrand) who were born in the communities where currently resident, those born in a different town, those born in a different rural municipality and those born abroad, 1865, 1875, 1885 and 1890. Percent. *1865: Skudeneshavn, 1885: Kopervik.

Source: Statistics Norway.

Table 2. Male and female emigrants from Norway, 1866–1890 (relative numbers)

Year	Male						Female
	Age						Age
	0–14	15–29	30–44	45–59	60–	Total	0–14	15–29	30–44	45–59	60–	Total
1866–1870	29.6	39.6	21.6	7.5	1.7	100	34.5	34.5	19.9	8.5	2.6	100
1871–1875	27.2	46.2	18	6.9	1.7	100	29.6	43.4	16.4	8.4	2.2	100
1876–1880	19.5	55.9	17.1	5.6	1.9	100	26.9	46.4	16.4	7.7	2.6	100
1881–1885	23.5	52.9	16.5	5.5	1.6	100	27.5	47	16.1	6.9	2.5	100
1886–1890	16.1	61.7	16.1	4.6	1.5	100	21.3	55.5	15	5.9	2.3	100

Source: Backer (1965, Table 93).

Table 3. Emigrated males per 1,000 females, 5-year intervals 1866–1890 (relative numbers)

Year	Gender distribution emigrants from the whole country	Gender distribution emigrants from countryside communities	Gender distribution emigrants from the towns	Gender distribution in the population as a whole
1866–1870	1,296	–	–	961
1871–1875	1,192	–	–	956
1876–1880	1,445	1,479	1,334	955
1881–1885	1,269	1,356	1,080	944
1886–1890	1,413	1,600	1,120	935
Average 1866–1890	1,323	1,478	1,178	–

Source: Backer (1965, p. 166, Table 92).

Figure 11. Emigration from the area studied to countries outside Europe 1868–1890. Absolute numbers, annual average over 5 year periods except for 1868–70.

Source: Statistics Norway.

Figure 12. Emigration from the rural municipalities in the area being studied to countries outside Europe 1868–1890. Relative figures for five-year periods.

Source: Statistics Norway.

Figure 13. Emigration 1868–1890 from towns in the area being studied to countries outside Europe. Relative numbers per five-year period.

Source: Statistics Norway.

Table

	1865			+/− in % 1855-1865			1875			+/− in % 1865-1875			1891			+/− in % 1875-1891
	M	F	Total	M	F	Total	M	F	Total	M	F	Total	M	F	Total	M	F	Total
Skudenes and Åkra	2400	2357	4757	−4.7	−6.7	−5.7	2319	2366	4685	−3.4	0.4	−1.5	2260	2434	4694	−2.5	2.9	0.2
Avaldsnes municip.	2355	2380	4735	−3.7	−6.5	−5.1	2660	2722	5382	13	14	13.7	2538	2884	5422	−4.8	5.6	0.7
Torvastad municip.	1856	1818	3674	14.1	12.6	13.3	1778	1805	3583	−4.2	−1	−2.5	2054	2438	4492	13	26	20
Bokn municip.	531	531	1062				498	499	997	−6.2	−6	−6.1	416	456	872	−25	−11	−18

Table

Place	Outmigration and emigration	Inmigration	Net. migration
Skudeneshavn	−25	−351	−376
Haugesund	−989	556	−433
Kopervik	−242	28	−214
Sandnes	−148	−122	−270
Stavanger	−4631	1884	−2747

Table

	1845				1855				1865				1875				1891
	M	F	Total	F. per 1,000 M.	M	F	Total	F. per 1,000 M.	M	F	Total	F. per 1,000 M.	M	F	Total	F. per 1,000 M.	M	F	Total	F. per 1,000 M.
Skudenes and Åkra	2,490	2,516	5,006	1,010	2,518	2,526	5,044	1,003	2,400	2,357	4,757	982	2,319	2,366	4,685	1,173	2,260	2,434	4,694	1,077
Avaldsnes	2,138	2,118	4,256	990	2,446	2,545	4,991	1,040	2,355	2,380	4,735	1,011	2,660	2,722	5,382	1,023	2,538	2,884	5,422	1,136
Torvastad	1,521	1,468	2,989	965	1,627	1,615	3,242	993	1,856	1,818	3,674	980	1,778	1,805	3,583	1,015	2,054	2,438	4,492	1,187
Bokn									531	531	1,062	1,000	498	499	997	1,002	416	456	872	1,096
Rennesøy	1,093	1,104	2,197	1,010	1,197	1,217	2,414	1,017	1,207	1,245	2,452	1,031	1,129	1,272	2,401	1,127	1,058	1,231	2,289	1,163
Hetland	2,801	2,644	5,445	943	2,106	2,138	4,244*	1,015	2,554	2,522	5,076	987	2,975	3,040	6,015	1,021	2,991	3,045	6,036	1,018
Håland	1,133	1,087	2,220	959	1,254	1,324	2,578	1,056	1,389	1,433	2,822	1,032	1,503	1,574	3,077	1,047	1,543	1,758	3,301	1,139
Total rural areas	11,176	10,937	22,113	987	11,148	11,365	22,513	1,019	12,292	12,286	24,578	1,000	12,862	13,278	26,140	1,032	12,860	14,246	27,106	1,108
Skudeneshavn									617	592	1,209	959	657	660	1,317	1,005	590	606	1,196	1,027
Haugesund					516	550	1,066	1,066	1,625	1,596	3,221	982	2,199	2,222	4,421	1,010	2,729	3,013	5,742	1,104
Kopervik									355	382	737	1,076	422	431	853	1,021	363	454	817	1,250
Stavanger	4,158	4,488	8,646	1,079	5,628	6,089	11,717	1,082	8,072	8,575	16,647	1,062	9,693	10,595	20,288	1,093	10,392	12,151	22,543	1,169
Sandnes									495	505	1,000	1,020	784	723	1,507	922	821	909	1,730	1,107
Total towns	4,158	4,488	8,646	1,079	6,144	6,639	12,783	1,080	11,164	11,650	22,814	1,044	13,755	14,631	28,386	1,063	14,895	17,133	32,028	1,150
Total a.b.s.	16,346	16,515	32,861	1,010	17,292	18,004	35,296	1,041	23,456	23,936	47,392	1,020	26,617	27,909	54,526	1,049	27,755	31,379	59,134	1,131

Backer, J. E. (1965). Ekteskap, fødsler og vandringer i Norge 1856–1960 [Marriages, births and migrations in Norway 1856–1960] SSB. Oslo: Statistics Norway.

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