New research suggests that native Norwegians will become a minority in their own country ‘within a few decades’. In many parts of their capital, Oslo, they are already outnumbered by migrants and “second generation Norwegians”.
As in many other European countries, the bulk of the damage was done in the last decade or so. Between 2004 and 2013, 300,000 immigrants settled in Norway, with over 40% of these coming from Africa or Asia.
Over the same period, the population of Norway increased by 11%, or 500,000, demonstrating that it’s not just immigration that’s fuelling the demographic crisis, but also the high fertility rates of immigrant groups. ...