Business in
the Bergen Region
The Bergen Region
A Dynamic Growth Region
The Bergen region has the strong knowledge clusters essential for
creating a dynamic growth region.
Priority sectors:
• ENERGY SECTOR: Oil, gas and renewable energy
• MARITIME SECTOR: Ship owners, shipyards, service companies and
suppliers
• MARINE SECTOR: Fisheries, aquaculture and other marine products
• ADVENTURE, CULTURE AND TRAVEL
• MEDIA AND CULTURE BASED BUSINESSES: Media, design, film
and music
• The region also has significant ICT and financial sectors
95 per cent claim that the Bergen Region has good
Research Environment
30 000 students
4 000 scientists
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University of Bergen
Norwegian School of
Economics
Bergen University
College
Bergen Academy of
Art and Design
Norwegian School of
Management,
Stord/Haugesund
University College
Bergen School of
Architecture
Royal Norwegian
Naval Academy
Science
• UiB: Four Norwegian
Centers of Excellence
• UiB: Marine research
and Global research
• Christian Michelsen
Research. Research
center
• Uni Research: Research
company, 500 scientists
• Institute of Marine
Research
A Strong Oil and Gas Region
Key figures 2010:
22,6 BEUR turnover
4,3 BEUR value creation
27 800 employees
1 361 companies
Value creation:
The sum of operational result
plus wages
The Energy Sector
• Norway’s leading region for operations, production and maintenance.
Uptime Centre of Competence
• 60 percent of Statoil’s operatorships on the Norwegian continental shelf
are run from Bergen.
• Central region for technological research and development – strong R&D
environments with several centers of expertise.
• CIPR - Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research. The Norwegian
Centre of Excellece in Petroleum Technology.
• Centre Mongstad is the world’s largest facility for testing and improving
CO2 capture technologies, a vital part of the CCS value chain.
• World leading subsea knowledge – Norwegian Centre of Expertise
Subsea.
• Hordaland county is the largest hydro power producer
• Offshore windmills, fixed and floating, through two cluster initiatives: Arena
NOW and NORCOWE
18 per cent of the Norwegian Maritime
Turnover is in the Bergen Region
Key figures 2010:
10 BEUR turnover
2,2 BEUR value creation
19 700 employees
1 270 companies
Bergen: The Global Sefood capital
Key figurs 2010:
4,4 BEUR turnover
0,7 BEUR value creation
3 350 employees
855 companies
Innovation and Research in Bergen
• Bergen is the proud capital of a world leading environment of
marine expertise.
• Among our research institutions you find:
– The Institute of Marine Research (IMR)
– National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES)
– University of Bergen (UiB)
– Christian Michelsen Research (CMR)
– NOFIMA
– UNI Research
Media City Bergen
New innovative Media Cluster
Media, design, film and music
are growing businesses
Key figures 2010:
1,2 BEUR turnover
0,4 BEUR value creation
5 200 employees
7 100 companies
Adventure, Culture and Travel
The most exciting place for culture- and
nature-based adventures in the Nordic region
Key figures 2010:
1,5 BEUR turnover
0,5 BEUR value creation
13 000 employees
3 200 companies
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Bergen has the second largest financial
sector in the country
Solid ICT environment
Key figures 2011:
FINANCE:
92 BEUR total assets
5 500 employees
113 companies
ICT:
5000 employees
1,1 BEUR turnover
2 300 companies
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