[2] The other 25% of land-based Filipinos in Norway are employed in the health care industry as physicians and nurses, in the information technology sector, in the petroleum industry as engineers, as au pairs or domestic workers, or as business, non-governmental organization and government support staff.
[2][3] Filipinos are granted about 70% of au pair permits that are issued in Norway.
[4] In 2011, Filipinos in Norway officially sent a total of nearly $352.8 million USD in remittances back to the Philippines (US$294.1 sea-based and US$57.8 land-based), after a peak of $372.5 million USD in remittances in 2010.
[6] Due to the number of Filipinos living in Norway and increased economic cooperation between Norway and the Philippines, the Philippine government opened an embassy in Oslo in 2007, which also represents Filipino interests in Denmark, Sweden and Iceland.
Since 2011, hundreds of people have attended annual parades and other celebrations in Oslo to mark the occasion.