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AI & jobs · County in Norway

Sør-Trøndelag

County NO-16 Largest city: Trondheim
36%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 36% (+0.3 pts).
MODEL4th of 21 regions61K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
318K
as of 2017
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
5.7%
5th largest of 21
People in workMODEL
168K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
5.1%
national 5.1%
Area
18.7K km²
17 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
46% live in major cities
Largest city
Trondheim
147K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Trøndelag area (2 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
1.37×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
11.1%
5.7% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
24%
national 34%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
35%
national 43%
Augmentation 65%Automation 35%

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

Sør-Trøndelag Norway
Health & care 20.9%
Business services 13.0%
Retail & wholesale 12.3%
Education 8.4%
Construction 8.1%
Manufacturing 6.4%
Public admin 6.3%
Transport & logistics 5.2%
Other services 4.8%
ICT & software 4.6%
Hospitality 3.5%
Mining 1.9%
Agriculture 1.8%
Finance 1.7%
Utilities 1.3%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 14.9K Business services 9,477 Retail & wholesale 6,901 Education 6,736 Public admin 4,786 ICT & software 3,438 Manufacturing 2,626 Other services 2,556

Ranking in Norway

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 21 regions.

1Oslo 38% 2Rogaland 37% 3Hordaland 36% 4Sør-Trøndelag 36% 5Telemark 36% 6Troms 36% 7Vest-Agder 36%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits Norway's real ILO sector employment across regions using population (Wikidata) and density: denser, capital-city regions get more finance, ICT and professional jobs, and rural regions more farming. Totals match national figures. AI usage figures are measured, not modelled. Methodology

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