| NOTE 20 | INVENTORIES | |||
| 2016 | ||||
| NOK 1 000 | Raw materials | Work in progress | Finished goods | Total | 
| Cost at 31 December | 428 816 | 1 679 315 | 1 270 287 | 3 378 418 | 
| Provisions for obsolescence at 1 January | 13 801 | 57 505 | 83 769 | 155 076 | 
| Write-down | 1 841 | 27 966 | 16 351 | 46 157 | 
| Reversal of write-down | - 882 | -34 189 | -1 693 | -36 764 | 
| Currency translation | - 93 | -1 730 | -3 312 | -5 136 | 
| Provisions for obsolescence at 31 December | -14 666 | -49 551 | -95 116 | -159 333 | 
| Carrying value at 31 December | 414 150 | 1 629 764 | 1 175 171 | 3 219 085 | 
| 2015 | ||||
| NOK 1 000 | Raw materials | Work in progress | Finished goods | Total | 
| Cost at 31 December | 472 241 | 1 018 493 | 1 299 888 | 2 790 621 | 
| Provisions for obsolescence at 1 January | 12 151 | 21 069 | 123 085 | 156 304 | 
| Write-down | 6 358 | 34 026 | 9 802 | 50 186 | 
| Reversal of write-down | -4 685 | - | -52 240 | -56 926 | 
| Currency translation | - 22 | 2 410 | 3 123 | 5 511 | 
| Provisions for obsolescence at 31 December | 13 801 | 57 505 | 83 769 | 155 076 | 
| Carrying value at 31 December | 458 440 | 960 987 | 1 216 118 | 2 635 545 |