From September 1972 to September 1973 we had an increase of 1,119 publishers, or 19.4 percent.

During the thirty-year period from 1945 to 1975 the number of Kingdom publishers in Norway has increased from 689 to 7,543. This is an increase of almost 1,000 percent! During these years the number of congregations has increased from 40 to 197, and circuits from four to eleven. And the increase continues!