Forest properties, 2010

According to the 2010 Farm Register, there are 118 600 forest properties with a productive forest area of 25 decares or more in Norway. At the end of 2010, the total registered productive forest area was 67.7 million decares. A total of 35 200 of the forest properties are owned by a person who also runs an agricultural holding, which is 1 500 fewer than in 2009.

One in ten cut timber for sale

Forest owners in the county of Hedmark were the most active, with more than one in five properties carrying out commercial roundwood removals. The activity level varied considerably between the counties. In the western part of Norway, between two and four per cent of the forest properties had commercial removals, and in the northern part of the country the activity was even lower. In the country as a whole, a total of 46 700 forest properties sold timber at least once in the last 10-year period.

In 2010, the average commercial roundwood removal per property was 597 cubic metres; 80 cubic metres more than in the previous year.

The Forest Trust Fund grows

At the start of 2010, forest owners had set aside NOK 951 million in the Forest Trust Fund - NOK 75 million less than the previous year. The main reason for this is the marked increase in industrial removals in 2009.

Tables:

• Table 1 Forest properties by county and size class. 2010
• Table 2 Productive forest area, by county and size class in decares. 2010. Decares
• Table 3 Forest properties with commercial roundwood removals, by county and size of property. 2010
• Table 4 Commercial roundwood removals, by county and property size in decares.Solid cubic metres. 2010
• Table 5 Forest properties in combination with agricultural holding, by county and size of productive forest area. 2010
• Table 6 Forest Trust Fund. Balance payment and disbursement of fund, by county and productive forest area. 2010. NOK 1 000