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Census of Agriculture 1999

2.13   Holdings with reclamation of agricultural area or clearing of other infield pastureland during the period 1994-1998 and the size of area reclaimed or cleared, by county and various structural classifications
  Holdings with reclamation and/or clearing, total Proportion of holdings with reclamation and/or clearing Number of holdings Reclaimed and cleared area
  Which cultivated land Which surface-cultivated land Which cleared other infield pastureland Cultivated land Surface-cultivated land Cleared other infield pastureland
    Per cent   Decares
Total 9 268 13.2 7 296  573 2 406 95 153 4 743 36 919
County                
Østfold  115 3.2 94 6 18 1 152 89  296
Akershus and Oslo  160 4.6  123 7 33 2 555 71  618
Hedmark  525 8.8  439 25 85 7 369  539 1 541
Oppland  802 11.5  610 41  229 7 964  412 4 019
Buskerud  389 10.2  279 17  136 2 855  164 2 579
Vestfold 96 3.9 84 10 13 1 058  112  219
Telemark  295 11.3  208 22 94 2 416  177 1 520
Aust-Agder  151 12.1  106 9 46 1 160 92  537
Vest-Agder  375 18.9  296 47 90 3 791  325 1 686
Rogaland 1 457 23.7 1 219 35  363 16 688  255 5 912
Hordaland  806 14.5  533  101  313 4 228  562 3 174
Sogn og Fjordane  982 18.6  714 86  351 5 533  410 4 700
Møre og Romsdal  736 14.8  532 50  246 5 364  310 3 371
Sør-Trøndelag  502 10.5  413 22  104 5 587  188 1 773
Nord-Trøndelag  539 10.8  435 35  105 6 872  449 1 580
Nordland  806 21.1  716 45  116 11 592  436 2 260
Troms  390 19.1  358 11 54 5 979 68  943
Finnmark  142 21.6  137 4 10 2 990 84  191
Agricultural area in use                
   -  4 decares1 1 0.3 1 - - 1 - -
  5- 49 '  755 5.5  548 85  175 3 141  298 1 096
 50- 99 ' 1 693 10.1 1 259  107  490 10 360  566 4 554
100-199 ' 3 599 16.1 2 831  224  999 32 742 1 769 13 784
200-299 ' 2 017 19.5 1 636  104  496 25 587 1 176 9 930
300-499 '  981 18.6  835 43  205 17 830  759 6 173
500-    '  222 14.1  186 10 41 5 492  175 1 382
Holders2 by age group                
Legal persons 36 9.2 28 4 7  418 70 90
  -29 years  599 16.4  482 33  152 6 797  335 2 278
30-39 ' 2 448 17.2 1 913  172  684 27 195 1 418 11 070
40-49 ' 3 054 14.9 2 394  176  815 31 853 1 475 12 933
50-59 ' 2 183 11.3 1 716  141  538 20 589 1 081 7 792
60-69 '  854 8.6  685 41  193 7 548  320 2 621
70-   ' 94 4.0 78 6 17  753 44  135
Total employment in agriculture and horticulture on the holding                
     -   99 man-hours 41 2.3 38 1 3  298 2 16
  100-  499 '  460 4.0  374 40 66 3 424  201  752
  500-  999 '  760 7.2  551 67  203 5 279  414 2 099
1 000-1 499 '  813 10.1  583 65  259 6 012  463 3 218
1 500-1 999 '  779 12.6  574 62  243 6 681  421 3 523
2 000-2 999 ' 1 953 16.3 1 520 96  539 18 276  724 8 244
3 000-3 999 ' 2 215 21.0 1 776  128  579 25 066 1 277 9 485
4 000-     ' 2 247 22.8 1 880  114  514 30 117 1 241 9 582
1  Comprise mainly holdings in horticulture.
2  Holder is the person considered as responsible for operating the holding, usually the person applying for governmental production subsidies in agriculture.
Source: Census of Agriculture 1999, Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/jt1999_en/ .

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