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Statistics on
Forest properties
The statistics provide an overview of both the forest properties and forestry as an industry.
Selected figures from these statistics
- Forest properties and productive forest areaDownload table as ...Forest properties and productive forest area
2025 Number of properties Share Productive forest area Share In total 126 347 100.0 71 305 886 100.0 Productive forest area in decares 25-99 decares 43 708 34.4 2 404 262 3.4 100-249 decares 32 773 26.0 5 348 612 7.5 250-499 decares 21 493 17.1 7 632 481 10.7 500-999 decares 15 412 12.2 10 800 151 15.1 1 000-1 999 decares 8 056 6.4 11 095 797 15.6 2 000-4 999 decares 3 679 2.9 10 830 646 15.2 5 000-19 999 decares 990 0.8 8 550 755 12.0 20 000 decares or more 236 0.2 14 643 182 20.5 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Commercial roundwood removals, by county and size of property. Cubic metreDownload table as ...Commercial roundwood removals, by county and size of property. Cubic metre1
Total Size class by productive forest area in decares 25-99 decares 100-249 decares 250-499 decares 500-999 decares 1000-1999 decares 2000-4999 decares 5000-19999 decares 20 000 decares or more The whole country 2021 11 632 299 483 374 1 076 603 1 411 005 1 897 061 1 923 557 1 853 397 1 421 488 1 565 814 2022 11 856 018 403 918 954 209 1 415 301 2 022 884 1 985 939 1 880 619 1 648 117 1 545 031 2023 11 442 375 413 359 909 142 1 316 191 1 923 321 1 923 673 1 698 266 1 569 847 1 688 576 2024 12 310 285 337 298 902 928 1 458 973 2 067 849 2 039 482 2 102 491 1 637 611 1 763 653 2025 13 140 910 353 159 1 045 514 1 591 227 2 173 874 2 251 858 2 211 989 1 738 577 1 774 712 County Østfold 691 769 24 299 61 274 127 545 141 507 127 236 117 109 75 694 17 105 Oslo and Akershus 1 271 073 31 585 92 192 133 287 204 460 170 027 126 955 197 211 315 356 Buskerud 1 390 395 23 147 87 588 140 918 226 058 256 991 319 445 319 445 248 627 Innlandet 5 089 101 131 326 310 174 447 601 602 779 714 611 945 751 985 072 951 787 Vestfold 356 516 11 636 43 739 48 643 64 296 53 777 31 163 13 605 89 657 Telemark 849 209 12 068 41 392 70 492 108 467 191 895 193 618 99 469 131 808 Agder 1 118 764 : 75 759 188 752 285 856 284 766 205 372 55 946 : Rogaland 147 484 13 549 28 525 53 304 29 655 9 988 : : - Vestland 558 453 35 114 174 171 130 157 114 513 64 481 39 174 : : Møre og Romsdal 298 640 15 812 39 273 65 850 82 911 54 956 39 838 - - Trøndelag - Trööndelage 1 116 826 26 932 74 347 151 791 260 569 238 145 164 505 52 751 147 786 Nordland - Nordlánnda 204 693 6 312 13 667 25 862 42 319 66 130 11 857 5 926 32 620 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 47 987 : 3 413 7 025 10 484 18 855 : : : Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Includes properties with at least 25 decares productive forest area. Figures on roundwood removals are based on data from The Forest Trust Fund. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Forest properties by county and size classDownload table as ...Forest properties by county and size class1
2025 Total Size class by productive forest area in decares 25-99 decares 100-249 decares 250-499 decares 500-999 decares 1000-1999 decares 2000-4999 decares 5000-19999 decares 20 000 or more The whole country 126 347 43 708 32 773 21 493 15 412 8 056 3 679 990 236 County Østfold 4 781 1 625 1 279 846 566 302 119 39 5 Oslo and Akershus 5 897 2 222 1 483 977 661 321 131 73 29 Buskerud 7 114 1 908 1 714 1 200 1 096 648 404 130 14 Innlandet 20 618 7 337 4 900 3 189 2 318 1 463 894 412 105 Vestfold 3 176 1 274 946 491 283 125 49 4 4 Telemark 6 572 1 736 1 345 1 167 1 012 745 464 90 13 Agder 10 994 3 100 2 523 2 034 1 730 : 498 : - Rogaland 5 096 2 130 1 418 784 478 224 57 : : Vestland 17 920 6 752 5 328 3 196 : : 133 20 : Møre og Romsdal 9 105 3 539 2 552 1 514 : 387 81 6 : Trøndelag - Trööndelage 14 143 3 953 3 232 2 628 2 219 1 327 632 111 41 Nordland - Nordlánnda 11 126 4 076 3 027 1 938 1 324 599 134 16 12 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 9 338 3 698 2 943 1 514 808 283 79 8 5 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 467 358 83 15 : : 4 : 4 1Property in The Farm Register with at least 25 decares productive forest area. A forest property includes the total productive forest area owned by one owner within a municipality. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Productive forest area by county and size class in decaresDownload table as ...Productive forest area by county and size class in decares1
2025 Total Size class by productive forest area in decares 25-99 decares 100-249 decares 250-499 decares 500-999 decares 1000-1999 decares 2000-4999 decares 5000-19999 decares 20 000 decares or more The whole country 71 305 886 2 404 262 5 348 612 7 632 481 10 800 151 11 095 797 10 830 646 8 550 755 14 643 182 County Østfold 2 232 000 90 330 208 862 298 287 389 152 417 632 358 146 337 205 132 386 Oslo and Akershus 3 929 910 120 742 241 595 347 963 458 087 443 252 397 468 653 168 1 267 635 Buskerud 5 374 551 108 143 280 960 432 801 782 827 904 243 1 236 953 1 038 411 590 213 Innlandet 18 988 858 400 404 792 237 1 131 086 1 656 950 2 043 982 2 694 266 3 794 650 6 475 283 Vestfold 1 224 391 70 643 153 802 172 455 193 407 160 621 142 555 42 765 288 143 Telemark 5 434 673 94 977 219 894 420 049 722 751 1 037 438 1 356 050 765 537 817 977 Agder 6 065 142 171 240 416 636 733 393 1 223 592 1 421 099 1 462 153 : : Rogaland 1 442 184 114 618 231 319 274 859 333 581 299 720 154 157 : : Vestland 5 052 079 374 429 868 972 1 126 313 : : 369 657 147 516 : Møre og Romsdal 2 622 685 192 269 415 812 532 797 : 519 844 221 343 38 410 : Trøndelag - Trööndelage 10 841 403 220 206 534 238 948 424 1 562 872 1 840 031 1 842 340 937 203 2 956 089 Nordland - Nordlánnda 4 539 736 219 749 493 350 681 789 918 209 824 155 364 425 124 336 913 723 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 2 721 524 208 841 478 461 527 584 553 288 379 323 221 748 82 035 270 244 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 836 750 17 671 12 474 4 681 : : 9 385 : 790 191 1Includes properties in The Farm Register with at least 25 decares productive forest area. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 27 October 2026.
Forest property
Property with at least 25 decares of productive forest area. Property parcels belonging to the same owner within one municipality are treated as one property.
Personal forest owner
Forest owner owning forest area as an individual owner. Forest areas owned jointly by several individuals are included for one of the owners; the reference owner.
Legal owners
Central government, Allstad, common forest owned by the central government (Statsallmenning), common forest not owned by the central government (Bygdeallmenning), limited company, foundation, municipality etc.
Name: Forest properties
Topic: Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics
Municipality.
Yearly.
Collected and revised data are stored securely by Statistics Norway in compliance with applicable legislation on data processing.
Statistics Norway can grant access to the source data (de-identified or anonymised microdata) on which the statistics are based, for researchers and public authorities for the purposes of preparing statistical results and analyses. Access can be granted upon application and subject to conditions. Refer to the details about this at Access to data from Statistics Norway.
The purpose of these statistics is to provide an overview of both the forest properties and forestry as an industry. Since 2006, Statistics Norway has published annual statistics for all forest properties by merging data from different administrative data sources. Prior to this, statistics for all forest properties were only available based on full censuses, the last of which was in 1989.
The main users of the statistics are professional forestry organisations, The Ministry of Agriculture and Food and various research and educational institutions.
No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at 8 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months' advance notice is given in the Statistics Release Calendar. This is one of Statistics Norway’s key principles for ensuring that all users are treated equally.
Statistics Norway has yearly statistics on commercial roundwood removals and silviculture based on the same sources as these statistics. Linking the Farm Register with these sources makes it possible to publish figures on commercial removals and silviculture by the size of the productive forest area of the properties and the forest owners' productive forest area.
The National Forest Inventory also publishes figures on the productive forest area in Norway. The inventory estimates a productive forest area that is more than 10 per cent larger than the aggregated areas from the forest properties. The National Forest Inventory estimates the area based on sample plots.
The statistics are developed, produced and disseminated pursuant to Act no. 32 of 21 June 2019 relating to official statistics and Statistics Norway (the Statistics Act).
Including 2010, the statistics comprise all properties in the Farm Register of the Norwegian Agricultural Authority with at least 25 decares of productive forest area.
As from 2011, the number of forest properties and productive forest area are based on new cartographic data analyses and data on owners and properties from the cadastre in combination with data from the Farm register.
Some forest owners are represented in the Farm Register with more than one property within one municipality. In these cases, the properties owned by the same owner are merged into one property within the municipality. Thus the statistics on forest properties up to and including 2011 will include fewer units than the Farm Register. As from 2012 the number of forest properties incresed.
Common forests owned by the central government (Statsallmenning) will always be counted as one single property.
The statistics are derived from existing administrative data files.
Carteographic data and data on forest owners and properties from the cadastre (Land register) are combiined with The Farm Register of the Norwegian Agriculture Agency, and serves as the backbone of the statistics. The information from the Farm Register is combined with information at property level from different data sources such as the Register of Timber Trade and Diverted Trust Fund, and the Forest Trust Fund.
The statistics are derived from the whole population of forest properties.
Editing is defined here as checking, examining and amending data.The statistics are based on linked data files that were edited separately when established. The information on the productive forest area is checked if errors are suspected. Examples: i) If a forest property has commercial felling and does not have a forest area. ii) If a large forest property does not have commercial felling.
Employees of Statistics Norway have a duty of confidentiality.
Statistics Norway does not publish figures if there is a risk of the respondent’s contribution being identified. This means that, as a general rule, figures are not published if fewer than three units form the basis of a cell in a table or if the contribution of one or two respondents constitutes a very large part of the cell total.
Statistics Norway can make exceptions to the general rule if deemed necessary to meet the requirements of the EEA agreement, if the respondent is a public authority, if the respondent has consented to this, or when the information disclosed is openly accessible to the public.
More information can be found on Statistics Norway’s website under Methods in official statistics, in the ‘Confidentiality’ section.
The statistics on forest properties are comparable with statistics from the Census of Forestry 1967 and the Censuses of Agriculture and Forestry 1979 and 1989. They are also essentially comparable with statistics from the Sample Survey of Agriculture and Forestry in the 1990s and in 2000 and 2004. The number of forest properties has fallen from 128 300 in 1967 to 116 502 in 2005. The Censuses of Agriculture and Forestry 1979 and 1989 calculated 120 900 and 125 500 forest properties respectively. It has been difficult to trace all small-sized properties without commercial felling. In some regions it is difficult to assess whether the areas are productive or not. As from 2011, carteographic analysis are used to decide the properties and the number of properties increased to 131 800 properties. After a review of the properties that fullfill the requirement, the total in 2014 came to 128 200. This causes difficulties when comparing the number of forest properties over time.
Statistics are published for both forest properties and personal forest owners. The following is a brief explanation of the relationship between these units: a forest property is the forest owners' total productive forest area within a municipality. A forest owner may own forest properties in more than one municipality. Therefore the number of forest owners is less than the number of forest properties with a personal forest owner. About 113 000 forest properties with a personal owner are registered in The Farm Register. Out of the personal forest owners, almost 3 000 are deceased, living abroad or lacking information. The statistics on incomes are based on the personal forest owners that are alive.
The main concern is the quality of productive forest area. In the cadastre, 920 000 decares productive forest area are not linked to a title number of a holding number, and will not be included in the statistics. Furthermore, errors may arise when data are entered into the various administrative registers. Including 2010, 2-3 per cent of the quantity of commercial roundwood felled is not linked to any forest property. As from 2011, the Forest Trust Fund is used as source for roundwood cut. The new source also includes energy woood and some assortments that are removed from the statististics on commercial roundwood removals.