Statistics Norway

3 Registered transfers of agricultural properties1, by county, type of transfer and type and sex of buyer. 2008 (Corrected 9 December 2009)
The whole country Number of transfers Buyer Average age, personal buyer
Male Female Private limited company Other
2006 8 818 5 159 3 308  175  176 50.1
2007 8 746 5 256 3 111  176  203 50.0
2008 8 456 4 961 3 161  184  150 50.5
Counties            
Østfold  305  171  113 14 7 46.6
Akershus and Oslo  359  208  123 24 4 48.1
Hedmark  890  547  320 9 14 49.4
Oppland  654  396  235 10 13 48.2
Buskerud  403  227  156 9 11 50.7
Vestfold  222  133 72 7 10 45.9
Telemark  368  247  114 2 5 48.6
Aust-Agder  280  170 98 7 5 48.4
Vest-Agder  371  215  127 15 14 52.2
Rogaland  468  301  133 21 13 48.1
Hordaland  544  302  214 19 9 52.0
Sogn og Fjordane  400  238  151 6 5 52.3
Møre og Romsdal  566  326  220 10 10 51.6
Sør-Trøndelag  480  286  177 10 7 48.9
Nord-Trøndelag  431  271  147 6 7 46.1
Nordland  957  531  408 9 9 54.6
Troms Romsa  559  280  273 2 4 55.1
Finnmark Finnmárku  199  112 80 4 3 55.0
By type of transfer            
Free market sale 2 570 1 807  560  131 72 44.3
Donation 1 809 1 242  559 5 3 40.8
Licensed decedent estate / inheritance of decedent estate 2 848 1 151 1 672 - 25 63.0
Compulsory sale and eminent domain 40 28 9 1 2 49.9
Other 1 189  733  361 47 48 47.6
1  Comprises properties with at least 5 decares own agriculture area and/or at least 25 decares productive forest area.

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