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3.76 million buildings in Norway
statistikk
2007-02-27T10:00:00.000Z
Construction, housing and property;Construction, housing and property;Svalbard
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bygningsmasse, Building stock, buildings, residential buildings, holiday houses, cabins, commercial buildingsDwelling and housing conditions , Construction, housing and property, Construction , Construction, housing and property, Svalbard
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Building stock, 2007

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3.76 million buildings in Norway

In January this year, 3 758 532 buildings were registered in Norway. 1 425 209 of these were residential buildings.

Number of holiday houses at January 2007. County

Density of cabins, summer houses etc in the municipalities. Number of cabins, summerhouses etc per square kilometre of land. January 2007.

78.2 per cent or 1 115 040 of the residential buildings are detached houses. The category “Houses with two dwellings” contains 140 665 buildings. In addition, there are 134 391 buildings in the category “Row houses, linked houses and houses with 3 or 4 dwellings”, 30 911 multi-dwelling buildings and 4 202 buildings in the category “Residences for communities”.

Holiday houses

A total of 383 112 holiday houses (cabins, summer houses, etc.) were registered in January 2007. As of 2007, Statistics Norway has included figures on detached houses and farm houses used as holiday houses in the table containing holiday houses by county. A total of 27 927 buildings are registered as such buildings. This means that there a total of 411 039 buildings for holiday purposes in Norway in January 2007.

755 487 industrial buildings

Of the 2 333 315 non-residential buildings registered in January 2007, 755 487 were classified as industrial buildings. The largest group of industrial buildings includes buildings for agriculture and fishery, with 517 518 buildings, followed by 106 131 warehouses and industrial buildings, 43 917 buildings used for education, public entertainment and religious activities and 37 369 office and business buildings.

Improvement of the GAB register

Municipalities clean their registers at frequent intervals to improve quality. As a result, buildings that were not classified one year are assigned their correct building type the following year. In addition, incorrectly classified buildings are assigned their correct building type code. The number of registered buildings in a municipality may therefore change from one year to the next.

The statistics are based on data from the Ground Property, Address and Building Register (GAB). The municipalities record data in the GAB. All buildings in Norway larger than 15 m2 are to be recorded in the register with a code for building type and coordinates. The statistics can include buildings that are torn down, burnt down or otherwise non-existing, if not reported to the municipality.

Connected units are recorded as separate buildings when the units can be torn down independently of each other. A single dwelling in row houses and in semi-detached houses is recorded as one building

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