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418 000 holiday houses in Norway
statistikk
2008-03-03T10:00:00.000Z
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, 2008

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418 000 holiday houses in Norway

417 891 buildings for holiday purposes were registered in Norway in January 2008. Oppland has the highest number of holiday houses, followed by Buskerud.

Density of cabins, summer houses etc in the municipalities. Number of cabins, summerhouses etc per square kilometre of land. January 2008

Number of holiday houses. January 2008. County

Of the 417 891 holiday houses, 388 938 are cabins and summer houses, while 28 953 are detached houses and farmhouses used as holiday houses. There are 44 420 holiday houses in Oppland, while Buskerud has 42 407. Apart from Oslo, Finnmark and Sogn og Fjordane have the lowest number of holiday houses, with 11 660 and 11 695. In proportion to the land area of the municipalities, Tjøme and Hvaler are the municipalities with the highest density of holiday houses.

In the last years, building of holiday houses with more than one dwelling unit has become more common. These are counted as one building in the statistics.

754 270 industrial buildings

Of 2 368 440 non-residential buildings registered in January 2008, 754 270 are classified as industrial buildings. The largest group of industrial buildings includes buildings for agriculture and fishery, with 514 557 buildings, followed by 106 407 warehouses and industrial buildings.

1.4 million residential buildings

A total of 1 437 071 residential buildings are registered in Norway, 1 120 054 of these buildings are detached houses. In addition there are 143 539 houses with two dwellings, 137 653 row houses, linked houses and houses with 3 or 4 dwellings, 31 830 multi-dwelling buildings and 3 995 buildings in the category “residences for communities”.

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.

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.

Conversion to new property register

As of 5 November 2007 the municipalities will be transferred in groups from the Ground Parcel, Address and Building Register (GAB) to the new property register, Matrikkelen. All municipalities will be transferred by the end of February 2009. In connection with the conversion the municipalities have conducted several quality tests. This may have resulted in extra improvements in some municipalities.

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