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Registered hunters
The statistics give an overview of men and women registered in the official Norwegian Register of hunters, which entitles them to go hunting. The figures also show the number of hunters that paid the hunting licence fee and how many new hunters that passed the hunting test last hunting year.
Selected figures from these statistics
- Norwegians listed in the Register of huntersDownload table as ...Norwegians listed in the Register of hunters
2025-2026 Change, per cent Persons Per cent 2024-2025 - 2025-2026 2021-2022 - 2025-2026 Persons listed in the Register of hunters 558 527 100.0 1.4 5.7 Males 464 278 83.1 1.0 4.0 Females 94 249 16.9 3.3 14.7 Persons buying hunting licence fee 184 747 100.0 7.6 -5.4 Males 166 088 89.9 7.4 -5.9 Females 18 659 10.1 9.6 -0.5 Persons passed hunting test 12 171 100.0 11.2 0.9 Males 9 033 74.2 11.6 6.9 Females 3 138 25.8 9.9 8.7 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Hunters by county and sexDownload table as ...Hunters by county and sex
Registered persons Paid hunting tax Passed hunting test Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females 2017-2018 501 851 431 475 70 376 202 299 184 573 17 726 11 928 8 444 3 484 2018-2019 509 570 435 919 73 651 202 810 184 340 18 470 12 828 8 993 3 835 2019-2020 516 108 439 687 76 421 188 450 171 236 17 214 11 728 8 294 3 434 2020-2021 520 763 441 985 78 778 192 792 174 707 18 085 9 610 6 723 2 887 2021-2022 528 408 446 242 82 166 195 276 176 532 18 744 12 064 8 452 3 612 2022-2023 537 375 451 553 85 822 192 788 173 688 19 100 13 294 9 459 3 835 2023-2024 544 188 455 623 88 565 183 375 165 171 18 204 11 525 8 448 3 077 2024-2025 550 846 459 571 91 275 171 738 154 713 17 025 10 947 8 092 2 855 2025-2026 558 527 464 278 94 249 184 747 166 088 18 659 12 171 9 033 3 138 2025-2026 Østfold 25 239 21 743 3 496 8 134 7 503 631 508 376 132 Akershus 57 710 48 133 9 577 18 662 16 946 1 716 1 274 984 290 Oslo - Oslove 40 715 33 115 7 600 10 755 9 647 1 108 1 239 954 285 Innlandet 58 091 46 200 11 891 21 821 18 923 2 898 1 037 682 355 Buskerud 24 250 20 129 4 121 8 317 7 479 838 476 358 118 Vestfold 18 988 16 205 2 783 6 007 5 564 443 386 315 71 Telemark 20 770 17 230 3 540 7 589 6 805 784 400 309 91 Agder 35 933 31 036 4 897 12 222 11 315 907 685 513 172 Rogaland 32 422 28 862 3 560 8 698 8 195 503 748 624 124 Vestland 56 880 48 877 8 003 19 181 17 603 1 578 1 516 1 152 364 Møre og Romsdal 27 644 23 769 3 875 9 362 8 571 791 519 406 113 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 76 721 61 606 15 115 25 833 22 852 2 981 1 432 993 439 Nordland - Nordlánnda 35 390 29 057 6 333 12 654 11 237 1 417 806 577 229 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 24 679 19 919 4 760 8 856 7 791 1 065 648 467 181 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 15 061 11 609 3 452 6 073 5 132 941 446 287 159 Svalbard 298 180 118 44 40 4 0 0 0 Unspecified adress 7 734 6 607 1 127 530 482 48 25 21 4 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Hunters by age and sexDownload table as ...Hunters by age and sex1
2025-2026 Paid hunting tax Passed hunting test Total Males Females Total Of these buying hunting licence fee Total 184 747 166 088 18 659 12 171 3 636 -20 years 6 208 5 151 1 057 4 124 690 20-29 years 23 224 19 319 3 905 4 053 1 348 30-39 years 32 159 27 800 4 359 2 006 774 40-49 years 32 964 29 276 3 688 1 136 460 50-59 years 40 972 37 297 3 675 635 258 60-69 years 31 475 29 832 1 643 188 90 70 years or older 17 745 17 413 332 29 16 1Comprising Norwegian citizens The figures were corrected on 23.6.2022. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Share of men and women 16 years and above that paid the hunting licence feeDownload table as ...Share of men and women 16 years and above that paid the hunting licence fee
2025-2026 2025-2026 Male hunters as per cent of male population Female hunters as per cent of female population The whole country 7.1 0.8 Østfold 5.7 0.5 Akershus 5.5 0.6 Oslo - Oslove 3.2 0.4 Innlandet 11.8 1.8 Buskerud 6.5 0.7 Vestfold 5.2 0.4 Telemark 9.1 1.0 Agder 8.5 0.7 Rogaland 3.9 0.2 Vestland 6.4 0.6 Møre og Romsdal 7.4 0.7 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 11.1 1.5 Nordland - Nordlánnda 10.9 1.4 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 10.6 1.5 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 15.7 3.1 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 7 April 2026.
Hunter
A person that has paid hunting tax for the hunting season.
Hunting test
Anyone not registered in the Norwegian Register of Hunters must pass a hunting test before hunting in Norway. However, foreign residents are exempt if they meet the requirements for the same type of hunting in their home country.
Hunting licence fee
Anyone planning to hunt in Norway must pay a hunting license fee to the Wildlife Fund, covering the entire hunting year. The fee is a requirement for hunting but does not grant the right to hunt in any specific area.
Hunting Year
The hunting year runs from April 1 to March 31.
Persons age:
< 20 years, 20-29 years, 30-39 years, 40-49 years, 50-59 years, 60-69 years, > 70 years
Name: Registered hunters
Topic: Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics
Municipality.
Published annually approximately two weeks after the end of the hunting year.
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 Register of Hunters is an administrative register owned by the The Norwegian Environment Agency. It was established in 1982. In 1999, the register was transferred to the Brønnøysund Register Centre.
Since 1998, Statistics Norway has received a almost complete register that contains Norwegians and foreign hunters. Statistics Norway has stored these registers annually.
Statistics Norway uses the register as a basis for the statistics on small game hunting.
Other users are The Norwegian Environment Agency, the Register of Hunters in Brønnøysund, central and local wildlife management, research and educational institutions, the media, interest groups and hunters.
No external users have access to statistics before they are released at 8 a.m. on ssb.no after at least three months’ advance notice in the release calendar. This is one of the most important principles in Statistics Norway for ensuring the equal treatment of users.
Hunters who pay the hunting licence fee must submit a report to Statistics Norway by 1 May on the report form provided. Statistics on small game and roe deer hunting are based on this report.
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).
The statistics are based on data from the Register of Hunters. The register contains information on people who are qualified to hunt in Norway. The register also contains information on who has paid a hunting licence fee and who has passed the hunting test. The hunting licence fee gives permission to hunt in Norway.
The hunting register is the data source and everyone registered in the register is the sample.
The hunting licence fee is paid to an account belonging to the The Norwegian Environment Agency. Information on each transaction is transferred to the Brønnøysund Register Centre every day.
Editing is defined here as checking, examining and amending data. Date of birth, address and place of residence of hunters living in Norway are updated with information from the National Population Register every day. Deceased persons are deleted from the register and new hunters are recorded when they pass the hunting test.
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 Register of Hunters is an administrative register and errors may occur during registration of people who buy a hunting licence fee.