Active hunters
Updated: 30 August 2022
Next update: 1 September 2023
| 2021-2022 | 2020-2021 - 2021-2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of hunters | Per cent | |
| Hunted, in total | 136 900 | -2.4 |
| Small game hunting | 78 200 | -6.3 |
| Grouse hunting | 44 700 | -7.8 |
| Hunting on cervids | 92 700 | 0.0 |
| Moose hunting | 59 100 | -1.2 |
| Red deer hunting | 51 500 | 1.6 |
| Wild reindeer hunting | 8 000 | 1.3 |
| Roe deer hunting | 44 400 | -0.9 |
Selected tables and figures from this statistics
- Number of hunters who have reported. County of residenceDownload table as ...Number of hunters who have reported. County of residence
Number of hunters buying hunting tax card Number of hunters who have reported Number of hunters not reporting Total Hunted Not hunted The whole country 2014-2015 201 420 179 280 142 850 36 430 22 140 2015-2016 200 630 180 070 139 010 41 060 20 560 2016-2017 204 400 182 510 142 100 40 400 21 890 2017-2018 204 340 183 210 141 760 41 450 21 130 2018-2019 204 800 183 080 139 770 43 310 21 720 2019-2020 190 400 171 280 135 660 35 630 19 150 2020-2021 193 730 173 820 140 320 33 500 19 910 2021-2022 196 640 173 020 136 890 36 130 23 610 2021-2022 Viken 37 700 33 960 25 720 8 240 1 360 Oslo 11 520 10 160 7 300 2 860 960 Innlandet 23 090 20 550 17 100 3 450 1 100 Vestfold og Telemark 14 790 13 290 10 500 2 780 1 680 Agder 13 130 11 490 9 380 2 110 3 740 Rogaland 9 380 8 420 6 050 2 370 2 540 Vestland 20 130 17 850 14 230 3 620 1 500 Møre og Romsdal 10 000 8 900 7 290 1 610 1 640 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 28 390 24 800 20 980 3 820 2 290 Nordland - Nordlánnda 12 510 10 830 8 650 2 180 3 600 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku 14 110 12 090 9 250 2 840 2 020 Foreigners 1 390 280 220 60 80 Other 500 430 230 200 1 110 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Number of hunters, by type of hunting, sex and ageDownload table as ...Number of hunters, by type of hunting, sex and age1
Active hunters Small game hunting Grouse hunting Hunting of cervids Moose hunting Red deer hunting Wild reindeer hunting Roe deer hunting 2021-2022 Males 125 300 72 450 40 940 85 150 53 890 47 930 7 270 41 220 Females 11 330 5 700 3 670 7 410 5 120 3 540 670 3 100 Age of hunter -20 years 3 780 2 420 1 330 2 660 1 770 1 440 290 1 470 20-29 years 16 750 10 770 6 220 11 110 7 180 6 290 1 140 6 040 30-39 years 23 070 14 560 8 150 15 100 8 990 8 510 1 380 7 860 40-49 years 27 660 16 570 9 620 18 290 11 250 10 260 1 650 8 950 50-59 years 31 450 17 030 10 080 21 480 13 670 12 210 1 790 9 890 60-69 years 22 330 11 480 6 610 15 530 10 290 8 620 1 190 6 760 70 years or older 11 590 5 320 2 600 8 390 5 860 4 140 500 3 350 1Comprise persons with Norwegian personal identity number including Norwegians living abroad. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Number of hunters, by type of hunting. County of residenceDownload table as ...Number of hunters, by type of hunting. County of residence
Active hunters Small game hunting Grouse hunting Hunting on cervids Moose hunting Red deer hunting Wild reindeer hunting Roe deer hunting The whole country 2016-2017 142 100 83 880 45 780 94 220 61 130 47 180 10 430 42 380 2017-2018 141 760 82 830 45 210 94 430 60 930 48 220 9 920 43 010 2018-2019 139 770 83 990 47 900 91 270 59 340 48 030 7 620 42 530 2019-2020 135 660 78 330 43 230 92 080 59 880 49 470 8 220 43 360 2020-2021 140 300 83 500 48 500 92 700 59 800 50 700 7 900 44 800 2021-2022 136 900 78 200 44 700 92 700 59 100 51 500 8 000 44 400 2021-2022 Viken 25 700 16 600 6 800 15 900 10 600 5 600 1 200 9 900 Oslo 7 300 5 600 3 900 3 000 1 600 1 200 500 1 300 Innlandet 17 100 9 200 3 700 12 300 9 900 5 100 1 600 5 700 Vestfold og Telemark 10 500 5 500 1 700 8 200 5 800 5 300 1 100 5 500 Agder 9 400 5 000 1 800 7 900 6 200 5 800 700 6 400 Rogaland 6 000 3 300 1 800 4 400 1 300 3 600 500 2 700 Vestland 14 200 5 700 3 800 11 400 1 400 11 000 900 800 Møre og Romsdal 7 300 2 800 1 900 6 100 1 800 5 800 600 2 900 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 21 000 12 500 9 300 13 700 11 400 7 500 700 7 900 Nordland - Nordlánnda 8 600 5 400 4 400 5 100 4 800 300 0 1 000 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku 9 300 6 200 5 500 4 400 4 300 200 0 100 Foreigners 200 100 0 200 100 100 0 100 Other 200 100 100 100 100 0 0 0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
More figures from this statistics
- 05634: Hunters, by type of hunting, sex and age
- 07709: Hunters, by sex, type of hunting and municipality of residence (M)
- 05668: Male hunters as per cent of male population, by municipality of residence (M)
- 03951: Hunters, by type of hunting and county of residence (C)
- 09497: Licence hunting, by species and region
About the statistics
The purpose of the statistics is to provide information about active hunters and which species they hunt.
Hunter
A person that has paid hunting tax for the hunting season.
Small game
The species included in the statistics on small game hunting. Includes36 species of birds, mammals and roe deer.
Cervid hunters
Persons hunting the following cervid species: moose, red deer, wild reindeer and roe deer.
Small game hunters
Persons hunting the following small game species: capercaillie, black grouse, willow ptarmigan, common ptarmigan, hazel grouse, wood pigeon, European golden-plover, raven, crow, magpie, jay, thrush, woodcock, snipe, mallard, common teal, wigeon, golden eye, merganser, tufted duck, common eider, long-tailed duck, common scoter, greylag goose, Canadian goose, pink-footed goose, shag, cormorant, gulls, beaver, mountain hare, red squirrel, red fox, badger, American mink, pine marten and stoat.
The hunting year
One hunting year runs from 1 April to 31 March the following year.
Hunting licence fee
Persons intending to hunt in Norway must pay a hunting licence fee to the Wildlife Fund. The fee is for the full hunting year. Payment of the fee is a prerequisite for hunting, but does not confer the right to hunt in any specific area.
The register of hunters
The Register of Hunters contains hunters licensed to hunt game in Norway. The register also provides an overview of the payment of the hunting licence fee; an annual fee for those who wish to engage in hunting. For more information, see the homepage.
License hunting
License hunting involves the use of lethal control to kill a specific number of individual of a given wildlife species motivated by the desire to reduce conflict or depredation. It is authorised under The Norwegian Nature Diversity Act. It is a requirement that hunters are registered as license hunters in the Hunter's register. Registration is made for each large carnivore species, for each separate hunting year.
Name: Active hunters
Topic: Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics
Municipality.
Annual.
Data sets are stored in accordance with Statistics Norway's guidelines for storing computer files.
The purpose of the statistics is to obtain an overview of the hunting practice in Norway. The statistics date back to the hunting year 1971/1972. From 1971/1972 to1985/1986 the hunters were asked what type of hunting they intended to carry out. For 1994/1995 and as from 1997/1998 the hunters are asked what type of hunting they have actually carried out. As from 2001/2002, the response rate has been high enough to produce statistics on the hunter's participation in different kinds of hunting.
From the hunting season 2008/2009 figures are published at the municipal level.
The statistics are commissioned by The Norwegian Environment Agency, and are an important tool in the national management of small game. Major users are central and local wildlife management, research and educational institutions, the media, interest groups and interested hunters.
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.
There are publised statistics over number of felled small game and roe deer and numbers of persons who have paid the hunting licence fee.
The Wildlife Act and the Statistics Act § 2-1.
The statistics cover all hunters that have paid the hunting licence fee.
The individual hunter.
Everyone that has paid the hunting licence fee for the relevant hunting year.
Every single hunter must submit a report to Statistics Norway by 1 May on the report form provided or via the Internet.
Regular controls and revisions are carried out on the incoming material. All forms are checked against the Register of Hunters using optical scanning. The forms are checked for absolute and possible errors, and errors are corrected during the revision of the forms.
The hunter's participation in different kinds of hunting is summarised and distributed by county and municipality of residence.
From 1971/1972 to1985/1986, the hunters were asked what type of hunting they intended to carry out. For 1994/1995 and from 1997/1998, the hunters were asked what type of hunting they actually carried out.
Hunters are required to report on the main type of hunting they have carried out. In some cases the hunters either incorrectly report that they have hunted moose, red deer and wild reindeer, or they forget to report. For small game and roe deer hunting, this information can be checked against animals felled. If no animals are felled, however, this information cannot be verified. Other sources of error include missing or incorrectly filled out information from the respondent, and errors during the optical reading of the report form.
Since the hunting year 2001/2002, the response rate has been higher than 90 per cent, and corrections due to non-response have not been carried out. There is reason to believe that the number of hunters without yield, or with very limited yield, is considerably higher among the hunters not reporting than those reporting. Consequently, the effect of non-response for the number of animals felled should be less than for non-reporting hunters.
Until the hunting year 2000/2001, the yield was estimated using different methods. The county level can have variations that are partly due to the calculation routines employed.
In addition, the figures may be affected by errors caused by incorrect and missing data.
