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Active hunters
The purpose of the statistics is to provide information about active hunters and which species they hunt.
Selected figures from the statistics
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2023-2024 2022-2023 - 2023-2024 Number of hunters Per cent Hunted, in total 130 300 -2.8 Small game hunting 70 200 -8.1 Grouse hunting 32 500 -26.0 Hunting on cervids 92 700 2.4 Moose hunting 58 200 1.6 Red deer hunting 52 900 3.9 Wild reindeer hunting 7 400 2.8 Roe deer hunting 44 600 2.1 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 2023-2024 Males 118 860 64 750 29 690 84 750 52 740 48 940 6 780 41 270 Females 11 270 5 340 2 810 7 880 5 350 3 870 640 3 250 Age of hunter -20 years 3 610 2 200 960 2 640 1 700 1 510 270 1 450 20-29 years 15 130 9 060 4 360 10 510 6 620 6 150 1 020 5 650 30-39 years 21 910 13 020 5 830 15 090 8 870 8 710 1 300 7 790 40-49 years 24 590 14 060 6 540 17 150 10 330 9 860 1 440 8 620 50-59 years 30 890 16 180 7 770 22 050 13 910 12 750 1 670 10 230 60-69 years 22 410 10 700 5 040 16 350 10 650 9 240 1 180 7 140 70 years or older 11 590 4 870 2 000 8 840 6 010 4 590 540 3 640 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 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 2022-2023 134 100 76 400 43 900 90 500 57 300 50 900 7 200 43 700 2023-2024 130 300 70 200 32 500 92 700 58 200 52 900 7 400 44 600 2023-2024 Viken (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oslo 6 500 4 900 2 600 2 900 1 500 1 300 400 1 400 Innlandet 16 200 8 000 1 600 12 300 9 900 5 300 1 600 5 700 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Agder 9 100 4 800 1 300 7 900 6 100 6 000 700 6 500 Rogaland 5 700 2 800 1 100 4 500 1 100 3 700 500 2 900 Vestland 13 900 4 600 2 700 11 800 1 400 11 400 900 800 Møre og Romsdal 6 800 2 200 1 200 5 900 1 800 5 600 500 2 700 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 18 300 9 300 5 300 13 500 11 000 7 600 600 7 800 Nordland - Nordlánnda 8 700 5 300 4 300 5 200 5 000 400 0 1 100 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Foreigners 200 100 0 100 100 100 0 0 Other 300 200 100 200 100 100 0 100 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 29 October 2024.
Hunter
A person that has paid hunting tax for the hunting season.
Small game
The species included in the statistics on small game hunting. I
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.
Annually, the statistics are published five months after the hunting year has ended.
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 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 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.
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 developed, produced and disseminated pursuant to Act no. 32 of 21 June 2019 relating to official statistics and Statistics Norway (the Statistics Act).
The population is defined by the Register of Hunters, and includes all hunters who have paid the hunting tax. The analysis unit is felled small game and the collection unit are the hunters.
Everyone who has paid the hunting tax for the relevant hunting year must report for the same year.
Every single hunter must submit a report to Statistics Norway by 1 May on the report form provided or by the Internet.
Regular control and revision steps are carried out on the incoming material. The forms are checked for absolute and possible errors, and errors are correct during the revision of the report. Examples of potential errors include abnormally high felling numbers and data on species found outside their normal range.
Number of felled small game and roe deer are summarized and distributed by county and municipality.
Interviewers and everyone who works at Statistics Norway have a duty of confidentiality. Statistics Norway has its own data protection officer.
Statistics Norway does not publish figures where there is a risk of identifying individual data about persons or households [enter the correct unit here, where applicable].
The ‘uppression and rounding up/down method is used in these statistics to ensure this.
More information can be found on Statistics Norway’s website under Methods in official statistics, in the ‘Confidentiality’ section.
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.