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Statistics on
Moose hunting
The statistics give an overview of Norwegian moose hunting. The figures show the number of moose shot and the number of permissions given, by age and sex. The statistics also comprise figures on estimated carcass weight.
Selected figures from these statistics
- Moose felled. Preliminary figuresDownload table as ...Moose felled. Preliminary figures
Number Share Change in per cent 2024-2025 2024-2025 2023-2024 - 2024-2025 2020-2021 - 2024-2025 Total 26 384 100.0 1.5 -16.9 Males Calf 5 174 19.6 4.4 -5.6 Yearlings 3 924 14.9 -1.7 -24.5 Older 5 692 21.6 -0.2 -19.9 Females Calf 4 911 18.6 2.1 -7.8 Yearlings 2 595 9.8 -2.0 -27.0 Older 4 088 15.5 5.1 -20.0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Moose hunting, by county. Preliminary figuresDownload table as ...Moose hunting, by county. Preliminary figures
2024-2025 Felling licences, moose Felled moose Males Females Harvest percentage The whole country 36 929 26 384 14 790 11 594 71 Østfold 874 537 312 225 61 Akershus 1 251 919 523 396 73 Oslo 134 72 42 30 54 Buskerud 2 253 1 586 861 725 70 Innlandet 10 166 7 727 4 377 3 350 76 Vestfold 333 175 75 100 53 Telemark 2 414 1 496 844 652 62 Agder 2 206 1 171 628 543 53 Rogaland 172 26 13 13 15 Vestland 235 43 26 17 18 Møre og Romsdal 362 146 88 58 40 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 8 036 5 791 3 222 2 569 72 Nordland - Nordlánnda 5 323 4 144 2 285 1 859 78 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 2 321 1 898 1 101 797 82 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 849 653 393 260 77 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Moose felled, by county, age and sex. Preliminary figuresDownload table as ...Moose felled, by county, age and sex. Preliminary figures
2024-2025 Total Calf Yearlings Older Males Females Males Females Males Females The whole country 26 384 5 174 4 911 3 924 2 595 5 692 4 088 Østfold 537 122 102 106 52 84 71 Akershus 919 233 216 111 56 179 124 Oslo 72 17 18 4 1 21 11 Buskerud 1 586 277 291 253 155 331 279 Innlandet 7 727 1 541 1 404 1 072 667 1 764 1 279 Vestfold 175 33 57 9 7 33 36 Telemark 1 496 292 272 176 122 376 258 Agder 1 171 153 163 185 148 290 232 Rogaland 26 7 6 1 3 5 4 Vestland 43 9 5 8 3 9 9 Møre og Romsdal 146 23 16 22 24 43 18 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 5 791 1 270 1 291 928 586 1 024 692 Nordland - Nordlánnda 4 144 748 685 663 474 874 700 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 1 898 350 283 300 214 451 300 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 653 99 102 86 83 208 75 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 25 October 2023.
Hunting ground
The basic territorial unit sanctioned for hunting cervids and allotted felling licences.
Qualifying area
The area forming the basis for hunting licences allotted by the municipalities. For moose and red deer, the area includes mainly woodland and bogs.
Cervids
Cervids includes moose (Alces alces), red deer (Cervus elaphus), wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus).
Issued licences
The number of licences allotted to a hunting ground by a municipalitiy.
Cervids felled
The number of cervids felled in regular hunting.
Selective shooting
Licences issued with an obligation for a certain distribution of animals felled, by calf, 1½ year-old animals, adult males and adult females.
Per cent felled
Shot animals as a percentage of licences issued.
The hunting year
One hunting year lasts as from 1 April to 31 March the following year.
Hunting period valid until 31 March 2028
The regular hunting period for moose hunting is 25 September to 23 December.
Name: Moose hunting
Topic: Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics
County and municipality. For the hunting years 2007/08 and 2008/09 figures on municipality level are based on the hunting area where the municipality is responsible for the administration. This area may include area in adjacent municipalities. Previous years, figures on municipality level were based on hunting taking place within the municipality borders. Since the municipality figures for these two years are not comparable from one year to another, the statistics from the hunting year 2008/09 was published on county level. As from the hunting year 2009/10, the data are collected and published by municipality.
The statistics are published annually. Preliminary figures are published in March of the year after the hunt has ended. Final figures are published 10 weeks later.
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 show the extent of moose hunting in Norway. Statistics on felled animals date back to 1889. Until 1951, the reports were collected from the police and covered all moose killed, both those that were shot through legal hunting and those that died in other ways, to the extent this was reported. After 1952, the statistics only cover moose legally killed through ordinary hunting.
The most important users of these statistics are The Norwegian Environment Agency, the County Departments of Environmental Affairs, professional bodies, the media, research and educational institutions and the local wildlife authorities.
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.
Statistics are also published on red deer hunting and wild reindeer hunting, as well as Non-harvest mortality of cervids.
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 include all legal hunting of moose in Norway.
The responsible person for each hunting ground report the results of the hunt to the municipality. The municipality is responsibel for reporting aggregated data for the municipality.
Total census.
The municipal authorities send forms for reporting to the responsible persons in each hunting ground together with the licence. These responsible persons have a duty to report back to the municipality within 10 days after the end of the hunting period. The municipality then has a duty to send reports to Statistics Norway within 3 weeks.
Editing is defined here as checking, examining and amending data. Sum checks and checks of the number of animals felled compared with licences issued are undertaken. Where necessary, the municipal authorities are contacted to clarify cases of doubt.
The number of felled animals and number of hunting licences are summarised and distributed by country, county and municipality.
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 statistics are comparable back to 1952.
For the hunting years 2007/08 and 2008/09 figures on municipality level were based on the hunting area where the municipality was responsible for the administration. This area may include hunting area in adjacent municipalities. Previous years, figures on municipality level were based on the hunting area within the municipality border. This results in a break in time series for the statistics for these two years. Municipalities not managing any hunting area themselves will lack in the statistics. This change is due to more cooperation between municipalities because of expanding hunting grounds. In the hunting year 2007/08 more than 60 municipalities are affected by this change. As from the hunting year 2009/10, data will be collected and published at municipality level.
The report work is closely connected to the municipality's management of the stock of moose and the data quality is regarded as very good. Some big hunting grounds cross municipal borders. In some cases this makes it difficult to tell in which municipality some of the animals were felled. The distribution of these animals is determined by the local wildlife authorities. This does not affect the total number of moose shot.
The level of non-response is negligible. Reporting to Statistics Norway is compulsory for all municipalities. Statistics Norway and the county management remind municipalities that have not forwarded the reports within three weeks from the end of the hunting season. In that way all municipalities are covered.