Silviculture

Updated: 26 April 2023

Next update: 23 April 2024

Forest ground planted
Forest ground planted
2022
253 150
decares
Silviculture
Silviculture
Area (decares)Per centExpenditure (NOK 1 000)
20222021 - 20222018 - 20222022
Forest planting253 15016.223.0296 382
Silviculture269 18123.112.2136 957
Scarification82 387-21.032.236 977
Fertilizing3 119-93.0-94.51 258
Chemical cleaning and weed combating3 203-22.721.6955
Explanation of symbols

Selected tables and charts from this statistics

  • Forest regeneration
    Forest regeneration1
    Area (decares)Number of plants (1 000 pieces)2 Expenditure (NOK 1 000)2
    The whole country
    2012147 03925 744130 712
    2013147 64126 285134 900
    2014158 14228 622147 689
    2015172 08130 936163 125
    2016185 68834 174179 257
    2017191 01135 693187 543
    2018205 79337 746206 369
    2019225 33943 597241 897
    2020229 20143 532247 971
    2021217 84539 631230 268
    2022253 15047 476296 382
    2022
    Oslo and Viken55 58910 10061 036
    Innlandet102 60921 055125 593
    Vestfold og Telemark28 7613 94528 506
    Agder13 8042 39717 778
    Rogaland1 6895443 957
    Vestland6 5841 58712 104
    Møre og Romsdal5 6971 4348 804
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage30 5225 07130 023
    Nordland - Nordlánnda6 3139505 811
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku1 5823932 770
    1The figures only comprise work financed with forest trust fund or government subsidies.
    2Includes supplementary planting.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Silviculture
    Silviculture
    Area (decares)Expenditure (NOK 1 000)
    The whole country
    2012296 707107 923
    2013263 61799 498
    2014269 70899 159
    2015276 200107 289
    2016263 731103 371
    2017269 254110 074
    2018239 912100 377
    2019272 444119 010
    2020329 554147 658
    2021218 752103 617
    2022269 181136 957
    2022
    Oslo and Viken75 35140 267
    Innlandet107 79253 172
    Vestfold og Telemark32 37217 376
    Agder21 97111 228
    Rogaland1 8841 158
    Vestland1 477944
    Møre og Romsdal2 8331 456
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage24 04410 493
    Nordland - Nordlánnda876451
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku581411
    Explanation of symbols
  • Scarification
    Scarification1
    Area (decares)Expenditures (NOK 1 000)
    201150 94012 523
    201250 13513 015
    201367 76517 577
    201466 82018 577
    201572 48621 167
    201666 60620 363
    201762 31720 743
    201871 29524 669
    201988 39732 713
    2020104 08239 364
    2021104 22541 771
    202282 38736 977
    2022
    Oslo and Viken6 6492 929
    Innlandet63 41928 151
    Vestfold og Telemark2 406976
    Agder6 0703 028
    Rogaland00
    Vestland::
    Møre og Romsdal518326
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage3 0281 307
    Nordland - Nordlánnda15377
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku120157
    1The figures only comprise work financed with forest trust fund or government subsidies.
    Explanation of symbols
  • Expenditure and public subsidies on silviculture. NOK 1 000
    Expenditure and public subsidies on silviculture. NOK 1 0001
    Total amountPublic subsidies
    2017385 45394 452
    2018386 12264 734
    2019450 30076 597
    2020501 08398 329
    2021427 61086 081
    2022513 31983 692
    2022
    Oslo and Viken114 31013 478
    Innlandet227 97423 626
    Vestfold og Telemark50 4567 421
    Agder33 3757 799
    Rogaland7 5122 615
    Vestland13 4125 754
    Møre og Romsdal11 2904 363
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage43 57812 956
    Nordland - Nordlánnda6 3582 921
    Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku5 0542 758
    1The figures only comprise work financed with forest trust fund or government subsidies.
    Explanation of symbols

About the statistics

The purpose of the statistics is to provide information about forest planting, tending of young stands and other silviculture works. The statistics only cover activities financed wholly or partly by the Forest Trust Fund and/or by government subsidies.

Forest area planted or seeded

Forest area planted or seeded for forest production. Does not include supplementary planting.

Number of plants planted

Total number of plants planted. Cover both forest regeneration and supplementary planting.

Planting cost, total

Total cost of plants and planting. Covers both forest regeneration and supplementary planting.

Tending of young stands

Tending of young forest stands until first thinning.

Scarification

Spot removal of vegetation in order to improve the conditions for natural regeneration and the growth of forest plants.

Productive forest area

Forest area that under favourable stand conditions has an annual yield capacity per hectare of at least 1 cubic metre of wood including bark.

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Name: Silviculture
Topic: Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing

23 April 2024

Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics

County and municipality level

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Microdata are stored in Statistics Norway.

The purpose of the statistics is to provide information at county level about silviculture and forest drainage.

The build-up of the forest administration prescribed in the Forestry Act of 1932 provided a platform for collecting statistical data on silviculture work etc. approved by the Forest Service and was thereby entitled to receive subsidies. Silviculture statistics begin with the fiscal year 1935/36. Before that the Ministry of Agriculture compiled statistics on silviculture, ditch cleaning and fertilizing of forests. The completed figures have been published by Statistics Norway. Statistics on new ditches for forest drainage have previously been compiled entirely by Statistics Norway on the basis of data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Statistics Norway has compiled all silviculture statistics since 1997.

The statistics are used by public agencies (Ministries, County Departments), forest owner's organisations and research institutes. Results from the silviculture statistics are included in the National accounts.

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.

Results from the Silviculture statistics may be compared with some of the results from the Sample survey of Agriculture and Forestry 2008.

The Statistics Act, § 10.

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The statistics only cover activities financed wholly or partly by the Forest Trust Fund and/or by goverment subsidies.

The Forest Trust Fund is a legalised fund where the forest owners set apart a certain amount of the gross value of their roundwood sold. Money from the fund can be used by the owner for forest investments, such as planting, clearing, drainage etc.

The silviculture statistics are based on information from the Norwegian Agriculture Agency and their database on the Forest Trust Fund.

The Forest Service in each municipality keeps the Forest Trust Fund Account. The account is reported to the County Department of Agricultural Affairs (FMLA). The Norwegian Agriculture Agency obtains data from the the Forest Trust Fund databases and organizes them on files forwarded to Statistics Norway.

If the data are unclear, the Norwegian Agriculture Agency or County Department of Agricultural Affairs is contacted so that any errors can be corrected.

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Figures based on less than three forest owners are not published if this causes risk for identifying any of the units concerned.

During the period 1935/36-1949/50 the statistics apply to the fiscal year. In 1951 the calendar year was adopted, but the data for this year were combined with the data for the second half of 1950. The transition data from fiscal year to calendar year consequently cover 1 1/2 years. The 1998 figures for Finnmark and 1999 figures for Troms are missing.

In some cases the reported area in the Forest account are estimated. Adaptations to the subsidies system can also occor.

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