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More hunters
In total, 464 000 Norwegian hunters were registered in the official Register of hunters at the end of the hunting year 2013/2014. Over the past ten years, the number of registered hunters has increased by 85 000.
2013-2014 | 2013-2014 | Change, per cent | ||
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Persons | Per cent | 2012-2013 - 2013-2014 | 2009-2010 - 2013-2014 | |
Persons listed in the Register of Hunters | 464 176 | 100.0 | 1.8 | 7.9 |
Males | 406 628 | 87.6 | 1.5 | 6.4 |
Females | 57 548 | 12.4 | 4.4 | 19.9 |
Persons buying hunting licence fee | 194 679 | 100.0 | 1.8 | 0.3 |
Males | 180 398 | 92.7 | 1.7 | -0.2 |
Females | 14 281 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 6.0 |
Persons passed hunting test | 12 558 | 100.0 | 1.6 | -5.4 |
Males | 9 830 | 78.3 | 2.4 | -5.7 |
Females | 2 728 | 21.7 | -1.1 | -0.8 |
More paid the hunting licence fee
In total, 194 700 paid the hunting licence fee for the hunting year 2013/2014. This is an increase of 3 400 compared to the previous hunting year. Slightly more than 7 per cent of the hunters that paid the hunting licence fee for 2013/2014 were women. A total of 14 300 female hunters living in Norway paid.
One in five first-time hunters was a woman
All first-time hunters have to pass a hunting test before they start hunting. A total of 12 600 persons passed the hunting test in the hunting year 2013/2014. Women accounted for 22 per cent of these.
Four in ten foreign hunters were Danish
A total of 2 200 foreign hunters paid a hunting licence fee to Norway. Of the foreign hunters, 42 per cent were from Denmark, 26 per cent from Sweden and 14 per cent from Germany.
Contact
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Terje Olav Rundtom
E-mail: terje.olav.rundtom@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 91 38 60 61