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One in five men registered as a hunter
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2016-04-06T10:00:00.000Z
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Hunting licence fee 2015/2016. Fewer paid the hunting licence fee.

Registered hunters, 2015/2016

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One in five men registered as a hunter

In total, 483 000 Norwegian hunters were registered in the official Register of hunters at the end of the hunting year 2015/2016. Women accounted for 13 per cent.

Register of huntersPublished 6 April 2016
2015-20162015-2016Change, per cent
PersonsPer cent2014-2015 - 2015-20162011-2012 - 2015-2016
Persons listed in the Register of Hunters482 988100.02.17.9
Males419 64486.91.76.3
Females63 34413.15.020.3
Persons buying hunting licence fee198 541100.0-0.40.0
Males182 67892.0-0.8-0.9
Females15 8638.04.711.7
Persons passed hunting test13 899100.02.48.5
Males10 52375.71.13.6
Females3 37624.36.737.4

Source: Statistics Norway

In total, 483 000 Norwegian hunters were registered in the official Register of hunters at the end of the hunting year 2015/2016, of which 420 000 were men and 63 000 were women. Since the hunting year 2014/2015, the number of hunters has increased by 9 900, and by 86 400 over the past ten years.

15 900 women paid the licence fee

Of the 200 600 persons paying the licence fee, 198 500 were Norwegian. A total of 15 900 of the Norwegian hunters were women. For Norway as a whole, 9 per cent of the male population paid the hunting licence fee for 2015/2016.

One in four new hunters were women

A total of 13 900 persons passed the hunting test in 2015/2016, which is 300 more than the year before. Women accounted for 24 per cent of all those who passed the hunting test.

Four in ten foreign hunters were Danish

A total of 2 100 foreign hunters paid the Norwegian hunting licence fee. Of the foreign hunters, 40 per cent were from Denmark, 26 per cent from Sweden and 14 per cent from Germany.