Registered hunters, 2002/2003

Women account for 21 per cent of all persons who passed the hunting test.

Almost 381 000 persons are registered in the official Register of hunters. Of these, 9 600 are foreign hunters.

For the hunting year 2002/2003 a number of 192 000 persons paid the hunting tax, of whom 2 800 lived abroad. Of the 189 200 persons living in Norway, 10 400 were women.

Every tenth person a hunter

The county of Nord-Trøndelag still has the highest frequency of hunters in proportion to its population. Here, every fifth male inhabitant over 16 years bought a hunting tax card in 2002/2003. Rogaland had the lowest proportion of hunters, counting 6 per cent of the population. For Norway as a whole, 10 per cent of the male population paid the hunting tax. The fact that a person bought a hunting tax card does not necessarily mean he or she actually went hunting.

Three of four foreign hunters are Nordic

2 800 foreign hunters paid hunting tax to Norway, including 600 Norwegians living abroad. 77 per cent of foreign hunters came from other Nordic countries. Of the foreign hunters, 45 per cent were from Denmark, 24 per cent from Sweden and 14 per cent from Germany. Hunters from about 50 countries paid the hunting tax to Norway.

The statistics are published annually.

Tables:

• Table 1 Hunters buying hunting tax card. 1994/1995-2002/2003
• Table 2 Hunters passed hunting test. 1998/1999-2002/2003
• Table 3 Hunters by age and sex. 2002/2003
• Table 4 Hunters by county of residence. 2002/2003
• Table 5 Hunters as per cent of population over 16 years
• Table 6 Persons listed in the Register of hunters
• Table 7 Hunters living abroad buying hunting tax card in Norway. 1998/1999-2002/2003