Registered hunters, 2003/2004

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

Almost 390 000 persons are registered in the official Register of hunters. Of these, 10 300 are foreign ones.

192 200 persons paid the hunting tax for the hunting year 2003/2004, of whom 2 800 lived abroad. Of the 189 400 persons living in Norway, 10 600 were women.

Every tenth person a hunter

The county of Nord-Trøndelag still has the highest frequency of hunters in proportion to its population. In this county every fifth male inhabitant above 16 years of age bought a hunting tax card in 2003/2004. 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 that he or she actually went hunting. 75 per cent reported being active hunters in 2002/03. Of all active hunters, 66 per cent participated in small game hunting and 60 per cent hunted cervids ( http://www.ssb.no/emner/10/04/10/jeja/ ).

Two out of three foreign hunters are Nordic

2 800 foreign hunters paid hunting tax to Norway, including 600 Norwegians living abroad. 71 per cent of foreign hunters came from other Nordic countries. Of the foreign hunters, 46 per cent were from Denmark, 23 per cent from Sweden and 15 per cent from Germany.

The statistics are published annually.

Tables:

• Table 1 Hunters buying hunting tax card. 1994/1995-2003/2004
• Table 2 Hunters passed hunting test. 1998/1999-2003/2004
• Table 3 Hunters by age and sex. 2003/2004
• Table 4 Hunters by county of residence. 2003/2004
• 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. 1999/2000-2003/2004