Registered hunters, 2011/2012

Of the 200 800 hunters paying the licence fee, 198 500 lived in Norway. A total of 14 200 of the hunters living in Norway were women. For Norway as a whole, 9 per cent of the male population paid the hunting licence fee for 2011/2012.

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 12 800 persons passed the hunting test in the hunting year 2011/2012. Women accounted for 21 per cent of these.

Four in ten foreign hunters were Danish

A total of 3 000 hunters resident abroad paid a hunting licence fee to Norway; 690 of these were Norwegians living abroad. Of the foreign hunters, 41 per cent were from Denmark, 24 per cent were from Sweden and 15 per cent were from Germany.

A total of 454 100 persons are registered in the official Register of hunters, 6 600 of which are foreign nationals.

Tables:

• Table 1 Hunters, by county of residence
• Table 2 Hunters, by age and sex. 2011/12
• Table 3 Hunters as per cent of population over 16 years, by county of residence