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Municipal environmental management

Municipal and County Authorities Environmental Administration: Dispensations for motor traffic on uncultivated areas and watercourses. Protection of nature, landscape and cultural heritage. Energy consumption in municipal buildings. Gross operating expenses.

Updated: 16 June 2025
Next update: Not yet determined

Selected figures from these statistics

  • Environment and cultural heritage protection. Principal figures
    Environment and cultural heritage protection. Principal figures1
    2024Change from last year in per centChange in per cent
    2021 - 2024
    Applications under the Act relating to motor traffic on uncultivated land processed in municipalities (number)10 363-3-12
    Dispensations for motor traffic on uncultivated land approved (number)9 7033-10
    Gross operating expenditure on recreation in urban areas, management of nature and outdoor life in municipalities (per capita. NOK)779222
    Gross operating expenditure on cultural heritage protection in county council districts (per capita. NOK)172715
    Granted applications for construction in LNFR areas (proportion. Per cent)9113-3
    1The statistics are based on the summation of reported figures from municipalities and county council districts. No estimations have been made to compensate for missing reporting.
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  • Municipal operating expenditure, revenue and capital expenditure regarding recreation within urban settlements, nature management, outdoor life and cultural heritage. 1000 NOK
    Municipal operating expenditure, revenue and capital expenditure regarding recreation within urban settlements, nature management, outdoor life and cultural heritage. 1000 NOK1
    Population. NumberRecreation in urban settlements (function account 335)Nature and outdoor management (function account 360)Cultural heritage (function account 365)
    Gross revenueGross operating expendituresGross capital expenditureGross revenueGross operating expendituresGross capital expenditureGross revenueGross operating expendituresGross capital expenditure
    20215 425 270517 7091 980 0791 310 637664 8871 488 916786 47558 776186 96028 937
    20225 488 984523 4342 090 4421 714 078713 5391 635 421619 07452 814194 60735 966
    20235 550 203611 8912 357 1221 742 936759 2571 884 578646 19951 361207 94442 370
    20245 594 340653 2172 461 3981 560 291808 1871 895 901690 94663 958215 63046 600
    1The statistics are based on the summation of reported figures from municipalities and county council districts. No estimations have been made to compensate for missing reporting.
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  • Motor traffic in outfields
    Motor traffic in outfields1
    Processing of applications for motor traffic in outfieldsSnowmobile routes2
    Processed applications. NumberApproved applications. NumberApplications rejected. NumberValid permits, including from previous years. NumberMunicipalities with snowmobile routes. NumberTotal distance of routes. Km
    202013 55412 26068225 869376 996.4
    202111 82510 81645325 069437 811.4
    20229 1138 49038525 619..8 699.8
    202310 7179 43552423 687..8 503.1
    202410 3639 70334724 063..8 501.3
    1The statistics are based on the summation of reported figures from municipalities and county council districts. No estimations have been made to compensate for missing reporting.
    2As of 2019 the report also includes "snowmobile trails" for ice fishing and for for driving on icy watercourses in Nord-Troms and Finnmark.
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  • Number of reported zoning plans relating to municipal preservation of cultural heritage, landscape and protection of nature.
    Number of reported zoning plans relating to municipal preservation of cultural heritage, landscape and protection of nature.1
    2021202220232024
    Cultural heritage preservation
    Plans in force per December 314 5894 9455 0455 185
    Plans approved in the year of reporting160154215125
    Plans changed in the year of reporting and preservation purposes removed13372931
    Landscape preservation
    Plans in force per December 31757795812829
    Plans approved in the year of reporting24272921
    Plans changed in the year of reporting and preservation purposes removed41134
    Nature protection
    Plans in force per December 318559299611 012
    Plans approved in the year of reporting37404354
    Plans changed in the year of reporting and preservation purposes removed61033
    1The statistics are based on the summation of reported figures from municipalities and county council districts. No estimations have been made to compensate for missing reporting.
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  • County council districts expenditure and revenue regarding cultural heritage and outdoor life etc. 1000 NOK
    County council districts expenditure and revenue regarding cultural heritage and outdoor life etc. 1000 NOK1
    Function account 716 Outdoor life, water region authority and management of game and inland fishFunction account 750 Cultural heritage
    Gross operating revenuesGross operating expendituresGross operating revenuesGross operating expenditures
    In totalIn totalPer capita. NOK2 In totalIn totalPer capita. NOK2
    2021156 515303 73464482 979812 616172
    2022181 241310 61165520 247928 535194
    2023167 645370 53277515 621893 255185
    2024170 613352 74872497 320959 919197
    2024
    County council district
    Østfold23 20542 23913426 26435 290112
    Akershus16 32769 0039321 70560 36982
    Oslo000000
    Innlandet7 28215 4654153 58795 097252
    Buskerud9 09213 3014919 48253 823198
    Vestfold6 18810 982436 06535 269137
    Telemark12 40320 65011656 26089 376502
    Agder30 63645 67914234 96694 893295
    Rogaland11 66433 7476737 92582 327163
    Vestland16 97131 13448111 480188 872288
    Møre og Romsdal10 79618 1096624 45244 801164
    Trøndelag - Trööndelage11 13221 4904444 35075 285155
    Nordland - Nordlánnda8 47417 0647040 77770 297289
    Troms - Romsa - Tromssa4 74410 166609 05317 972105
    Finnmark - Finnmárku1 6993 7195010 95416 248217
    1The statistics are based on the summation of reported figures from municipalities and county council districts. No estimations have been made to compensate for missing reporting.
    2Figures for the whole country except Oslo
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About the statistics

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Classification of Norwegian municipalities by population size and economic workload 2020

The purpose of this report is to classify Norwegian municipalities according to three dimensions: Population size, economic workload and economic capacity. The measures of economic workload and capacity are estimated in a model of local government spending behaviour, and depend on variation in characteristics such as local government incomes, socio-demographic and geographic variables. The most extensive classification based on the three dimensions includes 17 groups. The resulting classification is based on data for 2018 and is compared to an earlier version based on data for 2013.

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