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Statistics on
Silviculture
The purpose of the statistics is to provide information about forest planting, tending of young stands and other silviculture works. The statistics only cover activities financed wholly or partly by the Forest Trust Fund and/or by government subsidies.
Selected figures from these statistics
- SilvicultureDownload table as ...Silviculture
Area (decares) Per cent Expenditure (NOK 1 000) 2025 2024 - 2025 2021 - 2025 2025 Forest planting 284 585 7.6 30.6 418 155 Silviculture 357 798 13.7 63.6 223 866 Scarification 111 915 8.0 7.5 60 737 Fertilizing 18 403 -41.8 -58.8 11 121 Chemical cleaning and weed combating 2 030 -0.8 -51.0 740 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Forest regenerationDownload table as ...Forest regeneration1
Area (decares) Number of plants (1 000 pieces)2 Expenditure (NOK 1 000)2 The whole country 2015 172 081 30 936 163 125 2016 185 688 34 174 179 257 2017 191 011 35 693 187 543 2018 205 793 37 746 206 369 2019 225 339 43 597 241 897 2020 229 201 43 532 247 971 2021 217 845 39 631 230 268 2022 253 150 47 476 296 382 2023 270 184 47 533 321 994 2024 264 484 47 970 359 682 2025 284 585 51 903 418 155 2025 Østfold 13 547 2 541 20 881 Oslo and Akershus 26 801 4 868 39 003 Buskerud 24 333 3 331 25 687 Innlandet 125 723 25 389 199 750 Vestfold 10 150 1 616 13 719 Telemark 14 808 1 749 15 027 Agder 17 351 2 710 23 798 Rogaland 1 641 417 3 869 Møre og Romsdal 6 067 1 378 12 135 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 26 790 4 581 35 106 Nordland - Nordlánnda 8 562 1 280 10 216 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 1 782 383 3 134 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 175 33 236 1The figures only comprise work financed with forest trust fund or government subsidies. 2Includes supplementary planting. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - SilvicultureDownload table as ...Silviculture
Area (decares) Expenditure (NOK 1 000) The whole country 2015 276 200 107 289 2016 263 731 103 371 2017 269 254 110 074 2018 239 912 100 377 2019 272 444 119 010 2020 329 554 147 658 2021 218 752 103 617 2022 269 181 136 957 2023 271 367 149 642 2024 314 690 182 508 2025 357 798 223 866 2025 Østfold 26 158 14 534 Oslo and Akershus 37 498 25 659 Buskerud 35 805 20 538 Innlandet 134 402 84 064 Vestfold 16 178 11 939 Telemark 26 474 17 096 Agder 38 765 23 684 Rogaland 1 307 976 Vestland 1 331 1 012 Møre og Romsdal 3 198 2 003 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 31 870 19 045 Nordland - Nordlánnda 4 019 2 834 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa : : Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku : : Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - ScarificationDownload table as ...Scarification1
Area (decares) Expenditures (NOK 1 000) 2014 66 820 18 577 2015 72 486 21 167 2016 66 606 20 363 2017 62 317 20 743 2018 71 295 24 669 2019 88 397 32 713 2020 104 082 39 364 2021 104 225 41 771 2022 82 387 36 977 2023 88 356 41 067 2024 103 637 52 908 2025 111 915 60 737 2025 Østfold 2 442 1 348 Oslo and Akershus 1 996 1 076 Buskerud 8 548 3 933 Innlandet 82 068 44 095 Vestfold 152 82 Telemark 4 544 2 679 Agder 5 521 3 165 Rogaland : : Vestland : : Møre og Romsdal 617 391 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 5 745 3 737 Nordland - Nordlánnda 195 151 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 0 0 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 0 0 1The figures only comprise work financed with forest trust fund or government subsidies. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Expenditure and public subsidies on silviculture. NOK 1 000Download table as ...Expenditure and public subsidies on silviculture. NOK 1 0001
Total amount Public subsidies 2020 501 083 98 329 2021 427 610 86 081 2022 513 319 83 692 2023 564 900 91 512 2024 658 633 107 546 2025 768 195 114 415 2025 Østfold 41 582 5 655 Oslo and Akershus 72 127 7 477 Buskerud 55 124 7 504 Innlandet 358 557 32 670 Vestfold 27 922 4 713 Telemark 38 008 7 903 Agder 53 671 12 374 Rogaland 10 032 3 321 Vestland 16 905 5 753 Møre og Romsdal 15 646 5 277 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 60 529 14 731 Nordland - Nordlánnda 13 691 4 224 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 3 858 2 376 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 543 436 1The figures only comprise work financed with forest trust fund or government subsidies. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 24 March 2025.
Forest area planted or seeded
Forest area planted or seeded for forest production. Does not include supplementary planting.
Number of plants planted
Total number of plants planted. Cover both forest regeneration and supplementary planting.
Planting cost, total
Total cost of plants and planting. Covers both forest regeneration and supplementary planting.
Tending of young stands
Tending of young forest stands until first thinning.
Scarification
Spot removal of vegetation in order to improve the conditions for natural regeneration and the growth of forest plants.
Productive forest area
Forest area that under favourable stand conditions has an annual yield capacity per hectare of at least 1 cubic metre of wood including bark.
Name: Silviculture
Topic: Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics
Municipality.
The statistics are published annually approximately 16 weeks after the end of the year.
Collected and revised data are stored securely by Statistics Norway in compliance with applicable legislation on data processing.
Statistics Norway can grant access to the source data (de-identified or anonymised microdata) on which the statistics are based, for researchers and public authorities for the purposes of preparing statistical results and analyses. Access can be granted upon application and subject to conditions. Refer to the details about this at Access to data from Statistics Norway.
The purpose of the statistics is to provide information at county level about silviculture and forest drainage.
The build-up of the forest administration prescribed in the Forestry Act of 1932 provided a platform for collecting statistical data on silviculture work etc. approved by the Forest Service and was thereby entitled to receive subsidies. Silviculture statistics begin with the fiscal year 1935/36. Before that the Ministry of Agriculture compiled statistics on silviculture, ditch cleaning and fertilizing of forests. The completed figures have been published by Statistics Norway. Statistics on new ditches for forest drainage have previously been compiled entirely by Statistics Norway on the basis of data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Statistics Norway has compiled all silviculture statistics since 1997.
The statistics are used by public agencies (Ministries, County Departments), forest owner's organisations and research institutes. Results from the silviculture statistics are included in the National accounts.
No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at 8 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months' advance notice is given in the Statistics Release Calendar. This is one of Statistics Norway’s key principles for ensuring that all users are treated equally.
Results from the Silviculture statistics may be compared with some of the results from the Sample survey of Agriculture and Forestry 2008.
The statistics are developed, produced and disseminated pursuant to Act no. 32 of 21 June 2019 relating to official statistics and Statistics Norway (the Statistics Act).
The statistics only cover activities financed wholly or partly by the Forest Trust Fund and/or by goverment subsidies.
The Forest Trust Fund is a legalised fund where the forest owners set apart a certain amount of the gross value of their roundwood sold. Money from the fund can be used by the owner for forest investments, such as planting, clearing, drainage etc.
The silviculture statistics are based on information from the Norwegian Agriculture Agency and their database on the Forest Trust Fund.
The Forest Service in each municipality keeps the Forest Trust Fund Account. The account is reported to the County Department of Agricultural Affairs (FMLA). The Norwegian Agriculture Agency obtains data from the the Forest Trust Fund databases and organizes them on files forwarded to Statistics Norway.
If the data are unclear, the Norwegian Agriculture Agency or County Department of Agricultural Affairs is contacted so that any errors can be corrected.
Employees of Statistics Norway have a duty of confidentiality.
Statistics Norway does not publish figures if there is a risk of the respondent’s contribution being identified. This means that, as a general rule, figures are not published if fewer than three units form the basis of a cell in a table or if the contribution of one or two respondents constitutes a very large part of the cell total.
Statistics Norway can make exceptions to the general rule if deemed necessary to meet the requirements of the EEA agreement, if the respondent is a public authority, if the respondent has consented to this, or when the information disclosed is openly accessible to the public.
More information can be found on Statistics Norway’s website under Methods in official statistics, in the ‘Confidentiality’ section.
To ensure confidentiality, the suppression method is used in these statistics.
During the period 1935/36-1949/50 the statistics apply to the fiscal year. In 1951 the calendar year was adopted, but the data for this year were combined with the data for the second half of 1950. The transition data from fiscal year to calendar year consequently cover 1 1/2 years. The 1998 figures for Finnmark and 1999 figures for Troms are missing.
In some cases the reported area in the Forest account are estimated. Adaptations to the subsidies system can also occor.