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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 this statistics
- SilvicultureDownload table as ...Silviculture
Area (decares) Per cent Expenditure (NOK 1 000) 2024 2023 - 2024 2020 - 2024 2024 Forest planting 264 484 -2.1 15.4 359 682 Silviculture 314 690 16.0 -4.5 182 508 Scarification 103 637 17.3 17.2 52 908 Fertilizing 31 624 50.0 -27.6 18 575 Chemical cleaning and weed combating 2 047 -18.0 -46.2 638 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 2014 158 142 28 622 147 689 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 2024 Østfold 12 347 2 269 17 114 Oslo and Akershus 24 842 4 456 31 947 Innlandet 111 032 22 310 162 854 Buskerud 21 373 3 015 22 269 Vestfold 12 580 1 758 14 338 Telemark 14 881 1 863 15 455 Agder 14 573 2 374 19 692 Rogaland 2 052 550 4 619 Møre og Romsdal 5 669 1 392 11 251 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 29 424 4 896 35 361 Nordland - Nordlánnda 7 967 1 206 9 132 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 1 616 401 3 116 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 140 35 241 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 2014 269 708 99 159 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 2024 Østfold 22 346 11 530 Oslo and Akershus 26 214 16 400 Innlandet 127 910 75 320 Buskerud 27 687 14 765 Vestfold 17 251 10 696 Telemark 21 642 12 828 Agder 35 244 19 859 Rogaland 1 626 1 221 Vestland 1 004 699 Møre og Romsdal 2 673 1 561 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 28 013 15 765 Nordland - Nordlánnda 2 025 1 228 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa : : Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku : : Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - ScarificationDownload table as ...Scarification1
Area (decares) Expenditures (NOK 1 000) 2013 67 765 17 577 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 2 720 2024 Østfold 1 300 611 Oslo and Akershus 1 533 633 Innlandet 81 757 41 688 Buskerud 5 253 2 720 Vestfold 520 246 Telemark 3 675 1 707 Agder 5 926 3 254 Rogaland : : Vestland : : Møre og Romsdal 324 195 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 3 097 1 681 Nordland - Nordlánnda 145 84 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 2019 450 300 76 597 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 2024 Østfold 34 971 4 476 Oslo and Akershus 53 748 4 754 Innlandet 312 840 31 795 Buskerud 44 283 5 902 Vestfold 26 655 4 256 Telemark 31 669 5 782 Agder 45 621 12 342 Rogaland 8 507 3 847 Vestland 13 563 5 100 Møre og Romsdal 13 596 4 916 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 57 054 16 678 Nordland - Nordlánnda 11 164 4 629 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 4 329 2 668 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 633 400 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
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The statistics are published annually approximately 16 weeks after the end of the year.
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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.