Table 1 Total number of holdings and holdings by type of holder

1	Total number of holdings and holdings by type of holder

	Number of holdings, total	By type of holder

		Natural person			Legal person
		Total	Male holders	Female holders	Total	General partnerships (joint operations)	Joint-stock company, institution etc.

1979	125 302	124 408	115 375	9 033	894	.	.
1989	99 382	98 610	89 267	9 343	772	.	.
1999	70 740	69 959	60 914	9 045	781	462	319
2000	68 539	67 645	58 439	9 205	894	578	316
2001	65 607	64 485	55 503	8 982	1 122	749	373
2002	61 890	60 044	52 182	7 862	1 846	1 398	448
2003	58 231	56 308	48 980	7 328	1 923	1 577	346
2004	55 507	53 376	46 337	7 039	2 131	1 827	304
2005*	53 227	50 945	44 147	6 798	2 282	2 025	257

2005*
Østfold	2 783	2 699	2 378	321	84	63	21
Akershus and Oslo	2 723	2 645	2 324	321	78	46	32
Hedmark	4 360	4 220	3 650	570	140	117	23
Oppland	5 706	5 306	4 653	653	400	383	17
Buskerud	2 831	2 743	2 349	394	88	70	18
Vestfold	1 879	1 827	1 634	193	52	33	19
Telemark	1 812	1 768	1 514	254	44	32	12
Aust-Agder	793	766	662	104	27	21	6
Vest-Agder	1 302	1 257	1 090	167	45	37	8
Rogaland	5 350	5 048	4 393	655	302	276	26
Hordaland	3 838	3 693	3 170	523	145	132	13
Sogn og Fjordane	3 910	3 773	3 221	552	137	131	6
Møre og Romsdal	3 651	3 482	2 953	529	169	162	7
Sør-Trøndelag	3 661	3 518	3 128	390	143	132	11
Nord-Trøndelag	3 991	3 742	3 299	443	249	232	17
Nordland	2 814	2 697	2 277	420	117	107	10
Troms	1 397	1 355	1 127	228	42	34	8
Finnmark Finnmárku	426	406	325	81	20	17	3

Agricultural area in use
0 decares¹	1 137	431	344	87	706	690	16
1- 4 "²	185	159	130	29	26	6	20
5- 49 "	5 142	5 020	4 113	907	122	47	75
50- 99 "	10 321	10 182	8 579	1 603	139	101	38
100-199 "	16 829	16 559	14 253	2 306	270	227	43
200-299 "	10 157	9 857	8 750	1 107	300	280	20
300-499 "	6 779	6 407	5 807	600	372	353	19
500- "	2 677	2 330	2 171	159	347	321	26

¹	Comprises mainly joint operations with milk production.
²	Comprises mainly holdings in horticulture.