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More than 4 million buildings
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Building stock, 1 January 2013

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More than 4 million buildings

A register count of building stock shows that there are more than 4 million buildings in Norway. The building stock increased by more than 35 000 buildings.

Building stock by type of buildingPublished 26 March 2013
200920132009 - 2013
In all3 843 9124 015 718171 806
Residential buildings1 447 6751 488 97941 304
Non-residential buildings2 396 2372 526 739130 502
 
Residential buildings
Detached house1 125 1881 143 50918 321
House with 2 dwellings145 823154 0928 269
Row house, linked house and house with 3 dwellings or more139 912151 28911 377
Multi-dwelling building32 68935 4372 748
Residence for communities4 0634 652589
 
Non-residential buildings
Holiday house1 651 4681 777 862126 394
Of which:
Chalet, summerhouses etc.394 102413 11419 012
Detached houses and farmhouses used as holiday houses29 59332 6003 007
Industrial building97 148103 9196 771
Agricultural and fishery building513 915506 765-7 150
Office and business building38 06738 781714
Transport and communications building9 80610 629823
Hotel and restaurant building30 47331 388915
Building used for education, research, public entertainment and religious activities45 19646 9701 774
Hospital and institutional care building5 4825 630148
Prison, building for emergency preparedness etc.4 6824 795113

Source: Statistics Norway

The building stock increased by almost 1 per cent in 2012. About one third of the change was within residential buildings, whereof detached houses make up almost half of the growth. The net increase within holiday homes was almost 3 000 buildings. The typical “cabin municipalities” in the inner parts of Southern Norway experienced the greatest change. However, more than 100 municipalities experienced a net decrease in holiday homes, which might be due to both demolition and change in use of buildings.

Fewer buildings in primary sector

Buildings within the fishing and agricultural sector is the only major group of buildings by type that has experienced a net decrease in the year, with 2 306 fewer buildings. This is a decrease of about a half per cent.

Building stock on the map

The building stock is also counted on the map within a fixed square grid. These grid statistics show the geographical pattern of the building stock, which parts of Norway are affected by building, and where the highest building density is found. The grid statistics for buildings should be used in combination with other statistics, for example the number of dwellings or residents. This will give a clearer indication of which parts of the country have the highest levels of usage. Statistics on grids can be downloaded from the article Kart over tettsteder og sentrumssoner, and are also available in Statistics Norway’s geoportal.

Reasons for changes in building stock Open and readClose

Municipalities clean their registers at different intervals in order to improve quality. As a result, buildings that were not classified one year are assigned their correct building type the following year. In addition, incorrectly classified buildings are assigned their correct building type code. The number of registered buildings in a municipality may therefore change from one year to the next.