Building stock, 2003

Agricultural and fishery buildings are the dominant type of non-residential buildings with 513 510 buildings. There are 115 731 industrial buildings and warehouses and 41 232 buildings used for education, public entertainment and religious activities.

363 889 holiday houses

As of January 2003 there are 363 889 holiday houses in Norway. Oppland and Buskerud have most holiday houses. In Oppland there are 40 268 holiday houses, and in Buskerud there are 39 191 holiday houses.

1.1 million detached houses

There are 1 094 414 detached houses in Norway. This is 80 per cent of the total number of residential buildings. The category "House with two dwellings" has 129 046 buildings.

Norway has an average of 240 detached houses for each thousand residents. Hedmark and Oppland top the statistics with 360 and 353 detached houses per thousand residents. There are only 46 detached houses per thousand residents in Oslo.

Improvement of the GAB register

The municipalities are frequently working on improving the GAB-register. This has caused differences between figures of this year compared to last year. This year it is most obvious in Oslo, Hordaland and Sør-Trøndelag. A lot of this work is related to the Residence Address Project. Another reason for different figures in Oslo is a transfer of the local register KomGAB to the official register RiksGAB.

Unspecified building type

This year there are 151 buildings of which the building type is not given. Last year there were 154 unspecified buildings.

Tables:

• Table 1 Existing building stocks at January 2003, by county
• Table 2 Existing stock of residential buildings at January 2003, by county
• Table 3 Existing stock of non-residential buildings at January 2003, by county
• Table 4 Number of holiday houses (cottage, summer houses etc.) at January 2003, by county