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3.7 million buildings in Norway
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2005-02-17T10:00:00.000Z
Construction, housing and property;Construction, housing and property;Svalbard
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Building stock, 2005

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3.7 million buildings in Norway

As of January this year, 3 686 525 buildings were registered in Norway. Of the total building stock, 1 400 727 buildings are for residential purpose.

Among residential buildings, detached houses are the dominant type of building, accounting for

1 104 641 buildings. This makes up 79 per cent of all residential buildings in Norway. The category "House with two dwellings" has 134 496 buildings.

Number of detached houses for each 1 000 residents, at January 2005. County

Norway has an average of 240 detached houses for each thousand residents. Hedmark and Oppland top the statistics with 361 and 355 detached houses per thousand residents. There are only 45 detached houses per thousand residents in Oslo.

2.3 million non-residential buildings

It is registered 2 285 665 non-residential buildings in Norway. 1 524 393 of these are holiday homes, residential garages etc., and 761 272 are industrial buildings. Agricultural and fishery buildings are the dominant type of industrial buildings with 520 648 buildings. The number of industrial buildings and warehouses amounts to 110 003.

374 000 holiday houses

As of January 2005 there are 374 470 holiday houses in Norway. Most holiday houses are registered in Oppland and Buskerud, with more than 40 000. Regarding the land area of the municipalities, Tjøme and Hvaler are the municipalities with the highest density of holiday houses.

Number of holiday homes at January 2005. County

Improvement of the GAB-register

Municipalities are from times to times cleaning up their registers to improve the quality. As a result, buildings that were not classified the previous year may have been assigned their correct building type the year after. Buildings that were incorrectly classified the previous year may have been assigned the correct building type code. The number of registered buildings in the municipalities may change from year to year because of the clean up.

The statistics are based on data from the Ground Property, Address and Building Register (GAB). The municipalities record data in GAB. All buildings in Norway larger than 15 m2 are to be recorded in the register with a code for building type and coordinates. The statistics can include buildings that are torn down, burnt down or otherwise non-existing, if not reported to the municipality.

Connected units are recorded as separate buildings when the units can be torn down independently of each other. A single dwelling in row houses and in semi-detached houses is recorded as one building.

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