Forest properties, 2011

According to new cartographic data, 131 800 properties have a productive forest area of 25 decares or more. Registered productive forest area amounted to 70.2 million decares. A total of 36 150 of the forest properties are owned by a person who also runs an agricultural holding, which is 1 500 fewer than in 2010.

One in ten cut timber for sale

Forest owners in the county of Hedmark were the most active, with more than one in five properties carrying out commercial roundwood removals. The activity level varied considerably between the counties. In the western part of Norway, between three and four per cent of the forest properties had commercial removals, and in the northern part of the country the activity was even lower. In the country as a whole, a total of 47 050 forest properties have sold timber at least once in the last 10-year period.

In 2010, the average commercial roundwood removal per property was 627 cubic metres.

The Forest Trust Fund grows

At the start of 2010, forest owners had set aside NOK 1 061 million in the Forest Trust Fund - 110 million more than the previous year.

Tables:

• Table 1 Forest properties, by county and size class. 2011
• Table 2 Productive forest area, by county and size class in decares. 2011. Decares
• Table 3 Forest properties with commercial roundwood removals, by county and size of property. 2011
• Table 4 Commercial roundwood removals, by county and property size in decares. Solid cubic metres. 2011
• Table 5 Forest properties in combination with agricultural holding, by county and size of productive forest area. 2011
• Table 6 Forest Trust Fund. Balance payment and disbursement of fund, by county and productive forest area. 2011. NOK 1 000