Registered hunters, 2004/2005

Women account for 22 per cent of the people who passed the hunting test.

Almost 396 000 people are registered in the official Register of hunters, and 7 400 of them are foreign citizens.

In the hunting year 2004/2005, 197 000 people paid the hunting tax, of whom 2 800 lived abroad. Of the 194 200 people who lived in Norway, 11 500 were women.

One in ten are hunters

The county of Nord-Trøndelag still has the highest proportion of hunters. Here, every fifth male inhabitant over the age of 16 bought a hunting tax card in 2004/2005. Rogaland had the lowest proportion of hunters, at 6 per cent. In Norway as a whole, 10 per cent of the male population paid the hunting tax.

The fact that people buy hunting tax cards does not necessarily mean that they go hunting. In the hunting year 2003/2004, the proportion of active hunters was 77 per cent. Of all active hunters, 67 per cent participated in small game hunting and 59 per cent hunted cervids (see Active hunters ).

Half of foreign hunters are Nordic

2 800 foreign hunters paid hunting tax to Norway, including 560 Norwegians living abroad. 53 per cent of the foreign hunters came from other Nordic countries. Of the foreign hunters, 33 per cent were from Denmark, 18 per cent from Sweden and 11 per cent from Germany.

Tables:

• Table 1 Hunters buying hunting tax card. 1995/1996-2004/2005
• Table 2 Hunters passed hunting test. 1998/1999-2004/2005
• Table 3 Hunters by age and sex. 2004/2005
• Table 4 Hunters by county of residence. 2004/2005
• Table 5 Hunters as per cent of population over 16 years
• Table 6 Persons listed in the Register of hunters
• Table 7 Hunters living abroad buying hunting tax card in Norway. 2000/2001-2004/2005