Silviculture
Updated: 23 April 2024
Next update: 23 April 2025
| Area (decares) | Per cent | Expenditure (NOK 1 000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2022 - 2023 | 2019 - 2023 | 2023 | |
| Forest planting | 270 184 | 6.7 | 19.9 | 321 994 |
| Silviculture | 271 367 | 0.8 | -0.4 | 149 642 |
| Scarification | 88 356 | 7.2 | 23.9 | 41 067 |
| Fertilizing | 21 081 | 575.9 | -43.9 | 12 406 |
| Chemical cleaning and weed combating | 2 495 | -22.1 | -34.1 | 814 |
Selected tables and charts from this statistics
- Forest regenerationDownload table as ...Forest regeneration1
Area (decares) Number of plants (1 000 pieces)2 Expenditure (NOK 1 000)2 The whole country 2013 147 641 26 285 134 900 2014 158 142 28 622 147 689 2015 172 081 30 936 163 125 2016 185 688 34 174 179 257 2017 191 011 35 693 187 543 2018 205 793 37 746 206 369 2019 225 339 43 597 241 897 2020 229 201 43 532 247 971 2021 217 845 39 631 230 268 2022 253 150 47 476 296 382 2023 270 184 47 533 321 994 2023 Oslo and Viken (2020-2023) 65 840 11 079 73 493 Innlandet 109 613 21 417 138 447 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 26 282 3 510 26 998 Agder 14 778 2 356 18 589 Rogaland 1 124 293 2 320 Vestland 6 087 1 456 11 599 Møre og Romsdal 4 783 1 220 8 767 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 33 239 4 717 31 197 Nordland - Nordlánnda 6 226 932 6 656 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 2 212 553 3 928 1The figures only comprise work financed with forest trust fund or government subsidies. 2Includes supplementary planting. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - SilvicultureDownload table as ...Silviculture
Area (decares) Expenditure (NOK 1 000) The whole country 2013 263 617 99 498 2014 269 708 99 159 2015 276 200 107 289 2016 263 731 103 371 2017 269 254 110 074 2018 239 912 100 377 2019 272 444 119 010 2020 329 554 147 658 2021 218 752 103 617 2022 269 181 136 957 2023 271 367 149 642 2023 Oslo and Viken (2020-2023) 70 049 39 218 Innlandet 104 157 56 291 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 35 452 20 872 Agder 32 069 17 450 Rogaland 1 179 860 Vestland 1 003 761 Møre og Romsdal 2 592 1 427 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 23 257 11 756 Nordland - Nordlánnda 1 032 603 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 577 404 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - ScarificationDownload table as ...Scarification1
Area (decares) Expenditures (NOK 1 000) 2012 50 135 13 015 2013 67 765 17 577 2014 66 820 18 577 2015 72 486 21 167 2016 66 606 20 363 2017 62 317 20 743 2018 71 295 24 669 2019 88 397 32 713 2020 104 082 39 364 2021 104 225 41 771 2022 82 387 36 977 2023 88 356 41 067 2023 Oslo and Viken (2020-2023) 7 628 3 367 Innlandet 67 615 30 724 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 2 841 1 348 Agder 7 424 3 872 Rogaland 27 24 Vestland : : Møre og Romsdal 185 120 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 1 681 907 Nordland - Nordlánnda 305 177 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) : : 1The figures only comprise work financed with forest trust fund or government subsidies. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Expenditure and public subsidies on silviculture. NOK 1 000Download table as ...Expenditure and public subsidies on silviculture. NOK 1 0001
Total amount Public subsidies 2018 386 122 64 734 2019 450 300 76 597 2020 501 083 98 329 2021 427 610 86 081 2022 513 319 83 692 2023 564 900 91 512 2023 Oslo and Viken (2020-2023) 128 616 13 744 Innlandet 254 421 26 079 Vestfold og Telemark (2020-2023) 52 114 8 985 Agder 41 653 11 233 Rogaland 4 902 1 784 Vestland 13 008 5 247 Møre og Romsdal 11 101 3 853 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 45 536 13 488 Nordland - Nordlánnda 7 728 3 262 Troms og Finnmark - Romsa ja Finnmárku (2020-2023) 5 820 3 836 1The figures only comprise work financed with forest trust fund or government subsidies. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
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About the statistics
The purpose of the statistics is to provide information about forest planting, tending of young stands and other silviculture works. The statistics only cover activities financed wholly or partly by the Forest Trust Fund and/or by government subsidies.
Forest area planted or seeded
Forest area planted or seeded for forest production. Does not include supplementary planting.
Number of plants planted
Total number of plants planted. Cover both forest regeneration and supplementary planting.
Planting cost, total
Total cost of plants and planting. Covers both forest regeneration and supplementary planting.
Tending of young stands
Tending of young forest stands until first thinning.
Scarification
Spot removal of vegetation in order to improve the conditions for natural regeneration and the growth of forest plants.
Productive forest area
Forest area that under favourable stand conditions has an annual yield capacity per hectare of at least 1 cubic metre of wood including bark.
Name: Silviculture
Topic: Agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing
Division for Housing, Property, Spatial and Agricultural Statistics
County and municipality level
Microdata are stored in Statistics Norway.
The purpose of the statistics is to provide information at county level about silviculture and forest drainage.
The build-up of the forest administration prescribed in the Forestry Act of 1932 provided a platform for collecting statistical data on silviculture work etc. approved by the Forest Service and was thereby entitled to receive subsidies. Silviculture statistics begin with the fiscal year 1935/36. Before that the Ministry of Agriculture compiled statistics on silviculture, ditch cleaning and fertilizing of forests. The completed figures have been published by Statistics Norway. Statistics on new ditches for forest drainage have previously been compiled entirely by Statistics Norway on the basis of data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Statistics Norway has compiled all silviculture statistics since 1997.
The statistics are used by public agencies (Ministries, County Departments), forest owner's organisations and research institutes. Results from the silviculture statistics are included in the National accounts.
No external users have access to the statistics and analyses before they are published and accessible simultaneously for all users on ssb.no at 8 am. Prior to this, a minimum of three months' advance notice is given in the Statistics Release Calendar. This is one of Statistics Norway’s key principles for ensuring that all users are treated equally.
Results from the Silviculture statistics may be compared with some of the results from the Sample survey of Agriculture and Forestry 2008.
The Statistics Act, § 10.
The statistics only cover activities financed wholly or partly by the Forest Trust Fund and/or by goverment subsidies.
The Forest Trust Fund is a legalised fund where the forest owners set apart a certain amount of the gross value of their roundwood sold. Money from the fund can be used by the owner for forest investments, such as planting, clearing, drainage etc.
The silviculture statistics are based on information from the Norwegian Agriculture Agency and their database on the Forest Trust Fund.
The Forest Service in each municipality keeps the Forest Trust Fund Account. The account is reported to the County Department of Agricultural Affairs (FMLA). The Norwegian Agriculture Agency obtains data from the the Forest Trust Fund databases and organizes them on files forwarded to Statistics Norway.
If the data are unclear, the Norwegian Agriculture Agency or County Department of Agricultural Affairs is contacted so that any errors can be corrected.
Figures based on less than three forest owners are not published if this causes risk for identifying any of the units concerned.
During the period 1935/36-1949/50 the statistics apply to the fiscal year. In 1951 the calendar year was adopted, but the data for this year were combined with the data for the second half of 1950. The transition data from fiscal year to calendar year consequently cover 1 1/2 years. The 1998 figures for Finnmark and 1999 figures for Troms are missing.
In some cases the reported area in the Forest account are estimated. Adaptations to the subsidies system can also occor.
