Norway Yearbook - 1996

Agriculture, hunting and forestry
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Holdings1 keeping livestock of different kinds and livestock per holding, by
county and by size of holding
CattleCow
Sheep 1
year and
over
Dairy goat
Pig
Livestock per holding
Sheep
Cattle Cow 1 year and Dairy goat
over
1969 92116 82177 59075 3488 49970 10.6 5.3 12.1 20.6
1979 53793 38906 44514 1713 17667 18.0 9.6 19.4 338
1989 37584 29143 28887 1474 8272 25.3 11.7 31.1 45.9
1990 37153 29354 28022 1161 8762 26.0 11.5 32.1 53.9
1991 36396 29343 .. 1 155 8774 26.8 11.6 .. 54.4
1992 35383 28993 27276 1 090 8 456 27.8 11.7 35.2 56.9
1993 34631 28798 26665 1 061 7969 28.2 11.7 35.2 57.6
1994 33882 28668 26 590 966 7666 28.9 11 7 37.2 61.6
1995 33059 28460 26482 949 7254 29.9 11.9 38.2 619
1995
County
øsifold 660 580 232 - 501 37.2 14.0 13.9 -
Akershus and Oslo 658 590 248 453 39.2 14.4 37.8
Hedmark 1 724 1 582 1135 45 680 34.0 13.2 46.1 40.4
Oppland 3449 3204 2193 95 825 30.3 11.5 42.5 54.9
Buskerud 923 803 942 27 192 24.6 10.2 46.2 56.4
Vestfold 352 307 156 - 319 39.0 14.3 26.0 -
Telemark 624 506 698 48 194 19.0 8.2 36.5 35.6
Aust-Agder 506 365 491 - 128 20.6 9.1 37.2
Vest-Agder 1129 866 957 - 110 22.5 9.5 32.1 -
Rogaland 4294 3787 3635 20 1 357 39.7 14.7 48.0 66.0
Hordaland 2870 2 195 3739 72 363 19.7 9.0 32.5 58.7
Sogn og Fjordane 3098 2597 3 585 135 265 19.4 8.8 29.8 73.7
Mare og Romsdal 3637 2864 2 569 91 238 27.3 11.6 28.6 77.7
Sør-Trøndelag 2937 2646 1 273 6 422 33.5 12.6 50.5 54.5
Nord-Trøndelag 2837 2587 834 19 867 37.6 13.7 47.3 62.8
Nordland 2229 2052 1936 96 213 30.8 11.6 41.8 55.1
Troms 827 657 1 560 293 95 25.8 12.0 36.3 64.6
Finnmark 305 272 298 - 32 30.5 14.1 43.3
Size of holders. Decares
5
492
2138 959 9557 136 602 10.5 7.2 22.1 39.4
50- 99 6659 4747 8139 455 1231 13.6 6.3 40.3 62.2
100- 199 14995 13853 6510 328 2987 28.1 10.9 52.2 70.4
200- 9267 8901 2276 30 2434 49.0 16.9 57.7 63.7
r
Refers to holdings with at least 5 decares agricultural area in use.2lncluding common herds etc.
Source: NOS Census of Agriculture 1959, 1969. NOS Census of Agriculture and Forestry 1979, 1g89. NOS Agricultural Statistics and Weekly
Bulletin of Statistics. More information: Division for Primary Industry Statistics.
31 2 Livestock
Year
Horse
Cattle
Total Cow
Pig Sheep Goat Hens
1949 200199 1227186 771441 422092 1737177 146724 3576345
1959 116815 1 104482 597476 475063 1806036 100894 3010537
1969 41884 973425 436765 657871 1873940 91670 3836067
1979 24589 970700 372553 686807 1998671 81220 4155546
1989 117863 949805 340594 661412 2186742 267737 3660348
1The coverage of the 1989 census is a little changed compared to earlier censuses. Because of this, some horses kept for leisure purposes are
not included. 2Goat over 1 year.
Source: NOS Census of Agriculture 1949, 1959, 1969. NOS Census of Agriculture and Porestry 1979, 1989. More information: Division for
Primary Industry Statistics.
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