The activity level varied considerably between the counties. Forest owners in the county of Hedmark were the most active, with more than one in five forest properties carrying out commercial roundwood removals. In the western part of Norway, 5% of the forest properties had commercial removals and in the northern part of the country the figure was even lower.
In the country as a whole, a total of 46,600 forest properties have sold timber at least once in the last 10-year period.
In 2014, there were 128,200 forest properties with a productive forest area of 2.5 hectares or more in Norway. The average property size was 55 hectares. The total registered productive forest area amounted to 7.03 million hectares.
A total of 34,200 of the forest properties are owned by a person who also runs an agricultural holding. In 2014, average commercial roundwood removals per property were 690 cubic metres.
