List of the largest landowners of Norway

List of big landowners in Norway includes persons as well as private and public companies owning at least 100 square kilometers (39 sq mi) of land in Norway. The Government of Norway is, directly and indirectly, by far the largest landowner in the Kingdom. State-owned land is managed by Statskog,[1] while a large portion was spun off to the Finnmark Estate. In Svalbard, the land is owned directly by the Minister of Trade and Industry as well as by several mining companies.[2] The largest private owner on the mainland is Meraker Brug, which is owned by the Astrup family. Several larger landowners are commons[3] (Norwegian: allmenning) and municipalities.

List

The following is a list of all owners of minimum 100 square kilometers (39 sq mi) of land in Norway. It lists the name of the owner, the location in which the owning institution is registered, the area of land, the ultimate owner of the land, and the owner's sector.

List of the largest landowners of Norway
Owner Based in Area
(km2)		 Area
(sq mi)		 Ultimate owner Sector Ref
StatskogNamsos60,000 23,000Government of NorwayState[1]
Ministry of Trade and Industry[note 1]Oslo59,782 23,082Government of NorwayState[2]
Finnmark EstateLakselv46,000 18,000Finnmark County Municipality and Sami ParliamentPublic
Skjåk AlmenningSkjåk2,106 813—Commons[3]
Store Norske Spitsbergen KulkompaniLongyearbyen2,006 775Government of NorwayState[2]
Norwegian Defence Estates AgencyOslo1,441 556Government of NorwayState
Meraker BrugMeråker1,330 510Astrup familyPrivate[4][5]
VærdalsbruketVerdal900 350StorebrandPrivate[6]
Opplysningsvesenets fondOslo875 338Government of Norway/Church of NorwayState[7][8]
Namdal BrukTrones713 275Ola Mæle and Øystein Stray SpetalenPrivate
Ulvig KiærGrong700 270Anne Kristin Ulvig and Anders KiærPrivate
Plahtes EiendommerTerråk670 260Frithjof Møinichen PlahtePrivate
Oppdal BygdealmenningOppdal650 250—Commons[3]
Trysil KommuneskogerTrysil640 250Trysil MunicipalityMunicipal
Treschow-FritzøeLarvik615 237Mille-Marie TreschowPrivate
Firma Albert CollettBangsund570 220Trygve Johan Collett EbbingPrivate[9]
Løvenskiold-VækerøOslo433 167Carl Otto LøvenskioldPrivate
Thomas Angells StiftelserTrondheim400 150—Foundation
Mathiesen Eidsvold VærkHurdal350 140Haaken Eric MathiesenPrivate
MaarfjellAtrå340 130Private
Løvenskiold-FossumSkien330 130Leopold Axel LøvenskioldPrivate
Mathiesen-AtnaSkien330 130Christian Pierre MathiesenPrivate
Kings BayNy-Ålesund295 114Government of NorwayState[2]
ArktikugolBarentsburg251 97Government of RussiaPublic[2]
Espedalen BygdealmenningVinstra251 97—Commons[3]
PihlMesnali250 97Private
Romedal AlmenningVallset245 95—Commons[3]
Cappelen HoldingUlefoss227 88Carl Diderik CappelenPrivate
Kiær MyklebyKoppang225 87Anders KiærPrivate
Løiten AlmenningLøiten225 87—Commons[3]
Vang AlmenningLøten225 87—Commons[3]
OgndalsbruketSteinkjer220 85Steinkjer MunicipalityMunicipal[10]
Austre AdventfjordBergen217 84Horn familyPrivate[2]
StangeskoveneAurskog215 83Christen Sveaas 28%, and othersPrivate[11]
Opdal RenkompaniUvdal206 80Private
Stor-Elvdal KommuneskogerKoppang200 77Stor-Elvdal MunicipalityMunicipal
BjørnøenNy-Ålesund178 69Government of NorwayState[2]
Gran AlmenningLøten177 68—Commons[3]
Oslo MunicipalityOslo166 64Oslo MunicipalityMunicipal
Kistefos TræsliberiDokka160 62Christen SveaasPrivate
Laagefjeld SameieRauland146 56Hermansen familyPrivate[12][13]
Brandbu og Tingelstad AlmenningJaren140 54—Commons
Aall UlefosUlefoss130 50Niels Cato Beckett AallPrivate
Buskerud LandbruksselskapDrammen125 48Private[14]
Stange AlmenningVallset125 48—Commons[3]
Furnes AlmenningBrumunddal116 45—Commons[3]
Kasa og Strand SameigeØye114 44Private
Leksvik BygdeallmenningLeksvik100 39—Commons[3]

See also

Notes and references
Notes
  1. The ministry owns 95.2% of Svalbard directly.[2]
References
  1. "Statskog selger skog- og utmarkseiendommer". Government.no. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. "Industrial, mining and commercial activities". Report No. 9 to the Storting (1999-2000): Svalbard. Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police. 29 October 1999. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  3. Runningen, Irene (2005). "Almenningsretten i et dynamisk samfunn" (PDF). p. 107. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  4. Aune (1995): 152
  5. Statistics Norway. "Tall om Meråker kommune" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  6. Aune (1995): 153
  7. Årsrapport 2010 Archived 2012-05-17 at the Wayback Machine - Opplysningsvesenets fond, side 4-5, jordbruk ca 22 500 dekar, skog og utmark ca 850 000 dekar, og eiendomsutvikling ca 2 600 dekar.
  8. Trolig utgjør arealene reelt langt mer enn 2 000 000 dekar, men noen eksakt oversikt er ikke offentliggjort. Foruten skog og utmark, inngår også store landbrukarealer, samt deler av byer og tettsteder i fondets eie.
  9. Aune (1995): 151–152
  10. Aune (1995): 154
  11. Årsmelding 2010 - Stangeskovene AS, side 28.
  12. Varden Archived 2012-09-15 at Archive.today - Kongene på Hardangervidda.
  13. Varden Archived 2013-04-19 at Archive.today - Store grunneiere.
  14. Årsmelding 2010-2011 - Buskerud Bonde- og Småbrukarlag, eiendommen Geitvassdalen på Hardangervidda, side 20.
Bibliography
  • Aune, Tormod (1995). Hilsen Nord-Trøndelag (in Norwegian). Namsos: Trønderbok. ISBN 82-993613-0-3.
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