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List of the largest landowners of Norway

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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.

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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.

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List of the largest landowners of Norway
Owner Based in Area
(km2)		 Area
(sq mi)		 Ultimate owner Sector Ref
StatskogNamsos60,00023,000Government of NorwayState[1]
Ministry of Trade and Industry[note 1]Oslo59,78223,082Government of NorwayState[2]
Finnmark EstateLakselv46,00018,000Finnmark County Municipality and Sami ParliamentPublic
Skjåk AlmenningSkjåk2,106813—Commons[3]
Store Norske Spitsbergen KulkompaniLongyearbyen2,006775Government of NorwayState[2]
Norwegian Defence Estates AgencyOslo1,441556Government of NorwayState
Meraker BrugMeråker1,330510Astrup familyPrivate[4][5]
VærdalsbruketVerdal900350StorebrandPrivate[6]
Opplysningsvesenets fondOslo875338Government of Norway/Church of NorwayState[7][8]
Namdal BrukTrones713275Ola Mæle and Øystein Stray SpetalenPrivate
Ulvig KiærGrong700270Anne Kristin Ulvig and Anders KiærPrivate
Plahtes EiendommerTerråk675261Frithjof Møinichen PlahtePrivate
Oppdal BygdealmenningOppdal650250—Commons[3]
Trysil KommuneskogerTrysil640250Trysil MunicipalityMunicipal
Treschow-FritzøeLarvik615237Mille-Marie TreschowPrivate
Firma Albert CollettBangsund570220Trygve Johan Collett EbbingPrivate[9]
Løvenskiold-VækerøOslo433167Carl Otto LøvenskioldPrivate
Thomas Angells StiftelserTrondheim400150—Foundation
Mathiesen Eidsvold VærkHurdal350140Haaken Eric MathiesenPrivate
MaarfjellAtrå340130Private
Løvenskiold-FossumSkien330130Leopold Axel LøvenskioldPrivate
Mathiesen-AtnaSkien330130Christian Pierre MathiesenPrivate
Kings BayNy-Ålesund295114Government of NorwayState[2]
ArktikugolBarentsburg25197Government of RussiaPublic[2]
Espedalen BygdealmenningVinstra25197—Commons[3]
PihlMesnali25097Private
Romedal AlmenningVallset24595—Commons[3]
Cappelen HoldingUlefoss22788Carl Diderik CappelenPrivate
Kiær MyklebyKoppang22587Anders KiærPrivate
Løiten AlmenningLøiten22587—Commons[3]
Vang AlmenningLøten22587—Commons[3]
OgndalsbruketSteinkjer22085Steinkjer MunicipalityMunicipal[10]
Austre AdventfjordBergen21784Horn familyPrivate[2]
StangeskoveneAurskog21583Christen Sveaas 28%, and othersPrivate[11]
Opdal RenkompaniUvdal20680Private
Stor-Elvdal KommuneskogerKoppang20077Stor-Elvdal MunicipalityMunicipal
BjørnøenNy-Ålesund17869Government of NorwayState[2]
Gran AlmenningLøten17768—Commons[3]
Oslo MunicipalityOslo16664Oslo MunicipalityMunicipal
Kistefos TræsliberiDokka16062Christen SveaasPrivate
Laagefjeld SameieRauland14656Hermansen familyPrivate[12][13]
Brandbu og Tingelstad AlmenningJaren14054—Commons
Aall UlefosUlefoss13050Niels Cato Beckett AallPrivate
Buskerud LandbruksselskapDrammen12548Private[14]
Stange AlmenningVallset12548—Commons[3]
Furnes AlmenningBrumunddal11645—Commons[3]
Kasa og Strand SameigeØye11444Private
Leksvik BygdeallmenningLeksvik10039—Commons[3]
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