Jagdvorschriften
Gesetze und Vorschriften für die Jagd in Norwegen.
Wounded Game Tracking Obligations
Legal obligations when tracking wounded game.
Felling Permits and Quotas
How the municipality calculates and allocates felling permits for moose, red deer and roe deer, what a management plan changes, and who sets the quotas for wild reindeer and large carnivores.
Landowner Rights
In Norway the landowner has the exclusive right to hunt and trap on their land. This page explains what the law says about who holds the hunting right, how it can be passed to others, and where other rules apply.
Hunt Leader Responsibilities
The hunt leader's duties and responsibilities during organized big game hunting.
Hunting Leases and Settlement
What Norwegian law says when a landowner leases out hunting, what the lease should contain, and how animals taken, meat and fees are settled.
Hunting Seasons Regulation
The regulation that establishes hunting seasons for all huntable species in Norway (2022 to 2028).
Hunter Fee and Hunting License
The difference between the hunter fee, hunting license, and hunting permit. What you need to hunt.
Reporting and Statistics
The obligation to report harvests and how hunting statistics are used in wildlife management.
Safety Zones and Shooting Sectors
Rules for safe shooting during hunting, including distance to buildings and roads.
Firearms Act
Rules for acquisition, storage, and use of firearms in Norway.
Hunting Districts and Bylaws
What Norwegian law says about the vald and the large vald (storvald), which rights the landowner keeps inside it, and what has to go in the bylaws because the law does not say.
Wildlife Resources Act
The Wildlife Resources Act (viltressursloven) is Norway's law on hunting, trapping and culling of wildlife. It has applied since 1 July 2026 and replaced the Wildlife Act (viltloven) of 1981.