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A brief statistical portrait of mainland Norway.

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Mainland Norway covers 323,777 square kilometres.

• Built-up areas: 1.7%

• Agricultural land: 3.5% (2/3 grass fodder production only)

• Forests: 37.8%

• Open firm ground: 35.8%

• Bogs: 5.4%

• Bare rock, gravel, blockfields: 8.7%

• Permanent snow, glaciers: 0.8%

• Inland waters: 6.3%

^{Statistics Norway — ssb.no.}