Statistics Norway released updated figures for Norway’s protected areas as of 31 December 2025. The mainland now has 64,153 km² of protected land and sea, of which 57,483 km² (17.8°%) is protected land and 6,670 km² (4.6°%) is protected sea within territorial waters. The protected area network includes 3,400 distinct sites. National parks cover 33,162 km² of which 31,708 km² is land (9.8°% of land area) and 1,454 km² is sea (1.0°% of sea area). Nature reserves cover 9,774 km² (8,170 km² land, 1,604 km² sea), landscape protection areas cover 18,292 km² (17,221 km² land, 1,071 km² sea), marine protected areas cover 2,553 km² (all sea), and other protections cover 642 km² (392 km² land, 249 km² sea). Some areas are counted in more than one category, so the summed area exceeds the total.
Source: Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå).
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