Norwegian Download service for ELF Administrative Units

The reindeer grazing areas where Sami reindeer husbandry takes place covers approx. 40% of the land area of Norway, extending from Finnmark in the north to Engerdal, Hedmark in the south. Sami reindeer husbandry also takes place in Trollheimen on the basis of a special legal arrangement. Non-sami reindeer husbandry takes place in the mountain areas in Southern Norway, based on agreements with landowners. The service shows land use and administrative boundaries for reindeer husbandry in Norway.

WMS for INSPIRE Administrative units.

The dataset shows national, county and municipal divisions within the country in 2019 with the most accurate boundaries that have been recorded digitally and are collected in a dataset. The municipalities are delimited by National Border, Outer Limit of Territorial Waters 12 Nautical Miles, Agreed Delimitation Line, county boundary and municipal boundary. The dataset also includes a baseline and 1 nautical mile, which are legal lines that can be used when processing cases linked with specific laws. The units include properties which indicate official municipal numbers. The official Norwegian, Sami and Kven names for counties and municipalities are taken from SSR. There is also information about Sami language administrative districts. The geometry is derived from the Cadastre, which is updated by the municipalities. National Borders and Outer Limit of Territorial Waters are inserted from the Norwegian Mapping Authority's own established files.

Reindeer husbandry in Norway is conducted primarily in the Sámi reindeer herding area, which is divided into six regional reindeer herding areas; East-Finnmark, West-Finnmark, Troms, Nordland, Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag/Hedmark. The Reindeer herding area comprises approximately 14,000 km2 or 40% of Norway’s surface area. In addition to these are four so-called semi domesticated reindeer herding districts (tamreinlag) outside the Sámi reindeer herding area and the work with reindeer in these is of non-sámi character.

The dataset defines the reindeer grazing districts in the Sami reindeer grazing area. The right to practice reindeer husbandry within these areas is exclusive to the Sami population. This special Sami right is not applicable outside these areas, where special permission is required for reindeer husbandry on owned and leased land. A reindeer grazing district constitutes an administrative unit for a number of reindeer siidas. The County Governor is the administration authority in the reindeer grazing districts.

N1000 Map Data is adapted to a scale of 1:700,000 to 1:1,500,000 and covers mainland Norway delimited by the national borders with neighbouring countries and the territorial boundaries in the sea. The map database is a generalisation of N500 Map Data and has been cartographically edited with a view to presentation on a scale of 1:1,000,000.

"Norway's maritime boundaries" is a generic term for boundaries and zones in sea areas that are subject to Norwegian laws and regulations. These boundaries and areas are compiled into an official vector dataset which covers the areas mainland Norway, Jan Mayen and Svalbard, and Bouvetøya.

The dataset shows national, county and municipal divisions within the country. The municipalities are delimited by National Border, Outer Limit of Territorial Waters 12 Nautical Miles, Agreed Delimitation Line, county boundary and municipal boundary. The units include properties which indicate official municipal numbers.

N250 Map Data is a generalisation of N50 Map Data and cartographically adapted to a scale of 1:100,000 - 1:300,000. N250 Map Data covers mainland Norway delimited by the national borders with neighbouring countries and the territorial boundaries in the sea.