Statskog

Infobox Company
company_name = Statskog SF
company_
company_type = State owned
foundation = 1860
location = Namsos, Norway
key_people = Øistein Aagesen (CEO)
area_served = Norway
industry = Real estate
products =
revenue = profit NOK 237 million (2004)
operating_income = NOK 25 million (2004)
net_income = NOK 26 million (2004)
num_employees = 161 (2006)
parent = Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.statskog.no www.statskog.no]
footnotes =

Statskog is a Norwegian state owned enterprise responsible for the management of state owned forest- and mountain real estate, in total about 20% of the area of Norway. About 5% of Statskog's land is productive forest while 80% is above the tree line. The company has its headquarters in Namsos.

In Southern Norway the operations of productive forestry is conducted by Statskog-Borregaard Skogsdrift AS, a joint venture between Statskog and Borregaard. In all the country Statskog also manages hunting licences and allows for travel and tourism in the nature.

History

Statskog was established in 1860 as Statens skogvesen, changing its name and organisation in 1992. While it presently owns a fifth of the land of Norway, it until July 1 2006 owned a third. As of that day all properties in Finnmark (a total of 95% of the land in the county) was transferred to the Finnmark Estate.