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Pulp mills and sawmills in Norway

WoodComp tracks 3 operating pulp mills and 24 sawmills in Norway, with capacity, status and location as open data. Norway holds 12.1 M ha of forest, 33 % of its land area, led by Norway spruce and Scots pine. The fibre balance below sets their estimated wood demand against the national removals.

Wood supply

Forest area
12.1 M ha
33 % of land area
Standing volume
1.2 bn m3
growing stock, over bark
Yearly increment
21.2 M m3/y
net annual increment (FAWS), over bark
Fellings
16.2 M m3/y
76 % of yearly increment
Industrial roundwood
12 M m3/y
production

Forest types

share of forest area
  • Primary 1.9 % · 224 540 ha
  • Other naturally regenerating 97.2 % · 11.8 M ha
  • Plantation 0.9 % · 113 110 haone or two species, one age class

Tree species

share of growing stock
  • Norway spruce 41.4 %
  • Scots pine 29.6 %
  • Downy birch 16.3 %
  • Grey alder 1.8 %
  • European aspen 1.8 %
  • Other species 9.2 %
All 15 reported species
  • Norway spruce41.4 %491 M m3furnish of 24 local facilitiesPicea abies
  • Scots pine29.6 %350 M m3furnish of 17 local facilitiesPinus sylvestris
  • Downy birch16.3 %193 M m3furnish of 1 local facilityBetula pubescens
  • Grey alder1.8 %21 M m3Alnus incana
  • European aspen1.8 %21 M m3Populus tremula
  • Silver birch1.2 %14 M m3furnish of 1 local facilityBetula pendula
  • Goat willow1.0 %12 M m3Salix caprea
  • European mountain ash1.0 %12 M m3Sorbus aucuparia
  • Sitka spruceintroduced0.9 %11 M m3furnish of 24 local facilitiesPicea sitchensis
  • English oak0.9 %11 M m3Quercus robur
  • Common alder0.2 %3 M m3Alnus glutinosa
  • Contorta pineintroduced0.1 %1 M m3furnish of 17 local facilitiesPinus contorta
  • European silver fir (etc.)introduced0.1 %1 M m3Abies alba
  • Larchintroduced0.1 %1 M m3Larix spp.
  • Sycamoreintroduced0.1 %1 M m3Acer pseudoplatanus

Introduced species hold 1.3 % of the reported growing stock. FAO ranks the ten largest native and five largest introduced species, together 96.4 % of the total.

The facilities on this page report Spruce (24), Pine (17) and Birch (1) as furnish. The species matching that demand hold 89.5 % of the growing stock. Removals by species are not reported internationally, so this is a comparison of demand and standing forest, not a balance.

Fibre balance

betaestimated industry demand vs reported removals
Estimate. The demand side covers only the facilities WoodComp has mapped, at reported capacity, converted with published factors. Removals are official statistics.

Sawlogs

Removals6.3 M m3/y6.3 coniferous, 0 non-coniferous
Estimated sawmill intake~3.4 M m3/y55 % of removals, from 16 of 24 operating sawmills

Pulp fibre

Pulpwood removals4.9 M m3/y4.6 coniferous, 0.3 non-coniferous
Sawmill chips, estimated1.9-2.5 M m3/y30-40 % of sawlog removals, joins the pulp fibre supply
Estimated pulp-mill wood demand1.3-1.6 M m3/y18-23 % of estimated supply, from 2 of 3 operating pulp mills

Demand is derived at render time from reported capacities and the published factor table: sawn output at 2.0 m3 of log per m3 sawn, pulp at 2.3 to 5.3 m3 per tonne depending on process and furnish. Sawmill chips are estimated at 30 to 40 percent of sawlog removals (FAO conversion factor material balances) and shown as their own supply component, never merged with the removals. Log imports and exports are not modelled, and demand above the estimated supply can mean either imports or capacity above actual production. Where coverage is low the balance measures our dataset, not the market.

Forest, species and production figures: FAO FRA 2025 and FAOSTAT (2024-2025). Increment and fellings: Eurostat European Forest Accounts (2023), forest available for wood supply, over bark. Removals by assortment: Eurostat roundwood removals (2023), under bark.

Pulp mills
3
Sawmills
26
Operating
27
Operating pulp capacity
540 000
t/y pulp
Sawn timber capacity
965 000
m3/y sawn timber

Capacity is the sum over 2 of 3 operating pulp mills with a reported capacity (t/y). Sawn timber capacity covers 7 of 24 operating sawmills with a reported figure. Data last updated 2026-09-13.

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MillRaw materialStatusCapacity
Begna BrukSawmillBegna Bruk ASSoftwoodOperating100 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 200 000 m3/y log intake
Bergene Holm BrandvalSawmillBergene Holm ASSoftwoodOperating115 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 230 000 m3/y log intake
Bergene Holm HaslestadSawmillBergene Holm ASSoftwoodOperating115 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 230 000 m3/y log intake
Bergene Holm KirkenærSawmillBergene Holm ASSoftwoodOperating100 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 200 000 m3/y log intake
Bergene Holm LarvikSawmillBergene Holm ASSoftwoodOperating120 000 m3/y sawn timber
Bergene Holm Nidarå (Åmli)SawmillBergene Holm ASSoftwoodOperating170 000 m3/y sawn timber
BindalsbruketSawmillBindalsbruket AS-Closed 2024No data yet
Eikås SagbrukSawmillHasås AS avd. EikenSoftwoodOperating38 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 75 000 m3/y log intake
Follafoss MillPulp millMM FollaCell ASMixedOperating140 000 t/y pulp
G3 Fåvang SagSawmillG3 Fåvang Sag ASSoftwoodOperatingNo data yet
G3 Gausdal Bruk (Bruvoll)SawmillG3 Gausdal Treindustrier SASoftwoodOperating80 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 160 000 m3/y log intake
G3 Gran TreSawmillG3 Gran Tre ASSoftwoodOperating100 000 m3/y
InnTre Kjeldstad (Steinkjer)SawmillInnTre Kjeldstad ASSoftwoodOperatingNo data yet
InnTre Kjeldstad LevangerSawmillInnTre Kjeldstad ASSoftwoodOperatingNo data yet
InnTre Kjeldstad SelbuSawmillInnTre Kjeldstad ASSoftwoodOperatingNo data yet
InnTre Kjeldstad StørenSawmillInnTre Kjeldstad ASSoftwoodOperatingNo data yet
InnTre Kjeldstad VerdalSawmillInnTre Kjeldstad ASSoftwoodOperatingNo data yet
Moelven LøtenSawmillMoelven Løten ASSoftwoodClosed 202550 000 m3/y sawn timber
Moelven MjøsbruketSawmillMoelven Mjøsbruket ASSoftwoodOperating110 000 m3/y sawn timber
Moelven NumedalSawmillMoelven Numedal ASSoftwoodOperating90 000 m3/y sawn timber
Moelven ØsterdalsbruketSawmillMoelven Østerdalsbruket ASSoftwoodOperating70 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 140 000 m3/y log intake
Moelven Soknabruket (Sokna)SawmillMoelven Soknabruket ASSoftwoodOperating220 000 m3/y sawn timber
Moelven TrysilSawmillMoelven Trysil ASSoftwoodOperatingNo data yet
Moelven Våler (Braskereidfoss)SawmillMoelven Timber ASSoftwoodOperating195 000 m3/y sawn timber
Norske Skog SkognPulp millNorske SkogSoftwoodOperatingNo data yet
Romerike TrelastSawmillRingAlm ASSoftwoodOperating60 000 m3/y sawn timber
Saugbrugs MillPulp millNorske Skog ASASoftwoodOperating400 000 t/y pulp
Slaatto Sag og HøvleriSawmillSlaatto Sag og Høvleri ASSoftwoodOperatingNo data yet
TelemarksbruketSawmillFramTre Industri avd. BøSoftwoodOperating38 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 75 000 m3/y log intake

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WoodComp (). Pulp mills and sawmills in Norway. WoodComp facility database, version 2026-09. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/countries/norway

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