The gårdsnummer or cadastral unit number is the number of a farm unit in the Norwegian land register and it serves as the
assessor's parcel number. The modern abbreviation is Gnr, although the
Norske Gaardnavne ''Norske Gaardnavne'' (English: Norwegian Farm Names) is a 19-volume set of books based on a manuscript prepared from 1897 to 1924 by Oluf Rygh, a noted professor of archaeology, philology, and history at the University of Oslo. The book contains a ...
lists the abbreviation as GN. Each municipality will typically start with Gnr 1 and number each
gård consecutively as needed.
A farm is often divided into
bruksnummers, which begin again for each farm. This means that over time a larger farm has been divided into smaller units.
Land register hierarchy
* -
Fylkesnummer
** -
Kommunenummer
***Gnr. – Gårdsnummer
****Bnr. –
Bruksnummer
*****Fnr. –
Festenummer
*****Snr. –
Seksjonsnummer
External links
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Norwegian Farm NamesOluf Rygh: Norwegian Farm NamesGårdsmatrikkelen for 1886Matrikkelutkastet av 1950
Nordic law
Law of Norway
Legal history of Norway