This repository contains geospatial data for Norway, designed for analysis, visualization and mapping. It includes two main types of data: administrative boundaries and high-resolution statistical grids.
Simplified polygon boundaries for various Norwegian administrative levels. All maps preserve boundaries between different administrative levels by aggregating polygons from the lowest level.
Administrative boundaries are available at multiple levels:
- Grunnkrets (Basic Statistical Unit Level 1)
- Delområde (Basic Statistical Unit Level 2)
- Bydel (Districts)
- Kommune/Bydel (Municipalities and Districts where available)
- Kommune (Municipalities)
- Fylke (Counties)
- Økonomisk region (Economic Region)
- Postnummerområde (Zip Code Region)
Maps are available in two variants:
- Landmask: Contains the clipped Norwegian coastline.
- Extended: Extends into the maritime border.
Maps are available in multiple quality levels, representing polygon reduction.
- xs: 99.9% reduction (smallest file size)
- s: 99.5% reduction
- m: 99% reduction
- l: 95% reduction
- xl: 90% reduction (highest detail)
Historical maps dating back to 2002 are available in xs quality only to keep the repository size manageable.
This app shows available maps and qualities.
Regularly spaced statistical grid data from Statistics Norway, such as population, buildings and employment figures.
- Population: Number of inhabitants
- Employees: Number of employees of company
- Establishments: Number of establishments
- Buildings (All): Number of buildings
- Buildings (Dwellings): Number of dwellings
Each grid type is available in multiple resolutions (e.g., 250m, 1000m, 5000m).
The tables below provide direct download links for all current GeoJSON and TIFF files.
| Area | Landmask | Extended |
|---|---|---|
| Grunnkrets | xs s m l xl | xs s m l xl |
| Delområde | xs s m l xl | xs s m l xl |
| Bydel | xs s m l xl | xs s m l xl |
| Kommune/Bydel | xs s m l xl | xs s m l xl |
| Kommune | xs s m l xl | xs s m l xl |
| Fylke | xs s m l xl | xs s m l xl |
| Økonomisk region | xs s m l xl | xs s m l xl |
| Postnummerområde | xs s m l xl | xs s m l xl |
| Type | Resolutions |
|---|---|
| Buildings (All) | 250m 1000m 5000m |
| Buildings (Dwellings) | 250m 1000m 5000m |
| Employees | 250m 1000m 5000m |
| Establishments | 250m 1000m 5000m |
| Population | 250m 1000m 5000m |
All maps can be directly accessed via raw GitHub URLs: Use the
current-folder to retrieve latest version, or use the
versioned-folder if you prefer maps to be freezed.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thohan88/nor-maps/refs/heads/main/maps/current/landmask/kommune_s.geojson
- Administrative hierarchies are sourced from Statistics Norway’s Statistical Codelists
- Administrative borders are obtained from Geonorge
- Statistical grids are obtained from Statistics Norway’s Map Portal
- Historical SOSI-format files were converted using SOSICON
- Administrative borders are simplified using Mapshaper