Notes on Norwegian river names:

• "Elv" or "Elva" means river. Many rivers are referred to with or without "elva" added. For example, the Alta river or Altaelva.
• "m / " means "with" and usually is used to designate side or tributary rivers whose statistics are combined with the main river.
• "sideelv" or "bielver" mean side rivers or tributaries.
• "hovedstreng" means the "main stretch" of the river
• "del av" means "part of" and is used if a river is part of another river
• "norsk del" means "the Norwegian part" and is used if a river crosses the Norwegian border.
• "vassdraget" means water course or river system.
• "i" means "in" and is used to say where the river is located in cases where identical names occur.

Note: a few rivers in different counties have identical names. These can be distinguished by clicking on the river to see its complete profile, including the region in which it is located.

Notes on the Statistics

In 2009, Statistics Norway added a number of rivers that do not appear in previous years' data to their statistics. For this reason, the min max and average statistics shown are for most rivers based on data from 2002 to 2011 but for the newly added ones the statistics shown are based on data just from 2009 and later. This impacts only a limited number of the rivers, mostly ones with little or no catch reported. The profile page for each river shows the detailed data available for that river.

For years prior to 2009, Statistics Norway published the catch in kg and the average fish weight in kg for each river. The count of fish caught shown was estimated by dividing the published catch in kg by the published average fish weight in kg.

From 2009, Statistics Norway published the catch in kg and the count of fish caught for each river. The average fish weight in kg shown was estimated by dividing the published catch in kg by the published count of fish caught.

Norwegian Fishing Rivers: Ranked by Atlantic Salmon Catch (kg)

Below is detailed information about the reported yearly catch of Atlantic Salmon in over 600 Norwegian rivers.

Click on a river name to view detailed information about a specific river. Click on a column title to sort the data by that column.

Catch statistics courtesy of Statistics Norway.