Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a metallographic structure after secondary-recrystallized annealing including matrix grains of Goss-oriented secondary recrystallized grains, wherein an existence frequency of Goss-oriented crystal grains having a major diameter of 5 mm or less in the matrix grains is 1.5 grains/cm2 or more and 8 grains/cm2 or less, and the magnetic flux density B8 is 1.88 T or more, and wherein deviation angles from a rolling direction of [001] direction of the Goss-oriented crystal grains having the major diameter of 5 mm or less are 7? or less and 5° or less, in terms of a simple or arithmetic average of ? angle and ? angle, respectively, wherein the ? angle represents an angle formed by a longitudinal direction and a projection of the [001] on a specimen surface, and the ? angle represents a tilt of the [001] out of the specimen surface.

Abstract: Provided is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, the core loss characteristics of which have been significantly improved without causing a deterioration in magnetic flux density. The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet: comprises 2.5-3.5% by mass of Si with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; has a sheet thickness of 0.18-0.35 mm; has a metallographic structure including matrix grains of Goss-oriented secondary recrystallized grains after secondary-recrystallized annealing, wherein Goss-oriented crystal grains existing in the matrix and having a major (long) diameter of 5 mm or smaller exist in the metallographic structure at a frequency of 1.5 grains/cm2 to 8 grains/cm2; and has a magnetic flux density B8 of 1.88T or greater.