Teaching

STV4436 – Politikk og forvaltning i sentraladministrasjonen

Lecture slides

  • Rekruttering av topplederne i forvaltningen: mellom meritokrati og politisering 27.01.2026
    • Innsamling av karrieredata på toppbyråkrater: Tips og Triks 27.01.2026

Datasets

  • Norwegian Politicians: An individual level dataset of 244,430 political experience (minister, state secretary, political advisor, parliamentarian candidates, local and regional candidates).
Datasets Overview Table
Overview of datasets included in the Norwegian Politicians dataset
Dataset Years N (individuals) Description Variables
Forum, B. M. Bureaucratic Turnover Under New Governments: The Moderating Effect of Bureaucratic and Political Layering 1884-2024 1,763 All cabinet ministers, state secretaries,
and political advisors in the ministries.		 Name, birthyear, occupation &
party
Fiva, J. H. and D. M. Smith (2025): ’Norwegian Parliamentary Elections, 1906 - 2025’ 1906-2021 41,846 All running and elected candidates in parliam-
entary elections.2		 Name, birthyear, occupation,
party & municipality
Fiva, J. H., R. J. Sørensen and R. Vøllo (2025): ’Local Candidate Dataset’ 1971-2023 27,374 All elected candidates in county elections and
(deputy) mayors.3		 Name, birthyear, occupation,
party & municipality
Fiva, J. H., R. J. Sørensen and R. Vøllo (2025): ’Local Candidate Dataset’ 2003-2023 200,908 All running and elected candidates in local and
county elections.		 Name, birthyear, party &
municipality
1 The full name of non-elected candidates are only available for female candidates (and more prolific male candidates) until 1957. Birthyear is only available for the elected candidates.
2 Incomplete list of non-elected candidates prior to 2003 (about 50% of candidates)
  • Offisielt frå statsrådet: A dataset containing the text from the minutes from Council of State (1994–2025). Extracted from: https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/offisielt-fra-statsrad/offisielt-fra-statsrad1/id30297/
  • Etatslederutnevnelser: A dataset containing all agency heads appointed in the Council of State (1994–2021)
  • Senior Bureaucrats in Norwegian Ministries: Data on All Level 1 and Level 2 Bureaucrats (Ekspedisjonssjefer, Assisterende Departementsråder and Departementsråder) and cabinet ministers, state secretaries, and political advisors in the ministries (1884-2024).
  • Etater: Dataset containing informaton about all Norwegian Agencies until 2024. Extracted from https://forvaltningsdatabasen.sikt.no/