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
Table 1: 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/