Local Government Organization at Municipal and County Level, County Sample, 2021

The Ministry of Local Government and Modernization's organization database (the organization database) is a survey that is sent out to all Norwegian county administrations. For each round of data collection, a similar survey is also sent to the municipalities. The survey has been conducted eight times: in 1995, 1996, and then every four years - the year after the municipal council and county council elections. Most of the questions in the survey have been asked one or more times before, and there is thus time series data for large parts of the questions in this year's survey.

The survey collected information on how the counties are organized as political units, and how the administrative apparatus is structured. In addition, the survey looked at how the county administration communicates and interacts with its inhabitants, how county administration’s tasks are solved and how their operation is organized.