Civil Servants 1970-1974

The civil servant archive contains information about civil servants in the central administration in the period 1814-1965 and 1970-1974. The archive consists of six individual archives which include the period divisions 1814-1845, 1845-1884, 1885-1914, 1915-1939, 1945-1965 and 1970-1974. The information that is registered varies somewhat between the periods, but contains e.g. place of birth, father's occupation, education, position before and after ministry service, sector affiliation before and after ministry service, ministry positions, final year figures in ministries, salary steps, career within ministry, type of ministry, year of accession and leave.

- Basic material:
Data were originally prepared by Per Lægreid and Johan P. Olsen, UiB, Department of Sociology.
For more detailed information, see:
- «Officials in Norwegian ministries. An empirical analysis of departures from ministries in the period 1970-1974 ». Master's thesis Sociological Department, UiB, autumn 1975. Working paper no. 40, The Power Inquiry.

Variables in the dataset:
- Name
- Person's serial number
- Year of birth
- Gender
- Place of birth - municipality number
- Higher education
- Sector employed in previously recruited to the ministry
- Position before employee in the ministries
- Year employed in the ministry
- Special employment conditions
- Sector employed in after completing service in the ministry
- Position after completing service in the ministries
- Year ended in ministry
- Last position in the ministry
- Agency code for the last position in the ministry
- Year took up the last position in the ministry
- Salary class for the last position
- Second last position in the ministry
- Agency code for the penultimate position in the ministry
- Year took up the penultimate position in the ministry
- Third last position in the ministry
- Agency code for third last position in ministry
- Årstall took up the third last position in the ministry
- Fourth last position in the ministry
- Agency code for the fourth last position in the ministry
- Årstall took up the fourth last position in the ministry
- Fifth last position in the ministry
- Agency code for the fifth last position in the ministry
- Årstall took up the fifth last position in the ministry
- Father Profession
- Employed year in the ministry second last registered time
- Year of resignation in the ministry penultimate registered time
- Sector employed in before recruited to the ministry for the penultimate time
- Position before employment in a ministry for the penultimate time
- Sector employed after completing service in the ministry for the penultimate time
- Position after completing service in the ministry, penultimate time
- Year granted last leave
- Year ended last leave
- Sector employed during the last leave
- Position during last leave