Denotes whether an agency instruction is a law (lag). Note that the vast majority of agencies are authorized by the government through executive order (förordning) without any direct involvement from the parliament. Of the handful of parliamentary agencies included in the sample, the most prominent are The Parliamentary Ombudsmen (Riksdagens Ombudsmän), The Riksbank (Riksbanken), and The Swedish National Audit Office (Riksrevisionen)---all three of which have their basic organizations defined in the constitution.
0 = Executive order
1 = Law
9999 = Missing
Type of variable: Continuous
Last updated by source: 2018-09-09