Denotes whether the committee must include a representative from a group other than a business or union (e.g. the chair might be required to have experience as a judge). 0 = No 1 = Yes 9999 = Missing

Denotes whether the committee must have a union representative. 0 = No 1 = Yes 9999 = Missing

Denotes whether an agency is a university or college (universitet eller högskola). Note that the universities and colleges have a shared instruction. 0 = No 1 = Yes 9999 = Missing

Lists the date by which an agency instruction takes effect. Note that there is often a time-lag between the date of issue and the date of effect. 9999 = Missing

Denotes an agency's termination year. The determination of when exactly an agency ceases to exist is no trivial matter and should ideally be guided by an explicit theory of organizational boundaries. For this variable, w ...

Denotes whether an agency is authorized to evaluate the performance of their policy domain (utvärdering). Many agencies have it as part of their mission to systematically appraise the effects of political interventions i ...

Denotes the fiscal year. Note that the budget data covers all agencies with their own lines in the national budget. If an agency is missing budget information for an entire fiscal year, then the agency did not have an in ...

Denotes an agency’s identification number. By "agency" we mean any public organization formally authorized to exercise public authority on behalf of either the government or the parliament.

Denotes whether an agency is obligated to disseminate information. Many agencies have it as part of their mission to ensure that affected stakeholders are well-informed about new policy developments. The National Agency ...

Lists the document that formally authorizes an agency's operations. In the Swedish case, agencies can be authorized either by law or executive order (see section 2.2.7), with a given authorization formally referred to as ...

Lists the date when an agency instruction was issued. Note that there is often a time-lag between the date of issue and the date of effect. 9999 = Missing

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 t ...

Lists the department of the minister that signed an agency's instruction. Note that the government can sometimes move an agency from one ministerial portfolio to another without issuing a new authorization. Consequently, ...

Lists the name of the minister that signed an agency's instruction. 9999 = Missing

Lists the political party of the minister that signed an agency's instruction. 9999 = Missing

Lists the name of an agency. Note that an agency can have more than one name throughout its lifespan.

Denotes whether an agency is authorized to process and issue permits (tillståndsprövning). Many agencies are designed to function as gatekeepers, armed with the authority to either grant or deny people access to certain ...

Denotes whether an agency is a regional police authority (regional polismyndighet). For most of the observed period, Sweden had one police authority for each county. Note that the police authorities have a shared instruc ...

Denotes whether an agency is obligated to provide its political principal with policy proposals. While it is well-known that Swedish ministers often have extensive informal contacts with many agencies regarding the gover ...

Denotes whether an agency is accountable to the parliament or the government. Note that, since the constitutional reform of 1974, all administrative agencies are accountable to the government, unless a law states otherwi ...

Denotes whether an agency is authorized to redistribute government funds (statliga bidrag). Many agencies receive funds from their political principal under the obligation that those funds should then be redistributed to ...

Denotes whether an agency is obligated to deliver an annual report to its political principal. Note that an agency can also receive additional reporting requirements (e.g. regarding the implementation of a specific progr ...

Denotes whether an agency is obligated to perform research (forskning). The most prominent research institutions are of course the universities. But many other agencies also perform research functions within their policy ...

Lists the date when an agency instruction was revoked. Permanent revocations are usually issued as a generic executive order or law (depending on how the agency was authorized). Note, however, that when an agency receive ...

Denotes whether an agency is authorized to issue legally binding regulations (föreskrifter). While some agencies only have the right to implement the law of the land, other agencies can have the right to write their own ...