The public administrative bodies (state, municipal and county administrative) implements the decisions made by the political authorities. The administration will implement decisions that involve the individual, e.g. decisions regarding tax deduction or maintenance payment. The administration will also provide the citizens with several different services such as health and social services, road building etc.
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...that the National Population Register includes information about everyone residing in Norway?Information about people living in Norway is gathered for tax, electoral and population analyses by local tax offices. This information is registered in the National Population Register (Folkeregisteret), and is overseen by the Directorate of Taxes (Skattedirektoratet).
Information from the National Population Register, e.g. names, addresses, citizenship, identification numbers, position of employment and civil status of people, is only accessible to authorised public sector offices. However, members of the public may apply for access to information from the National Population Register for legal purposes.
