NorwayDemokrati 35 · Democracy and human rights

Public administration in Norway is divided into three levels. Which ones?

In the exam (Norwegian)

Den offentlige forvaltningen i Norge er delt i tre nivåer. Hvilke?

  1. aThe EU, the state and the municipalityEU, staten og kommunen
  2. bThe state, the county authority and the municipalityStaten, fylkeskommunen og kommunenCorrect answer
  3. cThe state, the church and businessStaten, kirken og næringslivet

Why?

The state (staten) is responsible for the whole country, the county authority (fylkeskommunen) for a region and the municipality (kommunen) for a local area. Each level has its own tasks.

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Our own practice questions on the facts of the public social studies curriculum (the curriculum for adult immigrants and samfunnskunnskap.no). They are not the real test tasks, which are confidential and never published, and no text from samfunnskunnskap.no is reused. Each question was written, answered blind and fact-checked in separate rounds. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Norwegian. We are not affiliated with the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir).

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