The Ministry for Civil Service Affairs ( sv, Civildepartementet) was a

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, established through the 1840 ministerial reform. The ministry and its most important areas of responsibility were agriculture, ''bergsrörelse'', trade, shipping, factories, crafts and other industries, public roads and other communications. The ministry was headed by the

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. In 1920, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was replaced by two ministries: the

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and the Ministry of Communications (Transport). The Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was re-established in 1950 and then handled the wage and pension system until 1969 when it became the Ministry of Physical Planning and Local Government (''Kommundepartementet''). In 1983, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was re-established and operated until 1996, when the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was transformed into the

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which was disestablished two years later.

History

The Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was one of seven ministries that were established through the 1840 ministerial reform. The others were the

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, the

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, the

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, the Ministry for Naval Affairs, the

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and the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs. In 1900, an eighth ministry was added: the

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. Through the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs, matters concerning the ''lantregeringen'' ( county administrative boards) as well as rural municipalities, ''

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''s and

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were prepared and presented – in accordance with the Royal Statute of 31 March 1900 and Royal Proclamation of 30 January 1903. Other matters were communications (excluding road, ferry and bridge maintenance issues), in particular rail and postal services, telegraphs, telephones and other electrical installations, road, waterway and port facilities, medical and quarantine services, public health as well as civilian health care institutions, concerning the insurance and health insurance system as well as other social issues, concerning flammable oils and explosive goods and suchlike, concerning the

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and the special status of the Laplanders, and finally in general all civil matters not assigned to another ministry. Among actual legal issues, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs' handling included issues concerning the establishment, repeal, amendment or declaration of

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statutes (except those relating to the church or education system) as well as legislative issues concerning insurance institutions and health insurance funds as well as compensation for occupational injuries. The cases were presented before the King by the head of the ministry, who was a

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and had the title "Minister and Head of the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs", but in everyday speech was usually called the

. For the preparation and handling of cases, the minister had at his disposal an office, which in 1906 consisted of a director general for administrative affairs (''expeditionschef''), four directors (''byråchef'') (deputy directors, ''kansliråd''), five administrative officers (''kanslisekreterare''), a senior registry clerk, an advisor assistant in the preparation of insurance matters and a number of extra ordinary officials. Under the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs were the following central government offices: the Swedish Post Office Board (''Generalpoststyrelsen''), the

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, the National Swedish Road Board (''Väg- och vattenbyggnadsstyrelsen''), the National Swedish Board of Telecommunications Services (''Telegrafstyrelsen''), the National Swedish Railway Board (''Järnvägsstyrelsen''), the National Swedish Insurance Office (''Riksförsäkringsanstalten'') and the National Swedish Private Insurance Inspectorate (''Försäkringsinspektionen''). Sorting under this ministry was also: the

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's commanding officer in addition to ', the city administrations, government offices and officials, who did not hold judicial positions, the postal service, the medical service, the quarantine service, the staff of the road and waterway construction districts and the

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, the telegraph service, the railway service, the executive boards for canals and port works, the public insurance institutions and more. The number of people who were employed in the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs with associated government offices and institutions at the beginning of the 20th century amounted to about 35,000. Most of the matters belonging to the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs were presented, before the introduction of the ministerial reform (1840), by the State Secretary at the then ''Kammarexpeditionen''; some of the cases were presented by the State Secretary at the Trade and Finance Office (''Handels- och finansexpeditionen''). In 1920, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was replaced by two ministries: the

and the Ministry of Communications (Transport). In 1950, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was re-established for the wage and pension system. In 1969, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was completely emptied of its old contents and would instead be responsible for the county administrative boards, the municipalities and the national physical planning and then went by the name Ministry of Physical Planning and Local Government. In 1974, the name was changed to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (''Kommundepartementet'') which then ceased on 31 December 1982. On 1 January 1983, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs came in its place as a pure ministry for issues concerning the public sector, for example for issues of working and employment conditions, co-determination and gender equality, Sweden's administrative division, rationalization and audit in central government, computer technology in public administration, statistics, public information, co-determination issues but also administrative matters concerning the

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and Palace Administration (''Slottsstaten''). In June 1996, the Ministry for Civil Service Affairs was reorganized into the

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Location

In 1983, when the ministry was re-established, it was located at Tysta Marigången 2 and at Rödbodgatan 6 at

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in Stockholm. By 1984 it had moved across the street to

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2. In 1992, the ministry moved a couple blocks to Fredsgatan 8. File:Snäckan 8, 2018d.jpg, Entrance to Tysta Marigången File:Karduansmakargatan1.JPG, Rödbodgatan 6 (left) File:Tegelbacken 2 Norrmalm Sthlm IMG 1545.JPG,

2 File:Norrlandsbanken.JPG, Fredsgatan 8 (far right)

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