Introduction of Electronic Registration in Danish Central Government Administration

Abstract

This paper gives an overview of the administrative history of the introduction of electronic registers in the Danish central administration before the spread of the Internet. Electronic registers have developed in the interplay between new technological capabilities and political and administrative needs, but the changes that have been implemented are primarily the result of new political objectives or requirements. Examples are taken from the Students' Register at the University of Copenhagen, the Central Register for Motor Vehicles, the Danish Civil Registration System (CRS) and the National Patient Register (NPR).