Abstract
This article presents within a taxonomic frame of reference some changes in location of services in Norway 1970–1980, analysed on the background of theory and general societal development trends. A general tendency of decentralization of service provision was found, both seen from a hierarchial viewpoint and in a core-periphery context. However, by closer examination, conflicting trends are disclosed which make it necessary to supplement simple central-place theoretical explanations with theories of organization and decision-making - given an explicit spatial orientation. General sociopolitical conditions both promoted and counteracted a spread of services in the decade. However, factors which made for convergence in the 1970s do not necessarily guarantee a continuation of these trends.
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