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This article examines the absolute and relative prevalence of personnel categories at three Swedish universities during the 25-year period that followed the exceptional increase in the number of entrant students, starting in the 1960s. Key issues include how the number of employees changed from 1962 to 1987, the types of services created, and what primary characteristics the new staff possessed. Distinct trends in the universities’ recruitment of teachers and other staff are displayed. Naturally, the number of employees at all investigated departments at all universities increased during the period but the teachers were less formally educated than before. Furthermore, the proportion of female employees substantially increased throughout the investigation, but the gender structure at higher positions remained essentially unchanged.