Archive of Politicians
All ministers, state secretaries, members of parliament and deputy members of parliament have their biographies. As far as it has been possible, all relevant biographical information has been collected for the period before and after parliamentary and/or government activity. The biographies mainly contain information about the representatives' background, political activity and membership/position in public and private bodies.
The archive is built with a table for each biography subject. The most central table is Background information. In this table, a record has been arranged with information for each representative: Name, year of birth, place of birth, etc. For the remaining tables, there are varying numbers of records for each person; for example, a person who holds ten public offices will have ten entries in the public offices table. The biographies contain the following topics:
Background:
- Personal information: name, place of birth, year of birth, possibly year of death, names of parents, etc.
- Education and occupation: In addition to information on education and occupation, information is provided here on medals and other activities, as well as positions before and after parliamentary and/or government careers.
- Literature
Political activity:
- Municipal and county activity
- Party assignments
- Party change
- Storting related assignments (e.g. committee membership)
Membership and assignments:
- Public assignments
- Volunteer organizations
- Other administrative assignments
Background
Sikt's Archive of Politicians is a combination of the three time-limited politician archives that were developed at NSD: 1814-1905, 1905-1940 (with data up to 1989) and 1945-present. Below is the background of each of the three archives.
1814-1905
Within the framework of the Norwegian election research programme, measures were taken in 1965 to build up an archive of biographical information about parliamentarians and ministers. The initial work was done at Chr. Michelsen's Institute. The archive was later moved to the Department of Sociology at the University of Bergen, and significantly expanded. In 1968/69, an archive of state secretaries from the same region was also built up. NSD undertook in its work program for 1974-1977 to ensure the safe storage and updating of this material.
1905-1940
Work on the Archive of Politicians 1905–1940 began in the autumn of 1998 in connection with the improvement and updating of the Archive of Politicians1945-present. The main aim of this archive was to supplement the post-war archive so that in 2005 one would have two databases that biograph all representatives of the Storting in the first 100 years after the dissolution of the union.
The material is taken from the biographical works of Haffner (1915-1945) and Lindstøl (1814-1914). An important supplement has been the publications published by Statistics Norway after the parliamentary elections. The biographical works of Haffner and Lindstøl have been scanned by the Storting at the Storting archive. The arrangement is then carried out by NSD. The prose text from the biographies has been made machine-readable using OCR software. Furthermore, the text is sectionided by topic and transferred to data fields. The work took place after the breaking down of the material for the period after 1945, and based on the experience we had with the post-war period, we have tried to the greatest extent possible to set up the same subject and field sectionision for both periods.
1945-present
In 1985, the Storting in collaboration with Kunnskapsforlaget published the biographical work "Storting og Regjering 1945-1985". The editor of the work and administrative manager of the data collection project was dr.philos. Trond Nordby. In the autumn of 1997, Nordby approached the Storting with a proposal that preparations should be made for the publication of a sequel to this two-volume work. Nordby believed that one should aim to have a new biography published for the 100-year anniversary of the dissolution of the union, in 2005.
Nordby's initiative was investigated by a working group consisting of Marianne Fosland, Wenche Feedt Hagerup and Bjørn Rønning from the Storting, John-Erik Ågotnes and Atle Alvheim from NSD and Trond Nordby himself. The working group agreed that a project should be carried out, the aim of which was to coordinate and update the Storting's and NSD's data collections in order to obtain a better basis for the Storting's secretariat's work, for research and teaching and as a basis for publishing biographical overviews. The working group's project proposal was approved by the Storting's administration in June 1998.
NSD's Archive of Politicians for the period after 1945 was also inadequately updated. NSD's database was developed with statistical analyzes in mind, and was therefore poorly suited to extract information about insectionidual representatives. Cand. polit. Sølvi Engebretsen became engaged in the position of project employee from February 1999. In collaboration with NSD, the old material was systematised, standardized and quality checked. A questionnaire was developed, both to gather information for representatives who had ended their parliamentary careers and to gather information about new Storting representatives.
The work of Sølvi Engebretsen is the basis for the new archive of biographies of Storting representatives after 1945, which at the same time replaced the old archive at NSD (Stortingsbiografidatabasen). The archive is updated at each election and representatives who have left the Storting are updated every two years. The Storting has published the biographies from this archive on its internet pages.
In 2001, biographical information was collected using a questionnaire. The previous major collection of biographical information took place in 1985. The 2001 form was sent to everyone who had been in the Storting or government after 1985 and to representatives who had been in the Storting or in government before 1985 and who were alive in 1985.
In the survey, which ended in May 2001, 852 responses were received, which amounts to 88%. The forms were generally well answered, with accurate and detailed information. The worst answered were the questions with tick boxes about position before and after parliamentary and government activity, and the question about highest completed education. The answers from survivors contained far less information than the answers from living, former representatives.
Usage
A detailed description of the 1814-1905 database's analysis and linking possibilities can be found in a note by Marianne Egernæs: "Stortingsmannsarkivet og Stortingsbiografiene" (from the series Internal Notes at NSD).
The politicians archive 1945-present contained far more information than the two older politician archives, which opens the door for far more comprehensive and detailed analyzes of recruitment to the Storting and Government in the post-war period. This particularly applies to analyzes of the representatives' political activity outside the Storting and Government (membership/office in public and private bodies). It is possible to carry out analyzes both at insectionidual level and for various groups of representatives and ministers such as e.g. by party, region, gender, age etc. Analyzes can also be carried out for the entire period as a whole or for the insectionidual parliamentary periods or governments separately. Another possibility is to study changes over time in recruitment and activity patterns.
At an insectionidual level, it is also possible to map the representatives' and ministers' careers before and after they have been members of the Storting and government. The extensive information on political background from parties at local and national level and from interest organizations and public boards, councils and committees also enables, to a far greater extent than previously, analyzes of the total career pattern for the representatives, where one looks at the relative importance of e.g. profession, education, political activity and experience etc. for recruitment to the Storting or over time.
The composition and recruitment of the political elite has been seen as interesting to study for several reasons. Part of the motivation is based on the perception that the political elite should reflect the population's demographic, social and geographical composition, because such factors are expected to influence the policy that is pursued (background as an independent variable). Conversely, changes in the composition of the political elite have been interpreted as the result of which groups participate in the political decisions through elections, membership and activity in the political mass organizations (background as dependent variable). The latter is also an example of the usefulness of being able to study variation over time. As an alternative to studying the recruitment to the Storting, government and the office of state secretary together, one can of course also study variation in the recruitment to smaller institutional units, such as party groups, committees etc.
The material has provided the basis for a number of studies of careers, both internally through various political elite roles, and partly externally between the elite and society at large. Much of the debate in connection with such studies has revolved around the relevance of the politicians' background vs. political seniority to predict career opportunities. Questions such as: what significance does seniority have for the MPs' internal career? What is the significance of the Storting representatives' possible participation in the other elite arenas for achieving top positions in the Storting? Conversely: Does experience and seniority from the Storting and State Secretary offices matter for the filling of ministerial posts?
If we want to study in more detail changes that have taken place in the recruitment pattern over time, we can take an example from the debate about the tendency towards professionalisation of the role of politicians. The professionalization has been claimed to be the result of two parallel processes: a political professionalization process (the politician no longer lives only for politics, but also from politics), and an intellectual professionalization process (increased need for people with the greatest possible degree of knowledge background). Such tendencies are interesting both along a historical dimension, and along a traditional right-left dimension (bourgeois vs. socialist). Questions asked: What are the connections between the recruitment of people with a specific political experience background and the recruitment of people with a specific educational background? How does this vary between political institutions (between ministries, between governments, and between government and Storting), between parties, and over time?
We have only given examples of a few general analysis possibilities here. A more detailed description of various analysis possibilities can be found in NSD's learning package on 'Analyses of political elites' (Eliassen and Ryssevik, 1986) and in the chapter on recruitment in volume II of Storting og Regjering 1945 - 1985 (Eliassen, 1985).
References
The first major collection of this archive was undertaken by Professor Trond Nordby in 1985 and resulted in a biographical work the same year at Kunnskapsforlaget. The biography work formed the basis for the old NSD biographical archive for the period after 1945. As Nordby was to cover 40 years, previously written biographies were used for the collection in 1985, primarily Olaf Chr. Torp's permanent overviews of the newly elected Storting.
Biographies:
- Tallak LINDSTØL: Stortinget og Statsrådet 1814-1914. Kristiania: Steen'ske Bogtrykkeri, 1914.
- A four-volume work with biographies of members of the Storting and deputies as well as ministers who have not been members of the Storting or deputies. In addition, an overview of the election results in each district, the Storting's officials in each period and the composition of the insectionidual committees in the period from 1814 to 1914. The composition of the insectionidual governments is also included.
- Vilhelm HAFFNER: Stortinget og Statsrådet 1915-1945 . Bind I, Biografier, Oslo, 1949.
- Biographies of parliamentary representatives, deputies and ministers. The work also provides an overview of the governments' composition from 1913 to 1945.
- Karl BJØRNSTAD: Stortinget og Statsrådet 1915-1945. Bind II, De enkelte storting, Oslo, 1949.
- The election results in each district, as well as the Storting's civil servants and part of the standing committees' composition in the period 1915-1945.
- Vilhelm HAFFNER: Stortinget 1946-49, 1950-53, 1954-57, og Olaf Chr. TORP: Stortinget 1958-61, og følgende stortingsperioden, Johan Grundt Tanum, Oslo.
- Biographies of Storting representatives, as well as the deputies who appear for ministers who have been elected to the Storting. The books, which are published after each election, also provide an overview of the Storting's civil servants and the members of the standing committees.
- Jan DEBES: Det norske statsråd 1814-1949, Cammermeyers Bokhandel, Oslo 1950.
- An overview of all the ministries from 1814-1949. Brief biography. All replacements are registered.
- Norges Offisielle Statistikk. Stortingsvalgene 1814-1965.
- Overviews of the election results in electoral districts and electoral parishes. For the period before 1906, there is information for a number of years about who made up the electoral colleges.
- Torp, Olaf Chr.: Stortinget 1958/1961-1973/1977. 6 bd. Oslo 1958-1974.
- Torp, Olaf Chr.: Stortinget i navn og tall 1977/1981 1981/ 1985. 2 bd. Oslo 1978 - 1982.
- Arne Stokkes politikerarkiv ved Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo
- Klipparkiv, i første rekke arkivet i Stortingsbiblioteket.
- Hvem er hvem? 1912-1984.
- Studentene fra... (Samlet til 25 års jubileet for studentene fra 1868- 1943).
- Studentene fra..........(Samlet til 50 års jubileet for studentene fra 1875-1921).
- Norsk biografisk leksikon B 1-19.
- Kobro, Isak: Norges leger 1909-1947.
- Getz, Bernhard: Norges leger 1947-1951 og 1967.
- Norges leger 1976.
- Norske advokatforening: Medlemmer av Den norske sakførerforening 1950.
- Medlemmer av Den norske advokatforening 1965.
- Den norske advokatforening. Aktive medlemmer 1982.
- Bolling, Reidar: Norges prester og andre teologiske kandidater. 1949. 1958.
- Prester i den norske kirke og andre teologiske kandidater. 1974.
- Norske skolefolk. 1962.
- Norges lensmenn. 1952. 1967. 1980.
- Norges presseforbund: Pressefolk. Biografiske opplysninger om Norges Presseforbunds medlemmer. 1950. 1967. 1979.
- Paus, H.W.: Norges vegdirektører og vegsjefer. 1956. 1962. 1970.
- Ingeniørmatrikkelen. Norges sivilingeniører 1901-1955.
- Ingeniører og teknikere i Norges ingeniør- og teknikerorganisasjon NTO. 1962.
- Ekrem, Helga: Norges filologer og realister. 1950.
- data.stortinget.no
- Stortingets biografidatabase hos www.stortinget.no
- data.regjeringen.no (nå nedlagt)
- www.regjeringen.no/no/om-regjeringa/tidligere-regjeringer-og-historie/
- www.nb.no/search
- www.digitalarkivet.no
- slektogdata.no
- nbl.snl.no og snl.no
- no.wikipedia.org
Member lists, annual reports etc.:
- Den norske advokat forening. Medlemslister 1971. 1980. 1983.
- Håndbok over norske obligasjoner og aksjer. Utg. av Carl Kierulf & Co. A/S.
- Norges statskalender.
- Diesen, Emil: Håndbok over jern- og metallindustri; mekaniske verksteder. 1957-1969.
- Jern og Metallindustri, Mekaniske verksteder. 1971-1983.
- Diesen, Emil: Norsk forretningsbank - årbok. 1928-1973.
- Norsk forretningsbank - årbok. 1974-84.
- Diesen, Emil: Norsk Sparebank - årbok 1928-73.
- Norsk Sparebank - årbok. 1974-84.
- Kompass-Norge. Indeks over Norges industri og næringsliv. 1983.
- Norsk forsikrings årbok. 1911-1983.
- Diverse årsberetninger fra partier, organisasjoner, firmaer, bedrifter m.m. Partiarkivet ved Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo, utarbeidet av R.
- Grønhaug, T. Aasland m.fl.
- Stortingsmelding nr.7 (før 1972-1973 utformet som Odelstingsmelding).
- Stortingsforhandlingene.
- Interne stortingsarkiv (ved Stortingets kontor, Stortingets arkiv, Internasjonalt sekretariat, sekretariatet for Nordisk Råd, Stortingsbibliotekets kortkatalog).
- Kommunale håndbøker.
- Fylkestingsforhandlinger.
- Norsk bokfortegnelse.
In 2001, the archive was primarily updated using questionnaires, but i.a. membership in committee boards and councils was taken from NSD's Committee Archive. All registration of information about the representative from external sources was carried out before sending out the questionnaire so that the representatives had the opportunity to check whether the information was correct.
Variable Description
The table i_politikere contains basic data about people in Norwegian politics from 1814 onwards. Storting politicians cover representatives and deputy representatives. Government politicians are mostly ministers and state secretaries, but also the occasional political adviser.
The data quality is generally good. The variables are as follows:
Unique consecutive serial number that identifies each and every politician. Example: Guro Fjellanger is 2344.
The Storting's own identifier, 2-6 capital letters based on the name. Is unique and defined for representatives and deputy representatives from 1945. For links to the Storting biographies in Norwegian, the identifier is concatenated after www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid= . Example: Guro Fjellanger is 'GFJ', and the biography page is then www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=GFJ.
Identifier from the Digital Archives, obtained from the Historical Population Register (Histreg). For postings in the Digital Archives, the identifier is concatenated to the appropriate URL, for example after histreg.no/index.php/person/. Example: John Lyng is pc00000002243778, and the biography page then becomes histreg.no/index.php/person/pc00000002243778.
All first and middle names.
Last used family name. Typical name changes are when women marry or divorce.
Date of birth if publicly known.
The year of birth is supplied for almost all politicians.
Name of place (municipality or other) where the person was born. Missing for the most part.
Date of death if known.
The year of death is included as a separate variable for those cases where we do not have the exact date of death. If death is filled in, date of death will also be, but not necessarily the other way around.
1=male, 2=female. Other values may be added, but so far it has not been relevant.
Source for date of birth and death, often web address.
Explanatory supplement
The table contains data on the politician's family relationships, primarily parents. The table in no way purports to be complete.
The Storting's data service is the principal source of updates.
The variables are as follows:
Main index. Continuous internal identifier from the table i_politikere . Is mandatory and unique. Example: Tina Bru is 31610.
Father's first and middle names.
Father's family name.
Father's year of birth.
Father's year of death.
Father's occupation.
Father's occupation during most of the politician's upbringing.
Is 1 if the father was self-employed during most of the politician's upbringing, 0 if not.
Is 1 if the father was privately employed during most of the politician's upbringing, 0 if not.
Is 1 if the father was a public employee during most of the politician's upbringing, 0 if not.
Mother's first and middle names.
Mother's family name.
Mother's year of birth.
Mother's year of death.
Mother's occupation.
Mother's occupation during most of the politician's upbringing.
Is 1 if the father was self-employed during most of the politician's upbringing, 0 if not.
Is 1 if the father was privately employed during most of the politician's upbringing, 0 if not.
Is 1 if the father was a public employee during most of the politician's upbringing, 0 if not.
Information in plain text about possible kinship with representatives of the Storting or ministers.
Partner's first and middle names.
Partner's family name.
Partner's year of birth.
Partner's occupation.
The year the politician married partner.
Partner's father's first and middle names.
Partner's father's family name.
Partner's father's year of birth.
Partner's father's year of death.
Partner's father's occupation.
Partner's mother's first and middle names.
Partner's mother's family name.
Partner's mother's year of birth.
Partner's mother's year of death.
Partner's mother's occupation.
Where the information comes from, if known. The variable is missing in Nsd_person , set to 'Political Archive 1901-2017'. Typical values for B1905_Person are 'Haffner' and 'Lindstøl'.
The table contains data on the politician's partners and in-laws. The table in no way purports to be complete.
We have no source of updates, and the table is therefore not updated for today's politicians.
The variables are as follows:
Main index. Continuous internal identifier from the table i_politikere. Is mandatory and unique. Example: Tina Bru is 31610.
Partner's first and middle names.
Partner's family name.
Partner's year of birth.
Partner's occupation.
The year the politician married partner.
Partner's father's first and middle names.
Partner's father's family name.
Partner's father's year of birth.
Partner's father's year of death.
Partner's father's occupation.
Partner's mother's first and middle names.
Partner's mother's family name.
Partner's mother's year of birth.
Partner's mother's year of death.
Partner's mother's occupation.
Where the information comes from, if known. The variable is missing in Nsd_person , set to 'Political Archive 1901-2017'. Typical values for B1905_Person are 'Haffner' and 'Lindstøl'.
Politicians' education is a field where we must expect large gaps in the data material. Duplicates cannot be avoided either, as the information comes from several older database tables.
- sto_UtdanningYrke$ – deals with Storting politicians and is taken from data.stortinget.no. This is probably the most important source and the only one that is being updated.
- B1905_Utdyrke – primarily contains information for representatives who have had a seat in the Storting 1903-1945. There are timed registrations in the period 1850-1938.
- Pol_Bakgrunn – mainly older parliament and government politicians, all the way back to 1814. See NSD-rapport 73, ‘Politikerarkivet 1814-1986’.
- Pol_Storting – information about the Storting representatives' work during the individual Storting periods in which the person is represented. See NSD-rapport 73, ‘Politikerarkivet 1814-1986’.
Some time ago, data from the first three tables were collected in the table Politikere_utdanning, which therefore does not add anything new, and which unfortunately became a bit deficient.
Updates will typically take place every four years after a new parliamentary term has been established. The SQL script for this update has not yet been created at the time of writing, but will be able to start by comparing new data with the records we have with source 'Stortinget'.
Main index. Continuous internal identifier from the table i_politikere. Is mandatory and unique. Example: Tina Bru is 31610.
Rough classification of the education such as apprenticeship, vocational certificate, or simply education. Not always completed.
Education in plain text.
First year in education. Is NULL if the year is not specified.
Last year in education. Is NULL if the year is not specified.
Additional information.
Where the information comes from, if known. Typical values are 'Haffner', 'Lindstøl', 'Politikerarkivet 1814-1986' and 'Stortinget'.
Politicians' professions is a field where we must expect large gaps in the data material. Duplicates cannot be avoided either, as the information comes from several older database tables.
- sto_UtdanningYrke$ – deals with Storting politicians and is taken from data.stortinget.no. This is probably the most important source and the only one that is being updated.
- B1905_Utdyrke – primarily contains information for representatives who have had a seat in the Storting 1903-1945. There are timed registrations in the period 1850-1938.
- Pol_Bakgrunn – mainly older parliament and government politicians, all the way back to 1814. See NSD-rapport 73, ‘Politikerarkivet 1814-1986’.
- Pol_Storting – information about the Storting representatives' work during the individual Storting periods in which the person is represented. See NSD-rapport 73, ‘Politikerarkivet 1814-1986’.
Some time ago, data from the first three tables were collected in the table Politikere_yrke, which therefore does not add anything new, and which unfortunately became a bit deficient.
Updates will typically take place every four years after a new parliamentary term has been established. The SQL script for this update has not yet been created at the time of writing, but will be able to start by comparing new data with the records we have with source 'Stortinget'.
Main index. Continuous internal identifier from the table i_politikere. Is mandatory and unique. Example: Tina Bru is 31610.
Occupation in plain text.
First year in professional activity. Is NULL if the year is not specified.
Last year in professional activity. Is NULL if the year is not specified.
Additional information.
Where the information comes from, if known. Typical values are 'Haffner', 'Lindstøl', 'Politikerarkivet 1814-1986' and 'Stortinget'.
Politicians' positions is a field where we must expect large gaps in the data material. Duplicates cannot be avoided either, as the information comes from several older database tables.
- sto_Verv$ – deals with Storting politicians and is taken from data.stortinget.no. This is probably the most important source and the only one that is updated. Data from 1901 onwards.
- Nsd_offverv - overview of public positions in the period 1907-2017.
- Nsd_partiverv - overview of positions of trust in political parties in the period 1902-2015.
- Nsd_orgverv - overview of positions of trust in organizations in the period 1901-2017.
- Nsd_admverv - overview of positions in the period 1907-2015. All are positions in business, which are classified under Other.
- B1905_Offverv - overview of public positions in the period 1868-1950.
- B1905_Partiverv - overview of positions of trust in political parties in the period 1884-1948.
- B1905_Orgverv - overview of positions of trust in organizations in the period 1867-1949.
- B1905_Admverv - overview of positions in the period 1814-1949. All are positions in business, which are classified under Other.
- Pol_Storting – contains positions of trust in parties for Storting representatives. See NSD-rapport 73, ‘Politikerarkivet 1814-1986’.
Updates will typically take place every four years after a new parliamentary term has been established. The SQL script for this update has not yet been created at the time of writing, but will be able to start by comparing new data with the records we have with source 'Stortinget'.
Main index. Continuous internal identifier from the table i_politikere. Is mandatory and unique. Example: Tina Bru is 31610.
What kind of position. We differenciate between:
- Public positions
- Office of trust in parties
- Positions of trust in organisations
- Other administrative positions
What the activity is about, for example 'Member' or 'Chairman'.
Location of the activity, such as ‘Styret for Jærens meieri’.
Any geographical location of the office, like a county, one or more municipalities, or something else. More often than not, the location is not specified.
First year in the role. Is NULL if the year is not specified.
Last year in the role. Is NULL if the year is not specified.
Additional information.
Where the information comes from, if known. Typical values are 'Haffner', 'Lindstøl', 'Politikerarkivet 1814-1986' and 'Stortinget'.
Politicians' awards is a field where we must expect large gaps in the data material. Duplicates cannot be avoided either, as the information comes from several older database tables.
- sto_UtdanningYrke$ – deals with Storting politicians and is taken from data.stortinget.no. This is probably the most important source and the only one that is updated. Data from 1901 onwards.
- B1905_Utdyrke - primarily contains information for representatives who have had a seat in the Storting 1903-1945. There are timed registrations in the period 1850-1938.
Updates will typically take place every four years after a new parliamentary term has been established. The SQL script for this update has not yet been created at the time of writing, but will be able to start by comparing new data with the records we have with source 'Stortinget'.
Main index. Continuous internal identifier from the table i_politikere. Is mandatory and unique. Example: Tina Bru is 31610.
The award in plain text.
Year of the award. Is NULL if the year is not specified.
Additional information.
Where the information comes from, if known. Typical values are 'Haffner', 'Lindstøl', 'Politikerarkivet 1814-1986' and 'Stortinget'.
Literature here primarily means books or articles written by or about the politician. The information has mostly been obtained through self-reporting by parliamentary representatives on questionnaires. The table therefore contains the most important literary products that the representative has written as well as authorized biographies. To a lesser extent, there are (probably) non-authorized biographies or works where the representative is mentioned. Duplicates cannot be avoided either, as the information comes from several older database tables. Data is taken from these old tables in Polsys:
- Nsd_litteratur – 1912-2014.
- B1905_Litteratur – 1874-1949.
We currently have no data sources that can provide us with an update.
Main index. Continuous internal identifier from the table i_politikere. Is mandatory and unique. Example: Tina Bru is 31610.
The award in plain text.
The person's contribution type: 'Author', 'Editor' etc. in plain text.
Who is behind the publication, one or more people, in plain text.
The name of the publication.
The publisher that has published the publication, in plain text.
Where the publication was published, in plain text.
What year the publication was published. Is NULL if the year is not specified.
If the publication spans several years, the closing year can be stated here.
Additional information.
Where the information comes from, if known. Typical values are 'Haffner', 'Lindstøl', 'Politikerarkivet 1814-1986' and 'Stortinget'.
Politicians' municipal political activity is a field where we must expect large gaps in the data material. Duplicates cannot be avoided either, as the information comes from several older database tables:
- sto_Verv$ – data on Storting politicians, taken from data.stortinget.no. This is probably the most important source and the only one that is updated.
- komfylk – overview of politicians' municipal and county municipal activities in the period 1922-2011. Is identical to Nsd_komfylk.
- B1905_Komfylk – overview of politicians' municipal and county activities in the period 1898-1948.
- Pol_Bakgrunn – mainly older parliament and government politicians, all the way back to 1814. See NSD-rapport 73, ‘Politikerarkivet 1814-1986’.
Updates will typically take place every four years after a new parliamentary term has been established. The SQL script for this update has not yet been created at the time of writing, but will be able to start by comparing new data with the records we have with source 'Stortinget'.
Main index. Continuous internal identifier from the table i_politikere. Is mandatory and unique. Example: Tina Bru is 31610.
What the activity is about, for example ‘Medlem’ or ‘Varaordfører’.
Location of the activity, such as ‘Kommunestyre’, ‘Byråd’ etc.
Municipality number at the start of the period. The format is integer, which means that any leading 0 is not applied initially.
The name of the municipality if stated in the base material. Should not be used actively, but is included as a variable in case of problems with identification of historic municipalities by municipality number.
First year in the role. Is NULL if the year is not specified.
Last year in the role. Is NULL if the year is not specified.
Additional information.
Where the information comes from, if known. Typical values are 'Haffner', 'Lindstøl', 'Politikerarkivet 1814-1986' and 'Stortinget'.
Politicians' county political activity is a field where we must expect large gaps in the data material. Duplicates cannot be avoided either, as the information comes from several older database tables:
- sto_Verv$ – data on Storting politicians, taken from data.stortinget.no. This is probably the most important source and the only one that is updated.
- komfylk – overview of politicians' municipal and county municipal activities in the period 1922-2011. Is identical to Nsd_komfylk.
- B1905_Komfylk – overview of politicians' municipal and county activities in the period 1898-1948.
The table Pol_Bakgrunn has been examined, but is completely covered, and better, by the other tables.
Updates will typically take place every four years after a new parliamentary term has been established. The SQL script for this update has not yet been created at the time of writing, but will be able to start by comparing new data with the records we have with source 'Stortinget'.
Main index. Continuous internal identifier from the table i_politikere. Is mandatory and unique. Example: Tina Bru is 31610.
What the activity is about, for example 'Medlem' or 'Varaordfører'.
Location of the activity, such as 'Fylkesting', 'Fylkesutvalg' etc.
County number at the start of the period. The format is integer, which means that any leading 0 is not applied initially.
The name of the county if stated in the base material. Should not be used actively, but is included as a variable in case of problems with identification of historic counties by county number.
First year in the role. Is NULL if the year is not specified.
Last year in the role. Is NULL if the year is not specified.
Additional information.
Where the information comes from, if known. Typical values are 'Haffner', 'Lindstøl', 'Politikerarkivet 1814-1986' and 'Stortinget'.