The Archive of Ministers consists of data about the Norwegian governments since 1814. Information about the ministers may be accessed either through 'government' or 'ministry' as the overarching structure. All in all the data contain information on three levels:
If you are interested in a certain person, the easiest thing to do would be to search for this person directly. However, worth noticing here is that in connection with 'Find person' we have also made a name index that includes all the persons that exist in NSD's Archives of Politicians. In other words: all former and present members (and quite a lot of substitutes) of the Storting are included in this index. With that regard we have made a simple table that systematically indicates whether the indexed persons have taken office as minister and/or state secretary and/or member of the Storting.
The Archive of Ministers was subject to updating and improvement in 2007. In this connection, the following sources were mainly used:
Furthermore, the Norwegian government's websites in particular, but also the Storting's websites and the internet in general, have been valuable sources. Older editions of both Norwegian, Swedish and Danish biographical encyclopedias have also been used in terms of information on personal data (dates of birth, dates of death) for some of the ministers in the 19th century.
The continuous update of sitting ministers is based on press releases from the Prime Minister's office.