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= . Eksempel: Guro Fjellanger is 'GFJ', and the biography page is then www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representant/?perid=GFJ.
The Government's own identifier. In principle, it covers everyone who has been connected to the Government, but there are also many gaps. In addition, data.regjeringen.no has been unavailable since November 2021. Example: Guro Fjellanger is 'PERSON_GU_FJ'.
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