The Storting's Committees (i_stortingskomite)
Overview of the parliamentary committees . The table is based on i_stortingskomiteer , which was based on t_storting_komite , but the SQL code has been lost. We start from what we have, but with some corrections from the Storting's data service via the table sto_KomiteMedlemskap$.
Also included are activities that are known, but which may still not be part of the committee structure, such as, for example, ‘Stortingets delegasjon til NATOs parlamentariske forsamling’.
Consecutive number (kode)
Continuous internal identifier. Is mandatory and unique. Example: The Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment is 180.
In corresponding earlier tables in Polsys, some committee codes collide with each other. Applies to codes 1,2,3,4,11,12,13,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,41,42,43, 44,45,46,51,52,53,54,55,61 and 62. The more general committee designations in 1814-1905 have been allowed to keep their codes, while the codes in the 1905-1940 series have received an addition of 400. For example, 'SCIENCE COMM. (general)' was allowed to keep code 30, while the 'Church and School Committee' changed from 30 to 430.
Committee name (komitenavn)
Full name of the committee. Example: ‘Energi- og miljøkomiteen’. Note that for code 0 the name is 'unknown'.
English committee name (komitenavn_en)
English full name. Example: ‘The Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment’
Committee (komitetype)
Classification of the committees; see i_komitetype. These are in use (Norwegian):
- DELE Stortingets delegasjoner til internasjonale parlamentariske forsamlinger
- EØS Europautvalget
- FAG Fagkomiteer
- INNP Innpiskere
- INTR Interne styrer og utvalg
- KOMI Andre faste komiteer
- LAGT Lagting
- LIST Felleslister
- PART Partier
- PRES Presidentskapet
- SKOM Komiteer og utvalg opprettet for en bestemt sak
- UTVK Utvalg og kommisjoner i Stortinget
Documentation (dokumentasjon)
The committee's scope of work. Example: ‘Saker om olje, energi, vassdrag, miljøvern og regional planlegging’
English documentation (dokumentasjon_en)
English documentation. Example: 'Matters of business: Oil and energy connected; Watercourses; Environmental protection regional planning'
Internal documentation (intern_dok)
Comments for internal use
First date (fra_dato)
First date, NULL if unknown.
Last date (til_dato)
Last date, 09/09/9999 if existing, NULL if unknown.
First date confirmed (fra_dato_bekreftet)
Is 1 if fra_dato is verified to be correct, 0 otherwise. Is NULL if fra_dato is missing.
Last date confirmed (til_dato_bekreftet)
Is 1 if til_dato is verified to be correct, 0 otherwise. Is NULL if til_dato is missing (is NULL or 09/09/9999).
Further follow-up
The table needs a manual review. Before 1945, Polsys often registered committees as the one that fit best from the 34 committees that were listed in the table DOK_pol_komite . This led, for example, to the Finance and Customs Committee, which existed 1919-1921 and 1934-1967, having members since 1883. The Storting has an excellent overview (in Norwegian) of committees and members after 1945:
www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Komiteene/Historiske-komiteer/
For previous years, we have good sources here:
Stortinget og statsrådet 1915-45, Haffner