Positions (pol_verv)

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'.

Personal identification number (person)

Main index. Continuous internal identifier from the table i_politikere. Is mandatory and unique. Example: Tina Bru is 31610.

Type (type)

What kind of position. We differenciate between:
- Public positions
- Office of trust in parties
- Positions of trust in organisations
- Other administrative positions

Role (rolle)

What the activity is about, for example 'Member' or 'Chairman'.

Organisasjon (organisasjon)

Location of the activity, such as ‘Styret for Jærens meieri’.

Place (sted)

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 (fra_år)

First year in the role. Is NULL if the year is not specified.

Last year (til_år)

Last year in the role. Is NULL if the year is not specified.

Note (merknad)

Additional information.

Source (kilde)

Where the information comes from, if known. Typical values are 'Haffner', 'Lindstøl', 'Politikerarkivet 1814-1986' and 'Stortinget'.