The data are gathered from various sources. Most come from Stortinget's own API, a part of which were structured by Holder de ord (see last seven variables of the table below). Additionally, several variables were scraped from the .html of various places on Stortingets web page. Variables on the cabinets and ministers are based on Søyland (2017).
| Variable name | Variable description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| id | unique id for a speech | |
| url_rep_id | unique id for representatives in online urls (NA for presidents) | https://www.stortinget.no/ |
| rep_id | unique id for representatives from API (NA for presidents) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| rep_first_name | first name | https://data.stortinget.no |
| rep_last_name | last name | https://data.stortinget.no |
| rep_name | full name | https://data.stortinget.no |
| rep_from | start of the mandate (NA for presidents) | https://www.stortinget.no |
| rep_to | end of mandate (NA for presidents) | https://www.stortinget.no |
| rep_type | type of representative (representant, vararepresentant), NA for all non representatives or elected ministers | https://www.stortinget.no |
| county | county of provenance | https://data.stortinget.no |
| list_number | position on the party list at the last election | https://www.stortinget.no/ |
| party_id | unique id for a party | https://data.stortinget.no |
| party_name | full name of the party | https://data.stortinget.no |
| party_role | parliament role of the party (cabin et, opposition, support), NA for presidents | Søyland (forthcoming) |
| party_seats | number of seats in parliament for the speaker's party | Søyland (forthcoming) |
| cabinet_short | pet name for the current cabinet (also usable as an id) | Søyland (forthcoming) |
| cabinet_start | start date of the cabinet | Søyland (forthcoming) |
| cabinet_composition | composition of the cabinet (Coalition, Single-party) | Søyland (forthcoming) |
| cabinet_end | end date of the cabinet | Søyland (forthcoming) |
| rep_gender | gender | https://data.stortinget.no |
| rep_birth | date of birth | https://data.stortinget.no |
| rep_death | date of death | https://data.stortinget.no |
| parl_period | election cycle | https://data.stortinget.no |
| parl_size | total amount of seats in parliament | https://www.stortinget.no |
| party_seats_lagting | party seats in the upper chamber (when applicable) | https://www.stortinget.no |
| party_seats_odelsting | party seats in the lower chamber (when applicable) | https://www.stortinget.no |
| com_member | the committees the representative was a member of this parliamentary period | https://www.stortinget.no |
| com_date | the dates that the representative was member of the committees of com_member |
https://www.stortinget.no |
| com_role | the role the representative had in the corresponding committee to com_member |
https://www.stortinget.no |
| debate_reference | where to find the debate | https://data.stortinget.no |
| case_id | the id of the case | https://data.stortinget.no |
| debate_title | title of the debate | https://data.stortinget.no |
| debate_subject | subject of the debate | https://data.stortinget.no |
| debate_type | type of debate (question/interpellation etc) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| proposition_id | id of proposition | https://data.stortinget.no |
| proposition_text | proposition text | https://data.stortinget.no |
| document_group | underlying debate document group (proposisjon/melding etc) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| document_subject_short | short subject description of document | https://data.stortinget.no |
| decision_short | short description of decision made on the case under debate | https://data.stortinget.no |
| document_note | any notes attached to the underlying document of debate | https://data.stortinget.no |
| case_source_id | source id for the case | https://data.stortinget.no |
| case_chair_id | representative id for the chair of the case | https://data.stortinget.no |
| case_type | type of case | https://data.stortinget.no |
| decision_text | description of decision on the case | https://data.stortinget.no |
| question_number | for questions, the question number | https://data.stortinget.no |
| question_from_id | for questions, who asked the question (rep_id) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| question_to_id | for questions, who the question was asked to (rep_id) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| question_answered_by_id | for questions, who answered the question (rep_id) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| question_answered_by_ministry_id | for questions, the ministry the answering minister is under (id) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| question_answered_by_minister_title | for questions, the ministry the answering minister is under (title) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| subject_ids | id of the subjects under debate | https://data.stortinget.no |
| subject_names | names of the subjects under debate | https://data.stortinget.no |
| is_main_subject | is this the main subject? | https://data.stortinget.no |
| main_subject_id | id of the main subject | https://data.stortinget.no |
| subject_committee_id | committee for this subject (id) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| subject_committee_name | committee for this subject (name) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| agenda_case_number | the debates number on this day's agenda | https://data.stortinget.no |
| agenda_case_reference | reference to the case (from agenda data) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| agenda_case_text | text for the case (from agenda data) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| agenda_case_type | type of case (from agenda data) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| agenda_number | the agenda number of this meeting | https://data.stortinget.no |
| meeting_id | meeting id (to match meeting data from API) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| procedure_id | all procedures the debate has gone through (id) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| procedure_name | all procedures the debate has gone through (name) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| procedure_stepnumber | all procedures the debate has gone through (step number) | https://data.stortinget.no |
| publication_export_id | publication export id for underlying case | https://data.stortinget.no |
| publication_link_text | publication text for underlying case | https://data.stortinget.no |
| publication_link_url | publication url for underlying case | https://data.stortinget.no |
| publication_type | publication type for underlying case | https://data.stortinget.no |
| publication_undertype | publication under type for underlying case | https://data.stortinget.no |
| related_case_id | id of related cases | https://data.stortinget.no |
| related_case_type | type of related cases | https://data.stortinget.no |
| related_case_title_short | short titles of related cases | https://data.stortinget.no |
| keyword | One word keyword for debate | https://stortinget.no |
| keywords | All keywords for debate | https://data.stortinget.no |
| language | language identifier (bokmål/nynorsk) | langid.py |
| transcript | a date variable that distiguish day and night meetings | https://data.stortinget.no (via holderdeord) |
| order | speech order in a given day | https://data.stortinget.no (via holderdeord) |
| time | timestamp of the speech | https://data.stortinget.no (via holderdeord) |
| session | parliament session | https://data.stortinget.no (via holderdeord) |
| date | date of the speech | https://data.stortinget.no (via holderdeord) |
| title | title (representative, president, minister etc) | https://data.stortinget.no (via holderdeord) |
| text | the speech | https://data.stortinget.no (via holderdeord) |