Sweden releases 150 years of parliamentary data to track policy shifts
Researchers have compiled the first comprehensive database of Swedish parliamentary motions spanning 1867 to 2024, providing policymakers and analysts with an unprecedented tool to study how political priorities evolve. The structured dataset—linked to detailed information about lawmakers—enables tracking of social, economic, and educational policy debates across generations.
Originaltitel: The Swedish Parliamentary Motions Corpus 1867–2024
<p>Motions submitted to the Swedish Parliament are important data for social science and humanities researchers. We introduce a new research corpus, the Swedish Parliamentary Motions Corpus, which is larger and more developed than previously available research corpora for the Swedish motions. The corpus contains annotated and structured parliamentary motions over more than 150 years, through the bicameral parliament (1867–1970) and Sweden’s current unicameral parliament (1971–). Along with the corpus, we describe procedures to measure and ensure transparency around issues related to the data quality of the corpus. In addition, we link motions’ authors to a rich metadata set, ensuring the corpus’s utility in various research applications.</p>