Human Capital of the Nordic Countries

Education and its effects from the 18th century onwards

sources

Grade lists

  • Availability: Denmark (DK), Norway (NO)
  • High school (HS): enrolment records (studentermatrikel/studentmatrikkel), admissions/graduation exams (examen artium)
  • University (Uni): degree/grades (embedseksamen)

Data

Data on Zenodo

Progress tracker

Country Type Years HS Uni Transcribed Linked
NO Matrikel 1813-1913 Y Y Y Y
NO Exams 1813-1863 Y   Manual  
NO Exams 1864-1897 Y   Auto  
NO Exams 1900-1943 Y Y Auto  
DK Matrikel 1760-1791 Y   Manual Auto/manual
DK Exams 1792-1801 Y Y Manual Auto/manual
DK Matrikel 1802-1804 Y   Manual Auto/manual
DK Exams 1805-1820 Y Y Auto/manual Auto/manual
DK Exams 1821-1849 Y Y Auto/manual In progress
DK Exams 1850-1864 Y Y Auto In progress
DK Exams 1864-1920 Y Y    

Transcription progress

NA 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920
00 C C C C C C C C C C C C TC TC TC TC TC
01 C C C C C C C C C C C TC TC C TC TC NS
02 C C C C SA C C C C C C TC TC TC TC TC NS
03 C C C C SA C C C C C C TC TC TC TC TC NS
04 C C C C SA C C C C C C TC TC TC TC TC NS
05 C C C C C C C C C SA C TC TC TC TC TC NS
06 C C C C C C C C C SA C TC TC TC TC TC NS
07 C C C C C C C C C SA C TC TC TC TC TC NS
08 C C C C C C C C C SA C TC TC C TC TC NS
09 C C C C C C C C C SA C TC TC TC TC TC NS
  • C (Completed): Data completed and ready for use
  • TC (Transcribed, checked): Data is partially transcribed and checked for errors, with a few missing grades.
  • TU (Transcribed, unchecked): Data is partially transcribed but not checked for errors.
  • SA (Source available): A grade list is available but it hasn’t been transcribed yet.
  • NS (No source): No grade list is available.

Detailed content list

Country Years (incl.) Source/s (see below) Grades: HS subject grades Grades: HS final grade Grades: Uni subject grades Grades: Uni final grade
NO 1813-1826 N-Mkl, GL(Hw) Y Y   Y
NO 1827-1913 N-Mkl, GL Y Y   Y
NO 1914-1943 GL* Y Y   ½
DK -1801 Mkl, UJ   Y   Y
DK 1802-1804 Mkl   Y    
DK 1805-1813 Mkl, Ann Y Y   Y
DK 1814-1823 Mkl, E23, NTB** Y Y   Y
DK 1824-1836 Mkl, AT Y Y   Y
DK 1837-1839 Mkl, KUÅ Y Y   Y
DK 1840-1848 Mkl, KUÅ Y Y Y Y
DK 1849-1856 Mkl, LM Y Y Y Y
DK 1857-1863 Mkl, LM Y Y Y Y
DK 1864-1874 Mkl, KUÅ Y Y Y Y
DK 1875-1883 KUÅ Y Y Y Y
DK 1884-1915 KUÅ   Y Y Y
DK 1916-1920 KUÅ***     Y Y
DK 1921- KUÅ   Y   Y
  • ½ denotes content only partially available.
  • * For selected years between 1906 and 1938, the university student registers are included in the annual reports.
  • ** For 1814-22, only grades for law and medicine graduates are recorded in E23. Theology students are recorded separately in NTB.
  • *** In the digitised volume, grades are available only for the Technical University of Denmark (Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt). These grades have been located and manually transcribed.

Sources

  • Ann: Universitets- og Skole-Annaler
  • AT: Akademiske Tidender
  • E23: Engelstoft 1823, Efterretninger angaaende Kjøbenhavns Universitet, Sorøe Academie og de lærde Skoler
  • GL and GL(Hw): Norwegian grade lists: Examen artium. Earliest volumes (1813-1827) are handwritten ledgers: GL(Hw). Printed ledgers from 1827 onwards, sourced from university annual reports. (1827 has both a handwritten and a printed ledger.)
  • KUÅ: Københavns Universitets Årbog (and similar titles)
  • LM: ACP Linde, Meddelelser angaaende Københavns Universitet
  • Mkl: Studentermatrikel (eg. Liste/Fortegnelse over de immatrikulerede studerende…), with lists of examen atrium graduates
  • N-Mkl: UiO’s historic studentmatrikkelen (downloadable in various formats)
  • UJ: Universitetsjournaler
  • NTB: Møller 1823, Nyt Theologisk Bibliothek (3. bind)