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Folketinget open data

Name: Folketinget open data
License: CC-BY-4.0

The Folketing's OData 3.0 API provides machine access to all parliamentary cases (bills, resolutions), documents, voting results and actors (MPs and parties). The Danish counterpart to Stortinget (NO) and the Riksdag (SE). CC-BY-4.0, no authentication required. Issue #1173.

200K rows

Data volume

Daily

Updates

MCP tools

Example response — /connectors/ft-oda/cases

{
  "data": "..."
}

MCP integration

Available MCP tools

ft_get_cases

ft_get_members

ft_get_votes

ft_search_documents

Configuration for Claude Desktop / Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ft-oda": {
      "url": "https://data.ketl.no/mcp/ft-oda",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer $KETL_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Analysis apps that use this source

Ready-made tools built on Folketinget open data data. Use them directly in the browser, or wire the same data into your own analysis via the API below.

Nordic democracy

Compare the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish parliaments side by side — seat distribution derived live from the member registers, with majority threshold, fragmentation and smallest majority coalition, plus election results and concurrent legislation across Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Folketinget

Search the Danish Parliament's open data (oda.ft.dk): bills and parliamentary cases, documents, votes and members. The Danish counterpart to Stortinget (NO) and the Riksdag (SE). CC-BY-4.0.

API endpoints

GET

/cases

Parlamentariske saker (filtrer på tittel/periode)

q optional: Fritekstsøk i sakstittel
periode optional: Samlings-/periode-ID
top optional: Antall treff (OData $top)
skip optional: Offset (OData $skip)

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ft-oda/cases
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ft-oda/cases"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/documents

Dokumenter (filtrer på tittel/dato)

q optional: Fritekstsøk i dokumenttittel
since optional: Kun dokumenter oppdatert etter dato (YYYY-MM-DD)
top optional: Antall treff (OData $top)
skip optional: Offset (OData $skip)

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ft-oda/documents
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ft-oda/documents"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/votes

Afstemninger (voteringsresultater)

top optional: Antall treff (OData $top)
skip optional: Offset (OData $skip)

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ft-oda/votes
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ft-oda/votes"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/members

Folketingets medlemmer. Default er de SITTENDE (179), med parti, kjønn og storkreds — utledet av aktive gruppemedlemskap i inneværende samling. `scope=all` gir alle person-aktører ODA fører, inkludert avgåtte, uten parti.

scope optional: Populasjon: sittende medlemmer (default) eller alle historiske aktører scope=current
q optional: Fritekstsøk i aktørnavn q=Wammen
type optional: Aktørtype-ID. Kun relevant for scope=all type=5
top optional: Antall treff (OData $top). Utelates for scope=current: hele salen returneres top=20
skip optional: Offset (OData $skip) skip=0

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ft-oda/members
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/ft-oda/members"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

Access and pricing

Folketinget open data is openly available — create an account to get started.

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