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Changelog

Source: NEWS.md

Version 2026.7.2

  • Breaking: dropped support for the 2020 border year. All _b2020 datasets are removed and every data-returning function now accepts only border = 2024 (set_config(border_nor = 2020) and border = 2020 now error). Use border = 2024.
  • Population data now carries a sex dimension. nor_population_by_age_b2024 includes real male/female/total splits (fetched from SSB tables 07459 and 10826 with Kjonn = TRUE). Locations where Statistics Norway provides no sex breakdown (Svalbard, Jan Mayen, unknown) carry total with NA male/female.
  • New exported function nor_population_by_sex_age_cats() returns population by custom age categories split by sex, with include_total_age and include_total_sex toggles.
  • nor_population_by_age_cats() is unchanged for callers: it now filters to sex == "total" internally, so its output remains identical (total only).
  • Note: at redistricted sub-national levels each sex is rounded independently, so male + female may differ from total by up to 3 people in ~0.6% of historical cells (exact at the national level).

Version 2026.3.30

CRAN release: 2026-03-31

  • Population data pipeline now fetches directly from SSB PxWeb API (tables 07459 and 10826) instead of manually downloaded CSV files.
  • Including 2025 and 2026 population data.
  • Municipality population data now uses actual historical data per municipality code instead of crude split approximations for merged municipalities.
  • National population data sourced from table 07459 (1986+), replacing the defunct dataset 59322.
  • Svalbard population data now fetched from SSB table 07430 (up to 2026), replacing the static Excel file.
  • Removed unused Nordic country population and location Excel files.

Version 2024.9.26

  • location_name_file_nb_ascii in csdata::nor_location_names is now in lowercase.

Version 2024.4.26

CRAN release: 2024-04-26

  • Fixing an error that wouldn’t allow for include_total = TRUE in nor_population_by_age_cats
  • CRAN submission.

Version 2024.4.21

  • Including 2024 population data.

Version 2024.1.17

CRAN release: 2024-01-18

  • Fixing an error in merging for 2023->2024.
  • Including population for georegion.

Version 2023.12.26

  • Improving names for georegion for border=2024.

Version 2023.11.29

  • Fixing error in redistricting of counties for border=2024.

Version 2023.8.21

  • Fixing error in the name Trøndelag-Trööndelage.

Version 2023.7.31

  • Including Sami names for counties.

Version 2023.6.19

  • Inclusion of location_name_short in nor_locations_names for border=2020.
  • CRAN submission.

Version 2023.5.26

  • Inclusion of location_name_short in nor_locations_names for border=2024.

Version 2023.5.22

CRAN release: 2023-05-22

  • Including redistricting data for 2024
  • Setting default for border_nor to 2024.
  • CRAN submission.

Version 2023.4.21

CRAN release: 2023-04-21

  • Include population data for 2023.