Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
Professor of historical demography
Louise Ludvigsen,
Mads Perner,
Bjørn-Richard Pedersen,
Rafael Nozal Cañadas,
Anders Sildnes,
Nikita Shvetsov
et al.:
Automated Coding of Historical Danish Cause of death Data Using String Similarity
Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications 2023 DOI
Ingrid Hellem Nygaard,
Sushma Dahal,
Gerardo Chowell,
Lisa Sattenspiel,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Svenn-Erik Mamelund
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Age-specific mortality and the role of living remotely: The 1918-20 influenza pandemic in Kautokeino and Karasjok, Norway
Chi Quynh Vo,
Per-Jostein Samuelsen,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Torbjørn Wisløff,
Tom Wilsgaard,
Anne Elise Eggen
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Comparing the sociodemographic characteristics of participants and non-participants in the population-based Tromsø Study
Petja Lyn Langholz,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Old-age mortality and social class in northern Norway in the first half of the twentieth century
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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What was Killing Babies in Trondheim? An Investigation of Infant Mortality Using Individual Level Cause of Death Data, 1830–1907
Chi Quynh Vo,
Per-Jostein Samuelsen,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Torbjørn Wisløff,
Tom Wilsgaard,
Anne Elise Eggen
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Validity of self-reported educational level in the Tromsø Study
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Gunnar Thorvaldsen
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The Impact of Microdata in Norwegian Historiography 1970 to 2020
Bjørn-Richard Pedersen,
Einar Holsbø,
Trygve Andersen,
Nikita Shvetsov,
Johan Ravn,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
et al.:
Lessons Learned Developing and Using a Machine Learning Model to Automatically Transcribe 2.3 Million Handwritten Occupation Codes
Emre Sari,
Mikko Moilanen,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Transgenerational Health Effects of In Utero Exposure to Economic Hardship: Evidence from Preindustrial Southern Norway
Marko Kovacevic,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Tuberkulosedød i Nord - En demografisk studie av tuberkulosen i Tromsø kjøpstad 1878 til 1920
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Evelien Walhout
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The Gendering of Infectious Disease: Classifying Male and Female Causes of Death in the Netherlands and Norway, 1880-1910
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Born Dead or Alive? Revisiting the Definition of Stillbirths in Norway
Gunnar Thorvaldsen,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Lars Holden
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Anvendelser av Norges historiske befolkningsregister
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Evelien Walhout
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Gorodskaia smertnost’ v Norvegii vo vtoroi polovine XIX v. (po materialam prikhodskikh knig Tronheima) [Mortality and Causes of Death in Late 19th-Century Trondheim, Norway (with Reference to Parish Registers Analysis)]
Mikko Moilanen,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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‘I will learn from it for as long as I live’ – religious reading and functional literacy skills
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Evelien Walhout
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Death in the city: a view from 19th century church registers in Norway
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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The Intergenerational Transfer of Infant Mortality in Northern Norway during the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Luciana Quaranta,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Introduction: Intergenerational Transmissions of Infant Mortality using the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS)
Petja Lyn Langholz,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Doris Tove Kristoffersen,
Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock
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Childhood socioeconomic position and later-life health – linking a modern health survey to 20th century historical population data
2023
Bjørn-Richard Pedersen,
Maria Hiltunen Maltesdotter,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Trygve Andersen
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Towards automated processing of historical causes of death by combining text classification algorithms with machine learning
2023
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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A Critical View of Reported Age in Norwegian Historical Population Microdata
2023
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Teaching historical demography: sources
2023
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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The Norwegian Historical Population Register 1801-1964: Current status, Impact & Future prospects
2023
Chi Quynh Vo,
Tom Wilsgaard,
Per-Jostein Samuelsen,
Ellisiv Bøgeberg Mathiesen,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Anne Elise Eggen
et al.:
Longitudinal cholesterol trends across educational groups: the influence of lipid-lowering drugs in the population-based Tromsø Study 1994-2016
2023
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Ways of dying in the past: A demographic evaluation of the first Norwegian cause of death nomenclature
2022
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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122 ways of dying: The development of a cause of death nomenclature in Norway
2022
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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IDS & the Norwegian Historical Population Register
2022
Bjørn-Richard Pedersen,
Trygve Andersen,
Lars Ailo Bongo,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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What to do with the stubborn 3 percent?
2022
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Norsk historisk befolkningsregister + Tromsøundersøkelsen =
Sant
2022
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Why Do We Die? The History of Reporting Cause of Death
2022
Chi Quynh Vo,
Per-Jostein Samuelsen,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Torbjørn Wisløff,
Tom Wilsgaard,
Anne Elise Eggen
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Validity of self-reported educational level in the Tromsø Study
2021
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Towards a Harmonized Historical Coding System: Causes of Death in Norway
2021
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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What was killing babies in Trondheim? An investigation of infant mortality using individual-level causes of death during the period 1830-1910
2021
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Automated Approaches for transcription of 20th century Norwegian census microdata
2021
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Bjørn-Richard Pedersen,
Trygve Andersen
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A FAIR Approach to Harmonized Data
2021
Lars Ailo Bongo,
Bjørn-Richard Pedersen,
Einar Holsbø,
Trygve Andersen,
Tim Alexander Teige,
Nikita Shvetsov
et al.:
Automated approaches for Transcription of 20th Century Norwegian Census Microdata - Lessons Learned
2021
Emre SARI,
Mikko Antti Moilanen,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Transgenerational health effects of in utero exposure to economic hardship: Evidence from preindustrial Southern Norway
2021
Emre Sari,
Mikko Moilanen,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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A long shadow of mild shocks on health, the intergenerational perspective on the fetal origins hypothesis
2020
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Trygve Andersen,
Bjørn-Richard Pedersen
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Automatic data coding of historic population data
2020
Emre Sari,
Mikko Moilanen,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Economic Background Factors of Intergenerational Persistence of Health in Rendalen in the 18th and 19th Centuries
2020
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Norsk Historisk Befolkningregister
2019
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Norsk historisk befolkningsregister: et flergenerasjonelt blikk på aldring
2019
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Familiær ulikhet i spedbarnsdødelighet
2019
Arne Solli,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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The long-term spatial challenges: Intermediate Data Structure & Norwegian Historical Population Register
2019
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Trygve Andersen
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Norwegian Historical Population Register: Status & Future
2019
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Towards a harmonized historical coding system: Causes of Death in Norway
2019
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth,
Arne Solli
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Hotspot Cities: Exploring diagnostics, classification and spatial distribution of fatal measles infections in nineteenth and early twentieth-century urban mortality data
2019
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Ongoing projects and future possibilities
2019
Mikko Moilanen,
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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Religious reading and human capital in 19th century Norway
2018
Hilde Leikny Sommerseth
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The Priest and the Doctor: Understanding the Diagnosis of Death in 19th Century Norway
2018
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Research interests
Dr. Hilde L. Sommerseth (prev. Jåstad) holds a doctoral dissertation from the University of Tromsø, titled: Northern Co-residence across Generations in Northernmost Norway during the Last Part of the Nineteenth Century. Her research centers on historical demography, with a focus on the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Family history is the nucleus of her research, stretching from studies on infant mortality to research on household composition. Research interests: Family, aging, fertility, mortality, ethnicity, gender history.
