High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Stein Rokkan (July 4, 1921 in Vågan July 22, 1979 in Bergen) was a Norwegian political scientist and sociologist. He was a professor in comparative politics at the University of Bergen. Stein Rokkan was born on the Lofoten archipelago in the far north of Norway and raised in the nearby town of Narvik. Originally educated as a philosopher, Rokkan collaborated in the 1940s and 1950s as the assistant of Arne Næss. Later on, his interest turned towards the study of politics, especially the formation of political parties and European nation-states. It was during this period that he collaborated with Seymour Martin Lipset, "Lipset and Rokkan" becoming a duo that would forever be remembered by students of political sociology. He is also known as a pioneer user of computer technology in the social sciences. He wrote on cleavage, comparative history, party systems and Catalan nationalism, among other topics.