Danish National Archives

Danish National Archives
Danish: Rigsarkivet
Logo of the Danish National Archives since 2023
Agency overview
Formed1889 (1889)
Preceding agencies
  • Gehejmearkivet (1296–1883)
  • Kongerigets Arkiv (1861–1884)
  • Statens Arkiver ( –2014)
JurisdictionGovernment of Denmark
HeadquartersCopenhagen, Denmark
Employees250[1]
Agency executives
  • Karl Hansen, National archivist
  • Ole Magnus Mølbak Andersen, Vice-director
  • Kirsten Valladsen Kristmar, Vice-director[2]
Parent departmentThe Ministry of Culture
Websiteen.rigsarkivet.dk

The Danish National Archives (Danish: Rigsarkivet) is the national archive system of Denmark. Its primary purpose is to collect, preserve and archive historically valuable records from central authorities, such as ministries, agencies and national organisations and make them available to the public. The archive is part of the Ministry of Culture.

Previously the term Danish State Archives (Danish: Statens Arkiver) was used as the collective name for the archive system. In 2014 the archives were reorganised, and the name Rigsarkivet (which had previously only applied to the Danish National Archives in Copenhagen) became the new collective name for the entire archive system.

  1. ^ "Om os: Organisation". Danish National Archives (in Danish). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Om os: Direktionen". Danish National Archives (in Danish). 24 May 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.