Danish National Archives

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.

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

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.

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