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Archives online

Arkivalieronline - Find original documents from the archives online (mainly danish).

  • Parish Registers
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Search the database Daisy

Information about the Danish National Archives’ collections can be found in the database (in danish).

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Archival records from the colonial era available to all

Get online access to all of the Danish National Archives digitized records from the time when Denmark was a colonial power in the West Indies and read about and get to know this part of Danish history.

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Become a volunteer transcriber

We post new records for transcription on an ongoing basis. Right now you can take part in transcribing Archival records from the Danish colony in the West Indies.

News

  • News
    COVID-19 restrictions at the Danish National Archives winter 2020/21
    Monday 1. feb. 2021
  • News
    Summer in the Danish National Archives
    Monday 22. jun. 2020
  • News
    The Danish National Archives’ Coronavirus Precautions
    Monday 11. may. 2020
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    New opening hours for the reading room in the Black Diamond, Copenhagen
    Tuesday 10. dec. 2019
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    The Danish National Archives’ research data is searchable on a European search portal
    Tuesday 12. nov. 2019
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    The Opening of the Danish National Archives’ reading room in the Black Diamond is postponed
    Tuesday 5. nov. 2019
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    New project maps the Danish population back to 1787
    Friday 8. feb. 2019
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Telephone: +45 33 92 33 10
Telephone hours 9 – 15

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