Repository:The Digital Archives of the National Archives of Norway

The National Archives and the regional state archives (statsarkivene) together form the National Archives Services of Norway (Arkivverket), headed by the Director General (Riksarkivaren). The National Archives of Norway is an independent government authority under the Ministry of Culture. The authority of the Director General and the National Archives of Norway is vested in the Archival Act of 1992.

The tasks of the National Archives and the regional state archives are

• to preserve archive material from state institutions
• to make this material available for use to the public
• to control the work on records administration within the ministries, regional and county authorities
• to contribute to the preservation of private archives

The National Archives and the regional state archives are thereby both administration bodies and scientifically based institutions for culture preservation.

(Source: The National Archives website)