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Regional State Archives in Tromsø

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Regional State Archives in Tromsø
Statsarkivet i Tromsø

The Regional State Archives building in Tromsø
Division overview
Formed1952 (1952)
Preceding Division
JurisdictionTroms, Finnmark and Svalbard
HeadquartersBreivika, Tromsø, Norway
69°40′51″N 18°58′18″E / 69.6808°N 18.9718°E / 69.6808; 18.9718
Division executive
  • Solbjørg Ellingsen Fossheim
Parent DivisionNational Archival Services of Norway
WebsiteOfficial website

The Regional State Archives in Tromsø (Norwegian: Statsarkivet i Tromsø) is a regional state archives situated at Breivika in Tromsø, Norway. Part of the National Archival Services of Norway, it is responsible for archiving documents from state institutions in the counties of Troms and Finnmark, as well as Svalbard. The facility is located at the campus of the University of Tromsø. The collection includes 9.5 shelf-kilometers of material, with magazine capacity for 22.[1]

The agency was at first an office established in 1952, subordinate the Regional State Archives in Trondheim. It became an independent office from 1987 and the facility opened the following year.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Statsarkivet i Oslo" (in Norwegian). National Archival Services of Norway. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Historikk" (in Norwegian). National Archival Services of Norway. Retrieved 20 January 2016.