Regional State Archives in Tromsø

Regional State Archives in Tromsø
	Statsarkivet i Tromsø
	; The Regional State Archives building in Tromsø
Division overview
Formed	1952
Preceding Division	Regional State Archives in Trondheim;
Jurisdiction	Troms, Finnmark and Svalbard
Headquarters	Breivika, Tromsø, Norway; 69.6808°N 18.9718°E
Division executive	Solbjørg Ellingsen Fossheim;
Parent Division	National Archival Services of Norway
Website	Official 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

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

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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.