Riksarkivet Täby

(Swedish) National Archives in Täby

Riksarkivet Arninge

Address

Riksarkivet Täby
Mätslingan 17, Box 7223
Täby
Stockholm
187 13
Sweden

Phone

+46 (0) 10 4677000

Email

riksarkivet@riksarkivet.se

Web

https://riksarkivet.se/taby-en

History

Riksarkivet Täby is branch unit of the Swedish National Archives and holds archives and collections of state bodies and agencies as well and non-state actors such organisations and companies.

The National Archives (Riksarkivet) is one of the oldest public agencies in Sweden, its history leading back to the Middle Ages. In the 17th century, Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna created a new organization for the record-keeping and the National Archives came into being. Today, the National Archives has the supervision of all public records of the agencies of the central Government, while it delegates to the regional archives the supervision of records generated by regional and local authorities. The archive receives and preserve records from public administration as well as from private corporations and individuals, and make them available for research.

Geographical and Cultural Context

The archive holds a wide variety of Swedish archives and collections.

Mandates/Sources of Authority

The archive is a branch unit of the Swedish National Archives (Riksarkivet). The National Archives is the administrative authority for archival issues and has a special responsibility for state archives around the country. Its activities are primarily regulated by the Archival Law (1990: 782).

Finding Aids, Guides, and Publication

The holdings of the archive are indexed and available in the National Archive's Database (NAD): https://sok.riksarkivet.se/

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Jewish Community of Stockholm
- Judiska (Mosaiska) församlingen i Stockholm (JFST)
- Riksarkivet Täby
- Judiska församlingen i Stockholm
- English
- 315 linear meters. Textual material such as protocols and minutes, financial and statistical records, correspondences, and reports and memos, and periodicals and ephemera. There are also a smaller amount of photographs and drawings.
- Updated 7 months ago
Archivists at the National Archives have archival holdings have organized and cataloged the holdings into over 80 sub-archives. The overarching structure is as follows: 1 Central archive 2 Church records 3 Community bodies 4 Funds and foundations 5 Organizations and associations 6 Business organizations 7 Rabbis and other staff 8 Personal archives 9 Music sheets 10 Image and photo collections The Central archive includes the administrational records and documents related to the community's core activities. Until 1910, the community had the official duty to keep population records for its me...

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Elias Joelsons samling
- Elias Joelson'c collection
- Riksarkivet Täby
- Elias Joelsons samling
- English
- 1907-1962
- Updated 8 months ago
The two-volume Joelson Personal and Family Archive contains correspondence and other archival documents that testify to the different fates of the Joelson family during the Holocaust.
Svenska Röda Korset
- Swedish Red Cross
- Riksarkivet Täby
- Svenska Röda Korset
- English
- 1830-2010
- Around 2,000 volumes of textual material and photographs.
- Updated 7 months ago
The Swedish Red Cross archives contain documents about the organization's involvement in aid shipments to Jews in Nazi Germany and occupied countries, and about the expedition with the white buses and the negotiations in connection with it. For example, the Swedish Red Cross Archive I, in the series Överstyrelsen (06), contains a list of personnel who participated in the Swedish Red Cross's relief action for Norwegians and Danes interned in Germany. It includes a (not complete) list of personnel and a map of transportation routes. There is also extensive correspondence. Also in In the Övers...
Utrikesdepartementet. Beskickningsarkivet
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Archives of Swedish foreign missions
- Riksarkivet Täby
- Utrikesdepartementet. Beskickningsarkivet
- English
- 1674
- Updated 9 months ago
The embassy archives from Sweden's various missions abroad contain correspondence and diplomatic reports, including reports on the Nazi persecution of Jews and the Holocaust. There are also documents discussing Swedish entry and visa regulations for Jewish refugees. There are also sources dealing with Sweden's involvement in rescue operations in Denmark, Hungary and Germany. The series include the archives of the Swedish legations in Berlin, Vienna, Prague and Budapest.

Riksarkivet Täby

Archival Descriptions

Jewish Community of Stockholm

Elias Joelsons samling

Svenska Röda Korset

Utrikesdepartementet. Beskickningsarkivet