Stockholm's stadsarkiv

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Stockholms stadsarkiv, Kungsklippan on Kungsholmen

Stockholms stadsarkiv (German Stockholmer Stadtarchiv ) is the city ​​archive of the city of Stockholm and the archive for Stockholm County in Sweden . Historical documents from the city, the church, the authorities as well as from private individuals, schools and associations are stored in the archive. The Stockholm City Archives have been located in the Kungsholmen district since 1943 and have had a branch in the free port since 1997. The city archive will also monitor that the Archives Act and the so-called principle of public access ( offentlighetsprincipen ) are followed.

The building

With the beginning of the Second World War , it was necessary to store the historical documents of Stockholm safely. The archive was created according to the design of the architect Gunnar Asplund in the rock of the Kungsklippan (King's Cliff) on Kungsholmen. A cavity was blasted into the rock, in which a seven-story building was built to house the magazine . The magazine opened in 1943. The entrance building could not be inaugurated until 1959, 19 years after Asplund's death. The magazine was renovated in 2004 and equipped, among other things, with a compact shelving system that significantly improved the capacity of the archive. In the rock of the Kungsklippan and in the free port, a total of around 60 kilometers of shelf length is available.

The activities

The oldest document, the letter from Iserlohn of April 9, 1389

The Stockholm City Archives keep the church archives ( parishes ) as well as the archives of, for example, courts, the police and customs for Stockholm County. There are also numerous documents from the long history of the city back to the 14th century. The oldest document dates from April 9, 1389, this is a letter from the mayor and council of the city of Iserlohn ( Yserlohen ) in Westphalia to the council of the city of Stockholm, regarding an inheritance of the citizen Elzebe Vinnes. The archive also contains the Privilege Letter for Stockholm from 1436. This letter with 54 seals and 24 city privileges is generally regarded as a reference for the beginning of Stockholm as the imperial capital of Sweden.

All material is made available to the public, only a small part is directly available on the Internet.

photos

  • The underground magazine

  • Privilege letter from 1436

  • Land register from 1479 to 1483

  • Photo documentation

Web links

Commons : Stockholms stadsarkiv  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 59 ° 19 ′ 48 ″  N , 18 ° 2 ′ 58 ″  E