Danish National Archives

Danish National Archives

Danish: Rigsarkivet
Logo of the Danish National Archives since 2023
Agency overview
Formed	1889 (1889)
Preceding agencies	Gehejmearkivet (1296–1883) Kongerigets Arkiv (1861–1884) Statens Arkiver ( –2014)
Jurisdiction	Government of Denmark
Headquarters	Copenhagen, Denmark
Employees	250[1]
Agency executives	Karl Hansen, National archivist Ole Magnus Mølbak Andersen, Vice-director Kirsten Valladsen Kristmar, Vice-director[2]
Parent department	The Ministry of Culture
Website	en.rigsarkivet.dk

The Danish National Archives (Danish: Rigsarkivet) is the national archive system of Denmark. Its primary purpose is to collect, preserve and archive historically valuable records from central authorities, such as ministries, agencies and national organisations and make them available to the public. The archive is part of the Ministry of Culture.

Previously the term Danish State Archives (Danish: Statens Arkiver) was used as the collective name for the archive system. In 2014 the archives were reorganised, and the name Rigsarkivet (which had previously only applied to the Danish National Archives in Copenhagen) became the new collective name for the entire archive system.