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The National Archives of Sweden (Swedish: Riksarkivet, RA) is the official archive of the Swedish government and is responsible for the management of records from Sweden's public authorities. Although the archives functions primarily as the government archive, it also preserves some documents from private individuals and non-public organizations.
The population registration in Sweden was originally maintained by the Church of Sweden, on the orders of the crown, and it remained the duty of the church until 1991.The oldest preserved records date from the early 17th century - though rolls of farmsteads, estates and local taxation with the names of peasants and nobles dwelling in the places in question have sometimes survived from the ...
According to both the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Public Regulation, records must be provided on request, normally within 15 working days and in any of the official languages of the Union. However, there are several far-reaching exceptions that allow for the restriction of this principle of publicity.
Freedom of information laws allow access by the general public to data held by national governments and, where applicable, by state and local governments. The emergence of freedom of information legislation was a response to increasing dissatisfaction with the secrecy surrounding government policy development and decision making. [1]
People who have no known Swedish personal identity number or co-ordination number but need health care, e.g. foreign tourists, unconscious people, newborn children needing special care (healthy newborn children are registered in their mother's medical record) and some more (e.g. for special privacy protection such as HIV tests), will get a ...
During the years 2003–2006, the cooperation with schools in the city of Stockholm continued and a large part of the material in Stockholmskällan was entered at the direct request of the teachers and students involved. The Stockholmskällan website went public in February 2006. [4]
The Military Archives of Sweden (Swedish: Krigsarkivet) is the part of the National Archives of Sweden that keeps archives related to agencies that answer to the Ministry of Defence. The Military Archives were established in 1805 and contain listings of military personnel, drawings and descriptions of military buildings and equipment, maps ...
The State Herald (Swedish: Statsheraldiker, formerly Riksheraldiker), between 1953 and 1981 called the Director of the Heraldic Section of the National [Swedish] Record Office [1] is an officer of the National Archives of Sweden who is responsible for matters related to heraldry.