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Nordic National Archivist's Meeting 2026 Helsinki

Nordic Meeting on the changing role of archives

Helga Jona Eiriksdottir the maturity model INIO

The National Archives of Iceland's Maturity Model Featured in a Norwegian Professional Journal

Sigrún Brynja Einarsdóttir, Permanent Secretary, and Hrefna Róbertsdóttir, National Archivist, cut the ribbon.

New storage facilities opened

Spring Conference of the National Archives of Iceland 2026 - 1

Frá vinstri: Bjørn Ehrenreich Riis Thorup and Jette Holmstrøm Kjellberg from Rigsarkivet, Heiðar Lind Hansson, National Archives and Bergrún Lilja Sigurjónsdóttir from AOSH

Experience with electronic submission and preservation of digital records

KRI Thjodskjalasafn 260602 Undirritun 01-vef

The University of Iceland and the National Archives strengthen cooperation on archival studies education.

National Archives of Iceland Reading Room Feb 2021

Reading room closed on Thursday, June 11

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Varist provides a key solution for the cybersecurity of the National Archives of Iceland

vorradstefna 2026

The National Archives of Iceland Spring Conference 2026

Reykholt charter AA-2 008

The Reykholt inventory listed on the national Memory of the World register

Election website 

New database on parliamentary elections

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