3rd September 2024

Experts from the National Archives travel to the east

The National Archives of Iceland’s specialists in records management will be traveling to East Iceland from 23 - 25 September.

19th July 2024

A new online database of mediation committee books has been launched

The University of Iceland Research Centre in Northwest Iceland recently held a informative seminar on the work of the Settlement Committees in Iceland in the years 1797-1936 in celebration of the opening of the Settlement Committee Books database on the website of the National Archives of Iceland.

27th June 2024

Annual report 2023 published

The annual report for 2023 has been published. It contains information on the activities of the National Archives of Iceland in the last year.

25th June 2024

Mediation Committee Books in a Web-based database

On Saturday 29 June, from 14-17, the University of Iceland Research Center in Northwest Iceland will host the opening ceremony of the database of mediation committee books and a symposium on the work of mediation committees in Iceland in the research center’s building on Einbúastígur 2, Skagaströnd.

18th June 2024

Transfer of projects and collection of the Kópavogur Regional Archives to the National Archives

At the meeting of the town council of Kópavogur on April 25th 2023, it was decided that the collections and projects of the Kópavogur Regional Archives would be transferred to the National Archives of Iceland and subsequently the Kópavogur Regional Archives was closed down.

10th June 2024

National archivist visits the Regional East Iceland

Stefán Bogi Sveinsson and his colleagues at the East Iceland Regional Archives in Egilsstadir welcomed Hrefna Róbertsdóttir general director of the National Archives in Egilsstadir on Thursday, June 6th.

4th June 2024

Staff cycled 1,852 kilometers

The National Archives of Iceland was ranked 2nd among 69 companies and institutions participating in the “Cycle to work” campaign, which took place from 8-28 May 2024.

22nd May 2024

Tragedy, mystery, people and documents

Til skjalanna is the podcast of the National Archives of Iceland featuring a diverse group of interviewers and contributors on historical topics such as major events, tragedies, various information, notable characters and mysteries that have shaped the history of a country and a nation.

15th May 2024

Information security discussed at the National Archives’ spring conference

The National Archives of Iceland’s spring conference took place in Reykjavík yesterday for the sixth time. The conference is devoted to the subjects of government archives and records management and was titled Information security in archives and records management – is there anything to be warned about? Participation was good, with 162 participants.

15th May 2024

New website of the National Archives of Iceland opened on Ísland.is

Today, the new website of the National Archives of Iceland is opened on the government’s website, Ísland.is. The URL to the new website is the same as the one before, skjalasafn.is.