4th March 2025

Nordic Archives Days 2025 – Registration is open

Registration for the Nordic Archives Days 2025 conference, which will take place in Oslo, Norway, 16-17 September, is now open. Registration is open to the general public and will continue until the conference sells out. Early bird discount is available until 17 March.

14th February 2025

Do you want to work with us?

The National Archives of Iceland is looking for a new Director of Operations. This is an exciting managerial position at a powerful cultural and administrative organisation that preserves documents on the history of the nation and leads the government's archives and records management.

10th February 2025

Satisfied guests at Safnanótt

Around 60 guests visited the National Archives on Friday 7 February and participated in a program dedicated to dissidents and punk in Icelandic society.

6th February 2025

Reading rooms closed today due to the weather

The National Archives’ reading room will be closed today due to the weather and the recommendation from the capital area’s operational board that people stay at home during the weather.

4th February 2025

Protests and punk at Safnanótt

How does punk and dissidence appear in Icelandic society, what is punk and when are actions defined as dissidence? Protests and punk is the topic of the National Archives of Iceland’s discussion at Safnanótt on 7th February.

27th January 2025

A guidebook for document reading accessible online

Document Reading - Samples of Handwritten Sources, a guidebook on document reading by Kristjana Kristinsdóttir and Már Jónsson has been made available in electronic version on the National Archives of Iceland’s website.

27th January 2025

Vacancy for the Position of Supervisor of Real Estate and Security

The National Archives of Iceland advertises a vacancy for the position of Supervisor of Real Estate and Security. This is a diverse and exciting job for an ambitious person at an institution that is a leader in public archiving and records management.

6th January 2025

Changes in Ministries 1970-2025

With the new government, the composition of the ministries will change, with a reduction of one; from twelve ministries to eleven, with the abolition of the Ministry of Culture and Commerce. In addition, the names of several ministries and their projects will change.

3rd January 2025

Vigdís in Europe

On New Year’s Day, a new TV series on RÚV about former President of Iceland Vigdís Finnbogadóttir’s life and career opened. In the recent past, Vigdís was also mentioned in a book published by the Hungarian National Archives in celebration of the annual European meeting of national archives and the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of Europe.

19th December 2024

Happy holidays!

The National Archives of Iceland wishes all happy holidays, a prosperous New Year and thanks everyone for the pleasant cooperation over the past year.