The Stockholm City Archives is the official archive for the city and the county of Stockholm, containing 700 years of history from medieval times to the present, with records ranging from documents on paper through to the digital files and archived websites of today.
The vision of The Stockholm City Archives
With a basis in scientific and welltried methods, the Stockholm City Archives selects the information to be preserved for the future.
We manage the archives in order to prevent information loss. We take care of our archives in a manner that ensures that the information is authentic and intelligible over time.
Our archives are preserved to be used. The use, the users and our educational efforts are vital when the City Archives describes and provides access to its stored information.
The Stockholm City Archives ensures the preservation of important civic information for the future.
We look after and administer our city’s collective memory.
We support the citizens’ democratic right to public control and the legal rights of individuals, and facilitate access to the knowledge about the past.
