Search the collections

The Danish National Archives offers various systems and search services to help you find specific materials in our extensive collections.

Comprehensive search platform

Other search platforms

Daisy: Search and Order Archival Materials

In the archive database Daisy, you can search the National Archives’ archives and order materials for use in our reading room.

Arkivalieronline: Online Records

Find over 100 million scanned and digitised documents in Arkivalieronline. Note that only about 2% of the collections are digitised.

Search for Born-Digital Data

Find electronic registers, journals, dataset and ESDH systems from authorities as well as research data from universities and research institutions.

Danish Demographic Database

Search for individuals in entered census lists and church records.

Get help and guidance

Please note that all searches are conducted in Danish. If you have trouble searching in Danish, you can get help:

Write to Us: spoergrigsarkivet@rigsarkivet.dk
Call Us: Monday to Thursday from 12 PM to 3 PM and Friday from 10 AM to 1 PM at +45 33 92 33 10.

Related Guides

Genealogy – how to get started

To conduct research about any particular person it is necessary to start with some basic information: their full name; the date and place of their birth; marriage, death or an exact address in a year during which a population census in Denmark took place.

Danish names

This page provides some basic information about traditions regarding Danish names. This may be helpful when searching for Danish ancestors.

Researcher Service

Get help identifying or using data from the Danish National Archives’ collections.