The Regional State Archives in Bergen (Norwegian: Statsarkivet i Bergen) is part of the National Archives of Norway (Norwegian: Riksarkivet).

The Regional State Archives in Bergen is responsible for keeping records of government agencies in the counties of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane, taking care of private archives, and making the preserved records available for use.

On-Site

• Information on using the Archive in person

• Arkivportalen is a search engine for the archives and you can use Arkivportalen to search the catalogs and then you can order materials for use in a reading room.

Online at Digital Archives

• The Regional State Archives in Bergen contributes records to the Digital Archives (Norwegian: DigitalArkivet), part of the National Archives of Norway. (The leader of the Regional State Archives in Bergen, Yngve Nedrebø, is also in charge of the Digital Archives.) It is a vast collection offering millions of digitized records you can search in multiple ways (search instructions here for every type of collection at the Digital Archives).

  • Online Hordaland Genealogy Records at DigitalArkivet (~6,000 online collections)

  • Online Sogn og Fjordane Genealogy Records at DigitalArkivet (~5,000 online collections)

  • Online Bergen Genealogy Records at DigitalArkivet (2 collections)