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The Memory of Frederikshavn Municipality
The archives serve as the memory of Frederikshavn Municipality. Its purpose is to provide access to the records and other documents of the Archives.
Any information and documentation about subjects such as places, events, living conditions, buildings, political enactments and their realization must be made available to citizens. |
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The City Arcives in the Citizen's Square
Within the foreseeable future the City Archives will set up a new reading room on the new Citizen's Square in the town hall building.
Citizens will have access to our new space from the main entrance of the town Hall.
See photos and blueprints
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Frederikshavn History through the Camera
The photo collection of the City Archives gives a fascinating view of the history of Frederikshavn. In this article we give our readers a small sample of the vast amount of photographic evidence of town history we have; of the tough fishermen of the Fiskerklyngen, the town's last police officer to beat the drum during rounds and the church of Frederikshavn when it was first opened.
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Living History
While rummaging through the Borough of Frederikshavn archives we unearthed five boxes of letters from the poor-law authorities, dating back to 1814-1880. These letters bring many remarkable lives and destinies back to life, so we have decided to publish them here, along with the transscripts of Grete Hjort. This collection will be updated regularly.
See the letters here (Documents in Danish) |
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An authentic, historical document, signed in 1890 by Europe’s father-in-law, Christian IX himself, is hidden in The Frederikshavn Archives.
Why is it here? Well, this is a long, sad story.
Read more (PDF document in Danish) |
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What Goes on in the Cellars under Sæby Town Hall
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All summer, our student aides have busied themselves getting the archives from the municipalities of Sæby and surrounds in order. Anna Louise has written a small piece on their effort.
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The Asyl School that Disappeared
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The Asyl school is a Danish institution dating back to 1828. Its primary function was to provide care and school for the children of working parents, mostly single, who had noone to look after their children during the long work hours of the time. So Frederikshavn Asyl was founded in 1867, almost 40 years after the first of its kind in Denmark. This particular Asyl had three purposes; The first department aimed to keep citizens in dire straits out of reach of the poor-law authorities, and not least the workhouse, by supplying jobs and offer alms for the deserving poor…
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Hendrik’s Contract of Apprenticeship – 1847AD
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In the Borough of Frederikshavn Poor-Law-Authorities correspondance dating from 1814-1880, we discovered this tiny piece of history. The document is a contract of apprenticeship from 1847, between master joiner Henrik de Wolff and Hendrik Olsen. The poor-law authorities negotiated the contract on behalf of Hendrik Olsen.
Read more (PDF-document in Danish )
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Come see the City Archives of Frederikshavn
We find many interesting documents in the Archives. Often, we find ourselves asking: Did you know that? One of these finds was:
- The municipality merger in 1970 (Danish)
On April 1, 1970 a great deal of municipalities were merged into the somewhat larger local districts. Thence arose the major municipalities of: Frederikshavn, Skagen (the Skaw) and Sæby.
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