Swipe card: Denmark

The Danish National Archives has now made nearly one million death certificates from the period 1920 to 1943 searchable through a new digital register. Using...

One of the most important resources for Danish genealogy is now entering a new phase. The National Archives has announced that the well-known Danish...

The Danish National Archives has launched a new digital service that provides access to several hundred years of Danish ship logs. The solution makes it possible to...

The popular Danish TV series "The Missing Heirs" is back with a new season. Season 10 premieres on March 23, 2026, on DR1, and once again offers...

The case started when a woman discovered that her name and birth details had been published in a digital family directory. She asked for the information to be removed,...

A new and comprehensive research tool is now available in Denmark. The Multigenerational Register (MGR) makes it possible to follow family relationships across several generations.

Retired Danish archivists have taken an active role in reviewing, identifying and improving descriptions of sources from the colonial period that have not previously been...

Ole Pedersen Kollerød is one of those people who are rarely given a voice in history. He lived a life characterized by poverty, unrest and constant...

Cemeteries are full of them, and they can be found all over the country: gravestones. They contain names and often dates of birth and death, and in some cases...

Many Norwegians have family from Denmark. After 434 years of union, also known as the 400th anniversary, many branches of the family have naturally found their way between our...