Statens Utlänningskommission, Hemliga arkivet

The Classified Archive of the State Foreigner Commission is a joint archive for classified records from all the different divisions within the commission. Among other records, it includes registries and different forms of individual files of foreigners, of whom many were Holocaust refugees and survivors. 

The Swedish National Archives database NAD (Nationell Arkivdatabas): https://sok.riksarkivet.se/arkiv/xKENeBUQrH6d0002H087k3 

Statens Utlänningskommission, Hemliga arkivet 

The archive has been indexed by the Swedish National Archives. The index can be found on site in the archive and in the archive’s database NAD (Nationell Arkivdatabas): https://sok.riksarkivet.se/arkiv/xKENeBUQrH6d0002H087k3 The National Archives has also published two archival guidebooks that provide some information about documents providing details about immigration and Jewish history, respectively, in the archive: Hallberg, Lars. Källor till invandringens historia i statliga myndigheters arkiv 1840–1990. Stockholm: Riksarkivet, 2001. Carlsson, Carl Henrik. Källor till judarnas historia i Sverige: arkivguide. Täby: Riksarkivet, 2022. 

131,5 linear meters of textual records.  

The archive contains classified records with information about foreigners who entered Sweden from 1917, and resided in the country from 1920. The archive includes records of foreigners from the period of Nazi Germany's persecution and the Holocaust, as well as about survivors from the Holocaust who arrived in Sweden towards the end of the war and after the war. The archive includes protocols, minutes, correspondence, registries and lists, correspondence and individual files on foreigners, including Holocaust refugees and survivors, and perpetrators.  

The National Archive considers confidentiality issues before giving access to documents from the archive. Some documents in the archive may still be classified for up to 70 years to protect the personal integrity of individuals.