The Naval Museum Archives contain a wealth of interesting history recorded on maps, drawings and other documents – information that can tell us about Swedish naval history. The archives are made up of three collection areas.
The official archive and the collection of individual archives contain about 250 shelf metres of documents. The majority of the material comes from the old naval shipyard or from organisations and private individuals with some connection to it. This material includes minutes and accounts from the Karlskrona Women's Association for Sweden's Maritime Defence (Karlskrona Kvinnoförbund för Sveriges Sjöförsvar) (1895–1977), correspondence, minutes and annual reports from the Non-Commissioned Naval Officers’ Society (Sjöunderofficerssällskapet) (1883–1957), and Crown Princess Victoria’s Naval Home (Kronprinsessan Victorias örlogshem) (1903–1973).
Only fragments of materials are available from the archives of the Swedish Navy and the Karlskrona Shipyard, so it is not possible to conduct genealogical research on persons in the two organisations. These archives are located at the Military Archives of Sweden in Stockholm.
The drawing archive, with over 20,000 drawings, contains a selection of the Karlskrona shipyard's ship and architectural drawings, design drawings for weapons and ammunition from the 18th century to the 1980s, as well as maps and nautical charts.
The photo archive consists of around 250,000 images, more than half of which are from Lennart Bergkvist’s archive from the old naval shipyard. The activities of the Naval Museum are also well documented.
Photographs are digitised on an ongoing basis by external suppliers and are published on the site DigitaltMuseum. High-resolution photographs and low-resolution drawing files can be downloaded free of charge without placing an order.