The facility is jointly located with the National Archives of Norway.
[1] The agency was created in 1914 as the Regional State Archives in Kristiania, and initially covered all of Eastern Norway and Agder.
From 13 July 1917 the newly created Regional State Archives in Hamar took over documents from Oppland and Hedmark.
With the opening of the Regional State Archives in Kristiansand in 1934, documents from Agder was moved there.
The final demerger took place in 1994, when the Regional State Archives in Kongsberg took over documents from Buskerud, Telemark and Vestfold.