Royal Danish Nautical Charts Archive

Its former building at Toldbodvej, now Esplanaden, was also the first home of the Danish Meteorological Institute.

The Royal Danish Nautical Charts Archive was initiated by royal resolution of 25 October 1784, at the initiative of a naval captain, Poul Løvenørn, who would also become the first director of the department.

By royal resolution of 9 October 1987, the nautical chart production part was detached and combined with Geodætisk Institut and Matrikeldirektoratet to form Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen, where it today is a department called Søkortområdet.

According to resolution of 1816, nautical charts produced by Søkortarkivet have no copyright expiration date.

[1] They are permanently copyright protected by the Danish government.