The Swiss Federal Archives (SFA) are the Confederation's service and competence centre for lasting information management. They appraise, secure, describe and provide access to archive-worthy records of the Swiss Confederation.

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  • Archive database of the Swiss Federal Archives

    Swiss Federal Archives SFA
    Government and public sector

    Metadata of the holdings in the Swiss Federal Archives. The dump contains metadata on 3.84 million dossiers and 257,000 documents that were accessible online in August 2020. This...

    Last updated: February 18, 2026

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  • Carl Durheim’s police photographs of stateless persons

    Swiss Federal Archives SFA
    Population and society, Education, culture and sport, Justice, legal system and public safety, Economy and finance

    In 1852 and 1853 Carl Durheim, a pioneering photographer from Bern, was commissioned by the Confederation to photograph hundreds of stateless persons and travellers who had been...

    Last updated: December 15, 2014

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