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Series
British Council: Registered Files, Nordic Countries
Catalogue reference: BW 202
What's it about?
BW 202
This series contains headquarters files relating to British Council policy and activities in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden), including correspondence with the British Council's Representatives there.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BW 202
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, Nordic Countries
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1986-1996
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains headquarters files relating to British Council policy and activities in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden), including correspondence with the British Council's Representatives there.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- NRD prefix
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- British Council, 1936-1936
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2016 British Council
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Europe and Russia
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Selected under The National Archives Records Collection Policy, meeting criteria 3.1.1: significant records concerning international relations.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The British Council has operated in the Nordic countries since the 1940s. In 1992 in order to redeploy its resources to East and Central Europe the Council decided to reduce its presence in Norway, Finland and Sweden. The Copenhagen office handles policy, finance and administration for all four country operations. Cultural and educational work is managed in each country separately.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14465194/
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British Council: Registered Files, Nordic Countries
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