The Norwegian Jazz Archives (NJA) is a centre for documentation and expertise in the field of Norwegian jazz history. The NJA’s main areas of responsibility are the collection, classification and storage of various types of material related to Norwegian jazz, research and information on Norwegian jazz history, and Norwegian jazz in general. Its collections comprise a sound archive, press cuttings archives, photographic collections, a library, magazines and a video and film archive.

The NJA shares premises with the Music Information Centre, the Norwegian Folk and Popular Song Archives and the National Library of Norway’s National Music Collection at the Solli Plass, Oslo.