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Mon–Thur: 9 am–8 pm
Friday: 9 am–7 pm
Saturday: 10 am–5 pm
Sunday: Closed
Open in the holidays
Audiovisual Material
(Karlavägen)
Monday: 9 am–4 pm
Tuesday: 9 am–7 pm
Wed-Fri: 9 am–4 pm
Sat-Sun: Close
Open in the holidays
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Plan your journey to the National Library. Our visiting address is Humlegården and Karlavägen 98 (Audovisual media).
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Codex Gigas
The largest preserved European manuscript is digitized.
News & Events
New search engine for Swedish research
In SwePub, it is easy to find any written Swedish research.
Digital task
The National Library of Sweden is one of approximately 50 institutions that will submit documentation to the government concerning the digitization of the future. The governm...
An open knowledge society
Gunilla Herdenberg finds the new mandate exciting and even if there is currently a lot of focus on structure and groundwork, she has a clear vision:“I want all publicly funde...
Preparing for a difficult situation
Gunilla Herdenberg is Head of the National Cooperation Department at the National Library of Sweden and the person who, together with National Librarian Gunnar Sahlin, will m...
Search older material from our collections in two main catalogs for printed material.
The manuscripts at the National Library is a part of Sweden's non-printed cultural heritage.
