National Library of Sweden

The National Library of Sweden is 's national library. It collects and preserves all domestic printed and audio-visual materials in Swedish, as well as content with Swedish association published abroad.
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+46 10 7093000
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Thursday: 9:00 AM—7:00 PM
    Friday: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
    Saturday: 11:00 AM—3:00 PM
  • Email: kungl.biblioteket@kb.se
  • Type: Library
  • Description: Sweden’s national library
  • Also known as: “Kungliga Biblioteket” and “SELIBR”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Humlegården and Park.

Park
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is a major park in the district of in , Sweden. The park borders on Karlavägen in the north, Sturegatan in the east, Humlegårdsgatan in the south and Engelbrektsgatan in the west. It is the location of the Swedish Royal Library.

Movie theater
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is a movie theater, which is situated 140 metres east of National Library of Sweden.

Museum
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is the national gallery of fine arts of Sweden, located on the peninsula in central . The museum's operations stretch far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, including the National Portrait Gallery collection at , the Gustavsberg porcelain museum, several castle collections and the Swedish Institute in Paris. is situated 1¼ km south of National Library of Sweden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norrmalm and Östermalm.

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, also known as City, is the central borough of , bordering to to the east at Birger Jarlsgatan, the Old Town to the south, to the south-west, and Vasastan north-west of Tegnérgatan.

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is a borough in north-eastern , bordering and Vasastan at Birger Jarlsgatan, one of Stockholm's longest streets. The core of consists of 19th century city-blocks, combined with vibrant tree-lined boulevards and upmarket shopping.

Neighborhood
is an urban area within the city district of in central , . The name originates from the large block "Lärkan" which used to dominated the area before the present buildings were built in 1907.

National Library of Sweden

Latitude
59.33828° or 59° 20′ 18″ north
Longitude
18.07216° or 18° 4′ 20″ east
Levels
3
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“National Library of Sweden” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Biblioteka Kombëtare e Suedisë”
  • Arabic: “المكتبة الملكية السويدية”
  • Arabic: “المكتبة الوطنية السويدية”
  • Armenian: “Շվեդիայի ազգային գրադարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “İsveç Milli Kitabxanası”
  • Belarusian: “Каралеўская бібліятэка Швецыі”
  • Bosnian: “Kraljevska biblioteka u Stockholmu”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca de Suècia”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional de Suècia”
  • Catalan: “Kungliga biblioteket”
  • Catalan: “SELIBR”
  • Central Kurdish: “کتێبخانەی نەتەوەییی سوێد”
  • Chinese: “瑞典国家图书馆”
  • Chinese: “瑞典皇家图书馆”
  • Chinese: “瑞典皇家圖書館”
  • Chinese: “藏書樓”
  • Czech: “Švédská královská knihovna”
  • Danish: “Det Kongelige Bibliotek”
  • Danish: “Kungliga biblioteket”
  • Dutch: “Koninklijke Bibliotheek”
  • Dutch: “Kungliga biblioteket”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “المكتبه الوطنيه السويديه”
  • Esperanto: “Reĝa Biblioteko de Svedio”
  • Estonian: “Rootsi Rahvusraamatukogu”
  • Finnish: “Kansalliskirjasto”
  • Finnish: “Kungliga biblioteket”
  • Finnish: “Ruotsin kansalliskirjasto”
  • Finnish: “Ruotsin kuninkaallinen kirjasto”
  • French: “Bibliothèque nationale de Suède”
  • French: “Bibliothèque royale de Suède”
  • French: “Bibliothèque Royale De Suède”
  • French: “Bibliotheque royale”
  • French: “Bibliothèque royale”
  • French: “Kungliga biblioteket”
  • German: “Königliche Bibliothek zu Stockholm”
  • German: “Königliche Bibliothek”
  • German: “Kungliga biblioteket”
  • German: “Nationalbibliothek Schweden”
  • German: “Schwedische Nationalbibliothek”
  • Greek: “Εθνική βιβλιοθήκη της Σουηδίας”
  • Greek: “Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Σουηδίας”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה הלאומית של שוודיה”
  • Hungarian: “Svéd Nemzeti Könyvtár”
  • Iloko: “Kungliga biblioteket”
  • Iloko: “Nailian a Biblioteka ti Suesia”
  • Inari Sami: “Kunâgâslâš kirjerááju”
  • Inari Sami: “Ruotâ aalmuglâškirjerááju”
  • Inari Sami: “Ruotâ kunâgâslâš kirjerááju”
  • Interlingua: “Bibliotheca regal”
  • Interlingua: “Kungliga biblioteket”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca nazionale di Svezia”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca nazionale svedese”
  • Japanese: “KB”
  • Japanese: “スウェーデン国立図書館”
  • Japanese: “スウェーデン王立図書館”
  • Korean: “스웨덴 국립도서관”
  • Korean: “스웨덴 왕립도서관”
  • Latvian: “Zviedrijas Nacionālā bibliotēka”
  • Lithuanian: “Švedijos nacionalinė biblioteka”
  • Lule Sami: “Gånå­gisák girj­je­vuork­ká”
  • Lule Sami: “Svieriga gånå­gisák girj­je­vuork­ká”
  • Lule Sami: “Svieriga rijkalasjgirjjevuorkká”
  • Macedonian: “Национална библиотека на Шведска”
  • Northern Sami: “Gonagaslaš girjerádju”
  • Northern Sami: “Gonagaslaš girjerájus”
  • Northern Sami: “Ruoŧa álbmotgirjerádju”
  • Northern Sami: “Ruoŧa gonagaslaš girjerádju”
  • Northern Sami: “Ruoŧa gonagaslaš girjerájus”
  • Northern Sami: “Ruoŧa našunálagirjerádju”
  • Northern Sami: “Ruoŧa nationálagirjerádju”
  • Northern Sami: “Ruoŧa riikkagirjerádju”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kungliga biblioteket”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kungliga biblioteket”
  • Norwegian: “Kungliga biblioteket”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੁੰਗਲਿਗਾ ਬਿਬਲੀਓਟੇਕੇਟ”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه ملی سوئد”
  • Polish: “Biblioteka Królewska w Sztokholmie”
  • Polish: “Kungliga biblioteket”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca Nacional da Suécia”
  • Romanian: “Biblioteca Naţională a Suediei”
  • Romanian: “Biblioteca Națională a Suediei”
  • Russian: “Национальная библиотека Швеции”
  • Russian: “Стокгольмская королевская библиотека”
  • Russian: “Шведская королевская библиотека”
  • Serbian: “Краљевска библиотека у Стокхолму”
  • Serbian: “Национална библиотека Шведске”
  • Skolt Sami: “Koonǥõslaž ǩeʹrjjpõrtt”
  • Skolt Sami: “Ruõcc koonǥõslaž ǩeʹrjjpõrtt”
  • Skolt Sami: “Ruõcc meersažǩeʹrjjpõrtt”
  • Skolt Sami: “Ruõccjânnam koonǥõslaž ǩeʹrjjpõrtt”
  • Skolt Sami: “Ruõccjânnam meersažǩeʹrjjpõrtt”
  • Slovenian: “KB”
  • Slovenian: “Kraljevska knjižnica Švedske”
  • Slovenian: “narodna knjižnica Švedske”
  • Southern Sami: “Gåang­ke­les gærja­gå­e­ti­em”
  • Southern Sami: “Sveerjen gåang­ke­les gærja­gå­e­ti­em”
  • Southern Sami: “Sveerjen nasjonaale gærjagåetie”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Nacional de Suecia”
  • Spanish: “Kungliga biblioteket”
  • Swedish: “KB”
  • Swedish: “Kungl. Biblioteket”
  • Swedish: “Kungliga biblioteket”
  • Swedish: “Sveriges nationalbibliotek”
  • Tatar: “Швеция милли китапханәсе”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “KB”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Kuninkhaalinen kirjasto”
  • Turkish: “İsveç Ulusal Kütüphanesi”
  • Turkish: “Kraliyet Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Королівська бібліотека Швеції”
  • Ukrainian: “Національна бібліотека Швеції”
  • Ukrainian: “Шведська національна бібліотека”
  • Vietnamese: “Thư viện Quốc gia Thụy Điển”
  • Vlax Romani: “E Švediakiri narodno biblioteka”
  • Vlax Romani: “Švediakiri narodno biblioteka”
  • Welsh: “Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Sweden”
  • Western Armenian: “Շուէտի Ազգային Գրադարան”
  • Yiddish: “Kungliga biblioteket”
  • Yiddish: “נאציאנאלע ביבליאטעק פון שוועדן”
  • Yue Chinese: “藏書樓”

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Highlights include Humlegårdens hundrastgård and Engelbrektsplan.

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