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National Library of Sweden
Kungliga biblioteket
Map
59°20′17″N 018°04′20″E / 59.33806°N 18.07222°E / 59.33806; 18.07222
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Established1661 (363 years ago) (1661)
Reference to legal mandateThe Government Approval Document for The Swedish National Library (available in Swedish)
Collection
Items collectedbooks, journals, newspapers, magazines, films, recorded sound, television, radio, manuscripts, maps, pictures, printed music, ephemera and digital resources
Sizec. 18 million items, 175 shelf kilometres, and 15.7 million hours of audiovisual material[1]
Criteria for collectionSuecana: publications published, broadcast or recorded in Sweden or by Swedish originator or concerning Sweden
Legal depositYes, and agreements with publishers
Access and use
Access requirementsFree. Registration for loans: be Swedish resident or citizen over 18. (Audiovisual may only be accessed for research purposes)
Circulation135,187 (2009)
Other information
Budget394,000,000SEK (2017)[2]
DirectorKarin Grönvall (since 2019)
Employees340
Websitewww.kb.se

The National Library of Sweden (Swedish: Kungliga biblioteket, KB, meaning "the Royal Library") is Sweden'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. Being a research library, it also has major collections of literature in other languages.

  1. ^ "Annual Report 2017 to CENL and CDNL" (PDF). The Conference of European National Librarians. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Annual Report 2017 to CENL and CDNL" (PDF). The Conference of European National Librarians. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

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