National Library of Sweden
Kungliga biblioteket
Country | Sweden
Established | 1661 (358 years ago) (1661)
Reference to legal mandate | The Government Approval Document for The Swedish National Library (available in Swedish)
Location | Stockholm
Coordinates | 59°20′17″N 018°04′20″E﻿ / ﻿59.33806°N 18.07222°E﻿ / 59.33806; 18.07222 Coordinates: 59°20′17″N 018°04′20″E﻿ / ﻿59.33806°N 18.07222°E﻿ / 59.33806; 18.07222
Collection
Items collected | books, journals, newspapers, magazines, films, recorded sound, television, radio, manuscripts, maps, pictures, printed music, ephemera and digital resources
Size | Circa 18 million items and 7 million hours of audiovisual material
Criteria for collection | Suecana: publications published, broadcast or recorded in Sweden or by Swedish originator or concerning Sweden
Legal deposit | Yes, and agreements with publishers
Access and use
Access requirements | Free. Registration for loans: be Swedish resident or citizen over 18. (Audiovisual may only be accessed for research purposes)
Circulation | 135, 187 (2009)
Other information
Budget | 364,455,000 SEK (2015)
Director | Gunilla Herdenberg (since 2012)
Staff | 340
Website | www.kb.se