Nobel library
The Nobel Library ( Swedish Nobelbiblioteket or officially, Swedish Svenska Akademiens Nobelbibliotek , "Nobel Library of the Swedish Academy") is the library of the Swedish Academy . It is open to the public and primarily serves to evaluate candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature and other prizes from the Academy.
The library has been located in the Börsenhaus ( Swedish Börshuset ) on Stortorget , a square in the old town of Stockholm , since 1921 .
The main objective of the library is to acquire primarily foreign-language literature and magazines, which are needed to evaluate possible award winners. With more than 200,000 media, it has one of the largest collections for fiction . The library is public and can be used via interlibrary loan in the Nordic countries . She also organizes lectures and seminars and, if necessary, guided tours for groups.
The library was established on November 16, 1901, along with the opening of the Nobel Institute of the Swedish Academy. It was initially in a 10-room apartment on Norra Bantorget in what was then the " Vasaschloss " ( Swedish Vasaborgen ), which was designed by Ferdinand Boberg . This is where the country organizations i Sverige (LO), the largest umbrella organization of individual unions in Sweden, are located. Within the first five years the inventory grew to 15,000 works, and after 20 years the library had to move to its current location due to lack of space.
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- ↑ About the library in brief ( English ) Swedish Academy. 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
- ^ Historik ( Swedish ) Swedish Academy. 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
Web links
literature
- Burius is different: Hundra år i litteraturprisets tjänst - Svenska Academies Nobel Library 1901-2001. Svenska Academies, Stockholm 2002, ISBN 91-1-301148-0 .
Coordinates: 59 ° 19 ′ 31.3 ″ N , 18 ° 4 ′ 16 ″ E