Royal Danish Library

Royal Danish Library
Det Kgl. Bibliotek
The Royal Library in Copenhagen
LocationAarhus, Denmark,
Copenhagen, Denmark, Denmark
TypeNational Library, University Library, National Center for Shared Services for Public Libraries
Established1648
Collection
Size42,504,062 physical units,
8,615,234 electronic titles (as of 2017)[1]
Legal depositSince 1697
Other information
DirectorSvend Larsen
Employees800+[2]
Websitewww.kb.dk/en

Royal Danish Library (Danish: Det Kgl. Bibliotek) is a merger of the two previous national libraries in Denmark: the State and University Library in Aarhus and the Royal Library in Copenhagen. Although now under a single organisation, the separate locations in both cities are maintained.

The merger came into effect on January 1, 2017.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Årsrapport 2017 for Det Kgl. Bibliotek" (PDF) (in Danish). Det Kgl. Bibliotek. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Job og karriere" (in Danish). Det Kgl. Bibliotek. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Det nye nationalbibliotek kommer til at hedde Det Kgl. Bibliotek" (in Danish). Retrieved 2018-03-03.


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