Post- och Inrikes Tidningar or PoIT ( Swedish for "Post and Domestic Times") is the government newspaper and gazette of Sweden , and the country's official notification medium for announcements like bankruptcy declarations or auctions . The newspaper also carries advertising, the largest advertiser being the Swedish Patent and Registration Office .
43-802: It is the oldest currently published newspaper in the world, although as of the 1 January 2007 edition, it has switched over to an internet-only format. Four copies of each update to PoIT are still printed and archived at the National Library of Sweden , Lund University library and the Swedish Companies Registration Office . The newspaper was founded as the Ordinari Post Tijdender (meaning "Regular Mail Times" in English) in 1645 by Queen Christina and Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna . The paper
86-495: A research library , it also has major collections of literature in other languages. The collections of the National Library consist of more than 18 million objects, including books, posters, pictures, manuscripts, and newspapers. The audio-visual collection consists of more than 10 million hours of recorded material. The National Library is also a humanities research library, with collections of foreign literature in
129-533: A Chancellor's Order to appoint a special secretary, along with two writers, to be responsible for the archive, thus creating the National Archives as an institution. Over time, the archive became less important for the activities of the Chancellor, and more valuable for historical researchers. However, it was not until 1878 that the National Archives was established as an independent authority. In
172-787: A fire in 1419, not only the Tre Kronor castle in Stockholm, but the entire city was affected, incl. the town hall and the city archives which were completely destroyed. [1] In 1697 a fire at the Tre Kronor castle in Stockholm destroyed a large portion of the Archives, resulting in a severe loss of items and documents from the Middle Ages. Out of 24,500 books and 1,400 manuscripts, only 6,000 books and 400 manuscripts could be salvaged, respectively. One of Sweden's most famous books, The Silver Bible ( Silverbibeln ), or Codex Argenteus ,
215-788: A map dealer in New York from a Sotheby's auction in 2003. Its value was estimated at $ 450,000. In 2015, some books were repatriated to Sweden by the U.S. Attorney's Office . In 2021, ten books were returned. As of 2021, 17 out of 62 stolen books have been returned. The library maintains a list of the missing books. At first, the royal book collections were kept in the Royal Palace (Tre Kronor), which burned down in 1697. The National Library moved into its current building in Humlegården in December/January 1877/1878. The building
258-581: A project to digitize physical materials printed in Sweden. National Archives of Sweden The National Archives of Sweden ( Swedish : Riksarkivet , RA) is the official archive of the Swedish government and is responsible for the management of records from Sweden's public authorities. Although the archives functions primarily as the government archive, it also preserves some documents from private individuals and non-public organizations. The mission of
301-473: A wide range of subjects. The library holds a collection of 850 broadsides of Sweden dating from 1852. The National Library also purchases literature about Sweden written in foreign languages and works by Swedes published abroad, a category known as suecana. The National Library has been collecting floppy disks , CD-ROMs, and other electronic storage media since the mid-1990s, along with e-books , e-journals , websites , and other digital material. In 1953,
344-595: Is one of the oldest public authorities in Sweden, with roots that can be traced back to the Middle Ages. Beginning under King Gustav Vasa , an archive was created from previously collected older documents, some documents that were received, and documents drawn up in the Royal Office. On October 18, 1618 Axel Oxenstierna , the Lord High Chancellor ( Rikskansler ) of the Privy Council, issued
387-744: Is published online at PointLex , and all editions from 1771 to 1860 are available at Project Tiden . The current director of the publication is Horace Engdahl , previously the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy. National Library of Sweden 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
430-522: Is the name used since the 1960s for a unique collection of documents in the National Archives. They are written in Russian by Russian administrators of the city of Veliky Novgorod during the years 1611-1617 when the Swedish army occupied the city. The documents include both originals and copies that were intended to be sent to Moscow. When the Swedish army withdrew from the city, the commander Jacob De la Gardie collected these documents as useful evidence for
473-704: The Protestant Reformation . King Gustavus Adolphus gave away parts of the royal book collection in 1620: those books were the foundation of the Uppsala University Library. The collection was also expanded through booty taken during the Thirty Years’ War . These captured treasures included the episcopal library of Würzburg in 1631, the University of Olomouc library in 1642, and the royal library of Prague in 1649. It
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#1732764918830516-574: The Swedish National Archive of Recorded Sound and Moving Images collected and archived audiovisual material. In 2009, the archive became a part of the National Library and ceased to be an independent institution. Beginning 24 March 1997, the National Library also archived the Swedish part of the World Wide Web as part of a project called kulturarw3 (a play on words; kulturarv is Swedish for cultural heritage). Initially,
559-676: The Tre Kronor Palace fire of 1697 when 17,286 bound volumes and 1,103 manuscripts were lost. Only 6,700 volumes and 283 manuscripts survived. Thereafter, the books were stored temporarily in various noble palaces in Stockholm , first in Count Lillie's house on what was then Norrmalm Square (1697–1702), and later in the Bonde Palace (1702–1730), and Count Per Brahe's house on Helgeandsholmen (1730–1768). Finally, in 1768,
602-683: The Annex, contains auditoriums, exhibition rooms, and a newspaper reading room. Many Swedish daily newspapers and a large number of foreign newspapers are available on microfilm and in a digital search tool in the Microfilm Reading Room. The National Library is a state agency that reports to the Ministry of Education and Research . Gunilla Herdenberg has been the National Librarian of Sweden since March 2012. Until 2009,
645-475: The Chancery Decree of 1661, all book printers in Sweden were required by law to submit two copies of everything they printed – one copy for the National Archives and the other for the National Library. Rather than to acquire newly published literature for research purposes, the decree reflected the desire of a great power to exert state control and censorship. Much of the library went up in flames during
688-539: The National Archives in 1995. The archive stores a unique and comprehensive collections of maps, including historical maps of Sweden, hand-written foreign topographical maps, and city fortification plans. The National Herald Board was closed in 1953, and the state's heraldic operations continued as a department under the National Archives. The department deals with questions about coat of arms design, flags and emblems and continuously produces new heraldic images for newly formed governmental bodies, counties, etc. The head of
731-673: The National Archives, Vladimir A. Sagerlund, made the news in Sweden over his staunch disapproval of the change. The oldest document in the National Archives (listed in 2005) is a parchment from a missal , written in England in the late 10th century. The document came to Sweden via the British Christian missionary in Norway . Under King Gustav Vasa in the 16th century, archiving expanded and national registry and chamber books, land records, and diplomatic treaties were collected in
774-506: The National Archives. Scrolls in Cyrillic writing from Novgorod were preserved in memory of the Swedish occupation from 1611 to 1617. There is a wide variety of materials available, including documents from the ministry, parliament, and central authorities. Documentation of government decisions from the 1840s to 1980s are available to researchers. Around 100,000 maps and drawings of state civilian buildings from 1697 to 1993 are preserved in
817-549: The National Herald Board held the title of National Herald, but in the new organization the title instead became State Herald ( Statsheraldiker ). In 2007, the Swedish military altered the image of the heraldic lion depicted on the Nordic Battlegroup's coat of arms, removing the lion's penis to promote a more gender neutral image following protests from female soldiers. The creator of the image at
860-469: The National Library and six other research libraries. Publishers of music, film, radio and TV must similarly submit copies to the library. In some cases only a sample of broadcast material has to be submitted. In 2012, the Legal Deposit Act for Electronic Material was passed. It states that starting in 2013, publishing companies and public authorities must deliver digitally published content to
903-435: The National Library go back to the days of King Gustav Vasa in the 16th century. The king collected books on a variety of subjects including history, science, and theology, as well as maps. The collections were expanded by Eric XIV , Johan III , and Charles IX and kept in the palace known as Tre Kronor (The Three Crowns). Some books were purchased abroad, while others were confiscated from Swedish monasteries dissolved in
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#1732764918830946-510: The National Library in the 19th century. Space was limited in the palace and a new home for the collections was required. In 1877, the National Library moved into new, dedicated premises in Humlegården . The library began installing electric lighting in 1887, but the library was not fully electrified until 1964. In 2004, it was discovered that dozens of rare books from its collection had been stolen. The subsequent investigation revealed that
989-687: The National Library purchased considerable amounts of Russian literature from Leningrad and Moscow . These books were to form the basis of a Slavonic library in Stockholm. These plans were consolidated in an agreement made in 1964 between the Lenin Library in Moscow and the National Library in which the respective libraries agreed to exchange their countries' literature. According to the Swedish Legal Deposit Act publishers of printed material must send one copy of every object to
1032-621: The National Library. The obligation to collect all printed works in Swedish was laid down in 1661 in an ordinance from the Swedish Privy Council Chancery. The ordinance (legal deposit) ordered all printers in Sweden to send two copies of every publication printed to the Chancery before the material was distributed. One copy was to go to the Swedish National Archives (Riksarkivet), the other to
1075-540: The National Library. The motive for this provision stemmed not from a desire to preserve publications for posterity but from a desire to monitor their contents. The library is responsible for coordinating all Swedish libraries, including public libraries. The National Library is responsible for supplying information to higher education and research, which includes obtaining central license agreements for research and university libraries to increase access to various databases. The National Library developed and maintains LIBRIS,
1118-466: The archival holdings amounted to approximately 750 kilometers of shelving - comprising mainly parchment and paper. The digital media holdings included 130 million digital images. The amount of documents increases continuously because of the delivery of documents from the Cabinet Office and other central agencies. The "Novgorod occupation archives" (Swedish: Ockupationsarkivet från Novgorod )
1161-616: The archive. Although the primary focus of the National Archives is government records, there are also some personal archives, which were in the past obtained via confiscations and seizures, and more recently as donations. Personal collections include feudal archives from the 17th and 18th century, such as the Skokloster collection, Sjöholms, Stafsund and Ericsberg archives, and other archives of statesmen and cultural personalities. There are also some archives of non-governmental associations and businesses, as well as news archives. In 2015
1204-569: The archives is to collect and preserve records for future generations . The National Archives of Sweden is a state administrative authority, organized under the Ministry of Culture. The head of The National Archives, known as the Riksarkivarie in Swedish, works alongside of staff responsible for strategic issues, and overall coordination and development. The position is currently held by Karin Åström Iko. The National Archives of Sweden
1247-588: The collections could be moved into the northeast wing of the new royal palace. The collection grew further in its new home when the Antiquities Archive was dissolved in 1780 and most of the books kept there were transferred to the National Library. In 1792, Gustav III donated his private library of 14,500 works and four years later, Gustav IV Adolf donated 7,500 works. As a result, the National Library owned about 40,000 works by 1814. Several large book collections, either donated or purchased, came to
1290-482: The contents were not available to the public due to copyright issues, but after 2004 visitors to the library could access the archive from dedicated read-only computers on library premises. In 2010, mass digitization of Swedish newspapers began, and as of 2016, over 12 million pages had been processed. In 2020, the library, along with the university libraries in Lund, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Uppsala, and Umeå, launched
1333-401: The copyright-free Swedish newspapers preserved by the Royal Library (KB), estimated at 1,250 titles. Newspapers older than 115 years are free from copyright and when the project is expected to complete in 2022, the digitized newspapers will extend up to the year 1906. The Royal Library and the National Archives have collaborated on digitization since 2010, and the digitization will take place at
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1376-460: The digital reading room (SVAR). The National Archives is also responsible for the development and administration of Sweden's national portal for open data and public sector information, and future plans will focus on making the digital collections accessible as open, linkable, and machine-readable data that will be integrated into the open data from the public sector. In 2018, the research foundation Acadia donation 30 million SEK to digitize all of
1419-456: The monochrome microfilm later digitized. This digital archive is available online. The collection consists of two series. Series 1 has 141 books and series 2 has 368 scrolls. The National Archives is subject to open government , which means that the holdings in general are available to the public - including researchers and research-related individuals. The exception is made for confidential documents or certain perishable older material. Many of
1462-552: The national library database system. LIBRIS is freely available to the public via the Internet and contains more than five million titles held in 300 Swedish libraries. The Swedish ISBN Agency is a unit within the National Library. It is responsible for assigning ISBNs having Sweden's country prefix of 91- (and 978-91-). The library is a partner of the World Digital Library . The roots of what we now know as
1505-536: The newspaper, a practice that continues today. In 1821 it merged with the Inrikes Tidningar ("Domestic Times") to form the Post- och Inrikes Tidningar . In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was the leading news source in the country, but by 1922, under competition from commercial papers, it had been reduced to publishing government, corporate, and legal announcements. As of 2000, Post- och Inrikes Tidningar
1548-675: The oldest documents are, however, reproduced on microfilm or as digital images. In 2017, the Swedish Parliament ( Riksdag ) awarded the Swedish National Archives 10 million SEK in order to make its digital collections available to the public free of charge. The subscription charge for the digital collections was removed on February 1, 2018, and the Archives has announced further plans to move towards open and free access. There are currently 180 million pages digitized, of which 65.5 million are accessible through
1591-473: The peace negotiations and brought them back to his quarters in Estonia. Later the collection was sent to Stockholm, where its importance as a source of Russian history was recognized in the mid-19th century. They were first catalogued in 1964 by Russian historian Sergei Dmitrievsky. An improved catalogue was printed and published in 2005. The documents (which comprise 30,000 pages) were initially microfilmed, and
1634-429: The thief was Anders Burius , a senior librarian working at the National Library. At least 62 books were stolen and then auctioned off at a German auction house. The police investigation was closed in 2006 and reopened in 2014 upon appeal. The investigation closed after a year and a half with no books repatriated. In 2011, the first book was returned to the library-an atlas by Cornelius Wytfliet . It had been bought by
1677-438: Was designed by Gustaf Dahl and built using cast iron. Two wings were added in 1926–27. The National Library was reopened in spring 1997 after comprehensive remodeling and additions. Two large underground stacks, which were built into the bedrock below the building, now contain the bulk of the library's collections, while library patrons, other visitors, and employees share the space in the main building. The new section, called
1720-582: Was in this connection that the 13th-century “Devil's Bible” (the Codex Gigas ) came to Stockholm. Queen Christina took much of this material with her to Rome after she abdicated the Swedish throne, but the royal collections continued to grow during the reign of Charles X Gustav through additional spoils of war and purchases abroad. The manuscript collection also includes the Anglo-Saxon Stockholm Codex Aureus . Under
1763-463: Was published weekly during early years. Nine years earlier, the royal postal agency ( Kungliga Postverket ) had been established and now all postmasters in the country were required to submit reports of information they heard, and the newspaper was then distributed to public notice boards throughout the country. In 1791, Gustav III designated the Swedish Academy to distribute and publish
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1806-422: Was purportedly thrown out the castle window to save it from the flames. The National Archives was originally limited to the Royal Office, but over time the National Archives has subsumed responsibility for archives of other central and local authorities. In order to preserve documents from regional and local governments, regional archives were created in seven cities from 1899 to 1935. The Archives of Vadstena
1849-599: Was the first regional archive to open in 1899. Regional archives in Lund and Uppsala both opened in 1903, Visby in 1905, Gothenburg in 1911, Östersund in 1928, and finally in Härnösand in 1935. The Regional Archives ( Landsarkiven ) were merged with the National Archives ( Riksarkivet ) in 2010 under a joint authority. The Military Archives ( Swedish : Krigsarkivet ) were created in 1805. Formerly an independent authority, The Military Archives were incorporated into
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