The University of Oslo Library ( no, Universitetsbiblioteket i Oslo, UBO) is a library connected to the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

. Like the university, it was established in 1811 with

Georg Sverdrup Georg Sverdrup (born Jørgen Sverdrup; 25 April 1770 – 8 December 1850) was a Norwegian statesman, best known as one of the presidents of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in Eidsvoll in 1814. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament and ...

as the first head librarian. It originally doubled as the Norwegian

national library A national library is a library established by a government as a country's preeminent repository of information. Unlike public libraries, these rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they include numerous rare, valuable, or significant wo ...

, and was located at the old University of Oslo campus. In 1913 the current library building in ''Henrik Ibsens gate'' was completed. Head librarian at the time, from 1876 to 1922, was Axel Drolsum. In 1989 the institution

National Library of Norway The National Library of Norway ( no, Nasjonalbiblioteket) was established in 1989. Its principal task is "to preserve the past for the future". The library is located both in Oslo and in Mo i Rana. The building in Oslo was restored and reopened ...

was established. It finally took over the national library tasks from the University Library in 1998, allowing the latter to concentrate on university matters. The same year, the University Library left the building in ''Henrik Ibsens gate'' for the newly constructed Georg Sverdrup's House, located at the modern University of Oslo campus at

Blindern Blindern is the main campus of the University of Oslo, located in Nordre Aker in Oslo, Norway. Campus Most of the departments of the University of Oslo are located at Blindern; other, smaller campuses include Sentrum (law), Gaustad (medicine) ...

External links

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Libraries in Norway University of Oslo 1811 establishments in Norway Culture in Oslo Academic libraries Library buildings completed in 1913 {{library-stub