Umeå University Library is one of the seven libraries in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

that by law is directly supplied by printers in Sweden with one copy of every book printed ("pliktbibliotek").

History

The University Library originates from ''the Scientific Library in Umeå'' (Vetenskapliga biblioteket i Umeå) established in 1950 at

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Ume� ...

City Library.History
Umeå University Library website, retrieved 6 May 2014 In 1951 the library was recognised as important for northern Sweden. The library is given a copy of every new book printed in Sweden.Umeå's history
umea.se, retrieved 6 May 2014 It gradually expanded to supply services for research and for university education. It was reorganized as a university library at the time of the foundation of

Umeå University Umeå University ( sv, Umeå universitet; Ume Sami: ) is a public research university located in Umeå, in the mid-northern region of Sweden. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden's present borders. As of 2015 ...

in 1965. A new main library building on the university campus was inaugurated in 1968. It has since been extended, most recently in 2006. There are subsidiary libraries at the Norrland's University Hospital, at the

Umeå Arts Campus Umeå Arts Campus is the name of a former industry area that recently (2009–2012) was rebuilt to house several of the arts educations at Umeå University in Sweden. The arts campus will be an education center for architecture, design and artw ...

and in

Örnsköldsvik Örnsköldsvik (, ) is a locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden, with 32,953 inhabitants in 2017. Its natural harbour and archipelago is in the Gulf of Bothnia and the northern boundaries of the Hig ...

. The University Library has over the years received several donations, among others from the historian

Nils Ahnlund Nils Ahnlund (23 August 1889 – 11 January 1957) was a Swedish historian. He was professor of history at the then-Stockholm University College 1928–1955, and became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1941. He was the father of physician Hans ...

, language professor

Björn Collinder Erik Alfred Torbjörn "Björn" Collinder (22 July 1894 – 20 May 1983) was a Swedish linguist who was Professor of Finno-Ugric Languages at Uppsala University. Biography Collinder was born in Sundsvall, Sweden on 22 July 1894. After gaining a ...

, political economist

Eli Heckscher Eli Filip Heckscher (24 November 1879 – 23 December 1952) was a Swedish political economist and economic historian. Biography Heckscher was born in Stockholm, son of the Jewish Danish-born businessman Isidor Heckscher and his spouse Rosa Meyer ...

and journalist/writer Sigrid Kahle. The Library's Research Archives also host the archives of writer

Sara Lidman Sara Adéla Lidman (30December 192317June 2004) was a Swedish writer. Early life Born in Missenträsk, a village in present Skellefteå Municipality, Lidman was raised in the Västerbotten region of northern Sweden. She studied at the Universi ...

References

External links

Umeå University LibraryDiVA (Digital Scientific Archive)

Images

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