Special collections

Stockholm University Library has old and rare books and manuscripts dating from the 1400s onwards. Only small portions of these collections are catalogued in Libris. If you cannot find what you are looking for in Libris, please contact the library rarity manager.

Contact rarities manager

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) has deposited its older collections of books at the university library. This includes scholarly literature from the 1400s and onwards.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences catalogue (until 1963)

The KVA archives are available at the Academy´s Centre for the History of Science.

The Academy’s Centre for the History of Science.

Stockholm University Library has entered into an agreement with Linnaeus Link Project with the aim of making older Linnaeus literature available, via an international web-based catalogue.

Linnaeus Link Union Catalogue

The Bergianska Library’s handwritten catalogue is available as follows:

Catalogue Librorum Bibliotheca Bergianæ, A-L

Catalogue Librorum Bibliotheca Bergianæ, M-Z

Digitized card catalogue of the Bergianska collection volumes : A-Ö

Stockholm University Library has large collections of maps. These include older economic maps, known as ‘hundred maps’ after the former administrative land divisions, district maps and a large number of atlas works from the 17th century onwards. These include the highly regarded Atlas Major.

Some of the maps can be searched for via the search box on the library's homepage and in the Royal Academy of Sciences' catalogue.

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' catalogue

In the database Kartrummet, you can find scanned maps from Stockholm University Library's special collections.

Kartrummet (Swedish only)

Link to a list of other special collections in Libris A-Z

If you have general questions about the EU or questions about your rights and opportunities in Europe, you may contact any of the following organisations for information.
EDIC is an organisation with Europe Direct Information Centres throughout Europe, including in Sweden. Questions about the EU can be addressed at these offices.

Contact the EU

The EU Information Centre of the Swedish Parliament is entrusted with the task of providing all-round, politically impartial information about the EU, Swedish EU membership, and the Swedish Parliament’s work with EU issues.

The EU Information Centre of the Swedish Parliament

The Committee on European Union Affairs is an organ of the Swedish Parliament where parliament and the ruling government consult on EU issues.

The Committee on European Union Affairs

The Information Office for the European Parliament is located at The Europe House on Regeringsgatan in Stockholm, along with the European Commission’s Swedish representation.

The Europe House (Swedish only)

The movement “No to the EU” is a politically independent membership organisation that works towards getting Sweden to leave the EU.

The movement “No to the EU” (Swedish only)

Included in the list below are some of the most important sources for European research.

SIEPS is a government agency that develops research-based analysis of European policy issues.

Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies, SIEPS

European Perspective is a network of, and for, Swedish university institutions of economics, law and political science that engage in European research.

European Perspective

European Policy Institutes Network is a network of European research institutes that conduct European research to contribute to the debate on the future of Europe.

European Policy Institutes Network

EUR-Lex is the database where all EU legislation is collected. Included in the database is the EU's Official Journal, data about the EU’s legislative process, EU case law and the EU Member States' national legislation.

EUR-Lex

The European Commission is the institution responsible for ensuring that EU legislation is applied in each of the member countries.

Application of EU legislation

European E-Justice is the E-justice portal that gathers relevant legal information.

European E-Justice

In the EU Bookshop you will find books, brochures, posters, maps and magazines on EU policies and activities dating from 1952. You can also order printed materials. Much of the material can be downloaded as a pdf, free of charge.

EU Bookshop

EuroTermBank is a project that focuses on harmonising and supporting the work surrounding terminology in the new member countries. Their work is conducted through several terminology networks within the EU.

EuroTermBank

Inter-Active Terminology for Europe, IATE, is the EU inter-institutional terminology database. The database includes all current terminology databases that are available within the EU's translation service.

Inter-Active Terminology for Europe, IATE

You can follow the EU news flow online or via social media. There are also several web magazines that focus entirely on Europe.

The EU Newsroom gives you the latest news from the EU through press releases and statements from all EU’s institutions and bodies.

EU Newsroom

With this search tool you can find European content on various social media channels.

European content on various social media channels

EUobserver is an independent online publication that contains EU-related news and information.

EUobserver

Europe Portal is a Swedish web magazine about the EU and Europe.

Europe Portal (Swedish only).

For those looking for statistics on the EU and Europe, the database Eurostat is the most important portal. Here you will find statistics about the European Union and all its member states, EFTA-countries and EU- candidate countries.

Eurostat

The Central Statistics Agency of Sweden, SCB, also provides a portal to EU-statistics.

The Central Statistics Agency of Sweden, SCB

Current events, by and about, the EU that you as a student, researcher or member of the general public can take part of.
 
Events at the EU Commission's representation in Sweden (Swedish only)

Activities at the European Parliament's office in Sweden (Swedish only)