A hand flips through a card catalogue

Broadside ballad in card catalogue

The National Library has a number of digitised card catalogues with material that is not available in other search services.

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Ann-Sofie Persson, National Library of Sweden
Year
2017
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Digitaliserade kortkataloger

In the digitised card catalogues, you can explore some of our older material, which is not represented in other search services.

If you can't find what you're looking for in our modern search services, it may be in the older card catalogues. Here you will find older books and magazines, broadside ballads, music prints, tribute texts, records and radio programs.

The service brings together a range of catalogues based on digitizations of old card catalogues. Some of them are typed, while others are handwritten. In many cases, you will have to browse through the digital cards, as not all of them are searchable.

Use the search services first

Use Libris External link., Regina, External link. Svensk mediedatabas (SMBD) External link. and Arken External link. in the first instance to find material. The digitised catalogues are a complement, which helps you discover material that are not available in our modern search services.

Included catalogues

Below is a list of all digitised card catalogues in the service.

Nominal catalog of the manuscript collection

Alphabetical catalog of the older parts of the National library's manuscript collection.

Uncatalogued print

Alphabetical catalogue of institutions, organisations and associations in the National library's collection of everyday printed matter.

Olof Liljeson's record collection

Swedish and foreign recordings released 1899-1952, as well as record collector Olof Liljeson's own recordings on lacquer discs of radio programs and private material 1938-1948.

Roggebiblioteket

Catalogue of, among other things, theology, classical works, medical and scientific literature. The material is in Roggebiblioteket, Strängnäs.

Lilla Roggekatalogen

The smaller card catalogue with, among other things, broadsheets, dissertations, occasional poems and acquisitions 1982-1994. The material is in Roggebiblioteket, Strängnäs.

Skillingtryckskatalogen

Catalogue of broadsheets (songs).

Musikkatalogen

Catalogue of music prints, among other things.

Plåten

Material printed from 1501 to 1955 inclusive. Large parts of the catalogue have been transferred to Regina and Libris.

Porträttsamlingen

Alphabetical catalogue of persons in the National library's portrait collections.

Verses about individuals

Tributes to individuals in connection with funerals, weddings and other events.

The digitised card catalogues are interesting in their own right. Some are handwritten by librarians from earlier times and offer a glimpse into their work. Download the cards and use them however you like!

Ordering and contact

Directly from each catalogue card you can order the material or contact the National library with questions. In the search service Plåten, use the "Beställ" button and in other catalogues "Fråga om detta kort".