Nobel Library, Research library in Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden.
The Nobel Library is a research library belonging to the Swedish Academy, located inside the Stock Exchange Building in Gamla Stan, Stockholm. It holds a large collection of literary works and academic materials, and functions primarily as a working library for research rather than a public lending service.
The library was founded in 1901 together with the Nobel Institute of the Swedish Academy, and started out in a ten-room apartment at Norra Bantorget. As the collection grew over the following decades, it moved to its current home in the Stock Exchange Building in Gamla Stan.
The library collects works by contemporary writers in their original languages, making it one of the few places where literature from across the world sits side by side. Visitors can notice how the shelves are organized by language and origin, giving a sense of how wide global writing actually is.
The library is open on weekdays, and it is worth checking in advance whether registration is needed and which resources are accessible to visitors. Because it is a research library, access may be more limited than in a regular public library.
The library maintains a specialized database of articles, reviews, and interviews about literary works from around the world, which the Swedish Academy uses directly in its Nobel Prize deliberations. This database is continuously updated and is closely tied to how candidates are evaluated each year.
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