The National Library at a glance; Useful information about this premier source of information concerning Norway, Norwegians and Norwegian culture.

Unique collections of manuscripts, special collections of books, music, radio and TV programmes, film , theatre, maps, posters, pictures, photographs and newspapers.

Presenting interesting material from the National Library collection has high priority. We are  a multimedia centre of knowledge, and tell our digital stories, based on treasures in our collection, on the world wide web. Most of our web projects are only in Norwegian. Still, a visit to Opplevelser is recommended.

Tha National Library has two locations, Oslo and Mo i Rana. Feel free to contact us; - here are the necessary addresses, telephone and fax numbers.

The year 2004 has been spent laying the foundations for the development of a multimedia national library on the threshold of the 21st century, aiming to meet the demands of an ever more demanding public.

Download the annual report 2004 and learn more about our activities

EDLproject (European Digital Library project) is a Targeted Project funded by the European Commission under the eContentplus Programme, within the area of Cultural and scientific/scholarly content.
EDLproject is a direct response to the request of Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media, made at the CENL (Conference of European National Librarians) conference in Luxembourg in September 2005 that national libraries should use their influence in the debate on the digitisation of European resources for access through the web.
The project management and coordination is assured by the German National Library and Eremo Srl.