Editing National Library of Sweden (section)

{{Short description|Sweden's national library}}
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{{Infobox library
| native_name        = Kungliga biblioteket
| native_name_lang   = sv
| name               = National Library of Sweden
| logo               = Kungliga bibliotekets logotyp.svg
| alt                = Logo of the National Library of Sweden
| country            = [[Sweden]]
| established        = {{Start date and age|1661|paren=yes}}
| ref_legal_mandate  = The Government Approval Document for The Swedish National Library (available in [http://www.riksdagen.se/sv/Dokument-Lagar/Lagar/Svenskforfattningssamling/Forordning-20081421-med-ins_sfs-2008-1421/?bet=2008:1421 Swedish])
| location           = [[Stockholm]]
| coordinates        = {{coord|59|20|17|N|018|04|20|E|region:SE_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| items_collected    = [[book]]s, [[academic journal|journal]]s, [[newspaper]]s, [[magazine]]s, [[film]]s, recorded [[sound]], [[television]], [[radio]], [[manuscript]]s, [[map]]s, [[picture]]s, [[printed music]], [[ephemera]] and [[digital resource]]s
| collection_size    = {{c.|18 million}} items, 175 shelf kilometres, and 15.7 million hours of audiovisual material<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2017 to CENL and CDNL |url=https://www.cenl.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Report-from-National-Library-of-Sweden_2017.pdf |website=The Conference of European National Librarians |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref>
| criteria           = Suecana: publications published, broadcast or recorded in Sweden or  by Swedish originator or concerning Sweden
| legal_deposit      = [http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/index.aspx?nid=3911&bet=1993:1392 Yes], and agreements with publishers
| req_to_access      = Free. Registration for loans: be Swedish resident or citizen over 18. (Audiovisual may only be accessed for research purposes)
| annual_circulation = 135,187 (2009)
| budget             = 394,000,000[[Swedish crown|SEK]] (2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2017 to CENL and CDNL |url=https://www.cenl.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Report-from-National-Library-of-Sweden_2017.pdf |website=The Conference of European National Librarians |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref>
| director           = [[Karin Grönvall]] (since 2019)
| num_employees      = 340
| website            = {{URL|http://www.kb.se/|www.kb.se}}
}}

The '''National Library of Sweden''' ({{langx|sv|Kungliga biblioteket}}, ''KB'', meaning "the Royal Library") is [[Sweden]]'s [[national library]]. It collects and preserves all domestic [[printing|printed]] and [[audio-visual]] materials in [[Swedish language|Swedish]], as well as content with Swedish association published abroad. Being a [[research library]], it also has major collections of literature in other languages.