Editing Royal Library, Denmark (section)

===Book theft in the 1970s===
{{main|The great book theft}}

In the 1970s, the library saw the largest book theft in Danish history, with the case only being resolved in 2003. Almost 3,200 works (books and similar), mostly antiques, were stolen from the library by an employee.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Olsen |first=Jan |date=2003-12-11 |title=Police close to solving library thefts 25 years on |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/dec/11/books.booksnews |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref name=DKB2006>{{cite web | title=Det Store Bogtyveri | url=http://wayback-01.kb.dk/wayback/20100504121336/http://www2.kb.dk/elib/mss/tt/tyveri/tyveri.htm | year=2006 | publisher=Det Kongelige Bibliotek | access-date=3 July 2023 | language=da }}</ref><ref name=TV2aprl2008>{{cite news| title=Milliontyveri fra Det Kongelige Bibliotek | url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/krimi/2008-04-04-milliontyveri-fra-det-kongelige-bibliotek | date=4 April 2008 | publisher=TV2 | access-date=3 July 2023 }}</ref> Most have since been recovered, but a few hundred remain missing.<ref name=JP2Feb2005>{{cite news| title=Det Kgl. Bibliotek efterlyser stjålne bøger | url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/kultur/ECE5022474/Det-Kgl.-Bibliotek-efterlyser-stj%C3%A5lne-b%C3%B8ger/ | date=2 February 2005 | publisher=Jyllands-Posten | access-date=3 July 2023 }}</ref>