Historical archive

New building for digitization opened in the National Library

Historical archive

Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government

Publisher: Ministry of Culture

The new house has advanced technology that digitizes the Norwegian culture and knowledge of history. Thousands of books converted into digital files are preserved for posterity in the National Library's digital security magazine.

Minister of Culture Anniken Huitfeldt and Deputy National Librarian Roger Jøsevold. Photo: National Library / Kjell Iversen


Minister of Culture Anniken Huitfeldt and Deputy National Librarian Roger Jøsevold.
Photo: National Library / Kjell Iversen

The new house has advanced technology that digitizes the Norwegian culture and knowledge of history. Thousands of books converted into digital files are preserved for posterity in the National Library's digital security magazine.

As long as the copyright conditions allow it,  Norwegian books and newspapers are made available to users online.

Nearly 61,000 books are now available in full text at the National Library’s website. In addition, large amounts of newspapers, photographic materials, audio and manuscripts are also available.