Uppsala University Library 400 years
Anniversary exhibition
The anniversary exhibition highlights how its large and unique collections found their way to the library through requires legal deposit copies, donations and other means, and how the library's locations have changed over the past 400 years from damp facilities near Uppsala Cathedral to today's physical and digital environments.
400th anniversary 2020-2021
Gustav II Adolf founded Uppsala University Library through two resolutions (1620 and 1621). In these resolutions, the king announced his decision to donate a larger book collection to the University and to allocate an annual sum to the activities of a library. We therefore celebrate the library's 400th anniversary both in 2020 and 2021.
An introduction to the jubilee:
A guided tour of the Book Hall
400 blog
Exhibitions
Digital collections
Anna Lamberg, the first female employee at the library
In the fall of 1899, Anna Lamberg was appointed library assistant at Uppsala University Library. She became the library's first female employees.
Codex argenteus
Codex argenteus - which means "the Silver Book" - is Sweden's most valuable book and one of the world's most famous manuscripts. It was written in Italy in the beginning of the 6th century. Learn more about Codex argenteus.