About the Music and Theatre Library of Sweden
Welcome to Sweden's specialist library for music, theatre and dance.
About the Music and Theatre Library of Sweden
Open to everyone
The Music and Theatre Library of Sweden is open to everyone. Our users include private individuals and practitioners as well as teachers, students and researchers.
There is plenty to borrow in the fields of music, theatre and dance. We also have a large collection of unique and historical material. The library staff will be happy to help you find whatever you are looking for.
Borrow and download throughout the country
Your library card gives you access to hundreds of thousands of books and sheet music, over 40,000 play scripts, hundreds of journals and several music and theatre databases.
Through your local library, you can borrow wherever you are in Sweden. Contact us for more inforamtion about interlibrary loans.
Visit us in Stockholm
The Music and Theatre Library of Sweden is located at Tegeluddsvägen 100 in Stockholm. Here, you can get help searching for sheet music, literature, recordings and archive material. You can also copy or scan material for your own use. For your convenience, the library has a reading room, bookable group rooms and rooms where you can listen to music, watch films or play the keyboard. We have free wifi.
Unique historical material
The library’s archives and collections contain material from people, organisations and institutions that have worked in the performing arts. Here, you can find letters, handwritten notes and manuscripts, mainly from the 16th-18th centuries. The oldest manuscript is a folded sheet of church music from around 1150. The library also has a large collection of photographs.
Some of our material is digitised and searchable in our database. Please contact us for help searching the collections and accessing the material.
History of the Music and Theatre Library of Sweden
The Music and Theatre Library of Sweden was founded more than 250 years ago. The library was originally part of the Royal Academy of Music, founded in 1771. In 1849, the library opened to the public. Today, the library covers the entire field of performing arts and is a part of the National Board of Music.