Electronic resources from The Royal Library
The Royal Library has a considerable collection of digital resources based on its own collections, including both digital facsimile editions, web exhibitions and guides to information searches.
Danish printed texts
In English: Hans Christian Andersen online - Tycho Brahe - Flora Danica - Early Danish Dance Instructions (19th century) - Early Danish Music Instructions
In Danish, but presentation in English: EOD-books - Early Danish Books (before 1600) - Programme articles from The Royal Theatre, Copenhagen - Digital facsimiles of rare books
In Danish: Danish Book Printers
From Albanian to Zulu (Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales in many languages)
Georg Brandes' writing desk (about Danish cultural life 1870-1890)
Author Gustav Munch-Petersen's works
Illegale tryk (Illegal prints from the German Occupation 1940-45)
Småtrykssamlingens jubilæumsudstilling (Anniversary exhibition of ephemera)
Fra Støv til Guld (From Dust to Gold, old Danish popular publication, now rare)
Naturvidenskabelige onlinebøger (Online books - natural history)
Partiprogrammer og partipolitiske skrifter (Political parties' programmes)
Daells Varehus kataloger (Catalogue from a big department store in Copenhagen)
Arkiv for Dansk Litteratur (Danish Literary Archive)
Maps, music and periodicals: see below
Danish e-periodicals
Presentations in English - texts in Danish: Online Danish periodicals (including newspapers) on the internet (list) - Danish Cultural periodicals 1917-45 - Music Periodicals
In Danish: Illustreret Tidende (The Illustrated News) - Fund og Forskning online (Findings and Research - Periodical from the collections of The Royal Library) - Magasin fra Det Kongelige Bibliotek (Periodical from The Royal Library with more popular articles)
See all e-newspapers
Danish manuscripts
E-manuscripts: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance - 17th and 18th centuries - 19th and 20th centuries
Danish literary persons (presentation in Danish): Hans Christian Andersen online - Jens Baggesen's diaries - Georg Brandes' writing desk - Per Højholt's manuscripts and sketches for poems - Emil Aarestrups writings
Danish literary persons (presentation in English): The Karen Blixen Archive - Søren Kierkegaard's writings
Danish literary texts: Cultural canon: literature - Archive of Danish Literature (selected manuscripts) - Luther and the Reformation - Personal songbooks
Music manuscripts - see below
Foreign manuscripts
E-manuscripts: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance - 17th and 18th centuries - 19th and 20th centuries
Codices Latini - Fragmenta Latina
Guaman Poma - Henrik Ibsen (in Danish) - Martin Luther and the Reformation
Foreign printed texts
In Danish (presentation in English) EOD-books - Digital facsimiles of rare books
In Danish: Fra albansk til zulu (From Albanian to Zulu - Hans Christian Andersen's Fairytales in many languages)
See also Book and science history
Prints and Photographs
Databases: Pictures online - The Portrait Collection: Index of Names - Portraits - The National Museum of Photography
In English: Denmark on the World Map - Industrialization in Denmark 1870-1940
In Danish: Set fra luften (Seen from the air - Aerial photos from the island of Funen in Denmark) - Fotografernes København (The Copenhagen of the photographers) - Hans Christian Andersen portraits - Ludvig Holberg på scenen (Dramatist Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754) on stage - actors' portraits)
Danish Literature
E-manuscripts (Presentation in English): 17th and 18th centuries - 19th and 20th centuries -
Presentations in Danish (some texts in foreign languages): Rare Printed books - New translations of classic texts
In Danish: Arkiv for Dansk Litteratur (Archive of Danish Literature) - Portrætter af nyere danske forfattere (Portraits of new Danish authors) - Kulturkanon: Litteratur (Cultural canon: Literature) - Personlige visebøger (Personal song books)
Danish literary persons - presented in Danish: Andersen's text in many languages- Georg Brandes' writing desk - Per Højholt - Gustav Munch-Petersen - Saxo - Emil Aarestrup
Danish literary persons - presented in English: Hans Christan Andersen online - The Karen Blixen Archive
Old Books, Library History and Science History
Presentations in English: Treasures in The Royal Library - Royal Identification Marks - Flora Danica online - Tycho Brahe
Presentation in Danish (books in several languages): Items from books on natural history
Presentations in Danish: Danish bookbindings - Threats and Thefts - Andreas Friis' paintings in the library - Fantasy creatures - Star constellations - Danish astronomy 400 years - Danish medicine history - Andreas Vesalius: De humani corprois fabrica libri septem, Basel 1543
Authors
Presentation and texts in Danish: Hans Christian Andersen - Jens Baggesen - Tycho Brahe - Georg Brandes - Ludvig Holberg - Per Højholt - Henrik Ibsen - Gustav Munch-Petersen - Saxo - Emil Aarestrup
Presentation in English - texts in Danish: Karen Blixen - Søren Kierkegaard
Presentations in Danish: Arkiv for Dansk Litteratur (Archive of Danish Literature) - Portrætter af nyere danske forfattere (Portraits of new Danish authors) - Kulturkanon: Litteratur (Cultural Canon: Literature)
Science
Presentations in Danish: Andreas Friis' decoration of the library - Fabulous animals - Taurus, Virgin and other constellations - 400 years of Danish astronomy - Danish Medicine History - Andreas Vesalius - Niels Kjærbølling's Scandinavian pictures of Birds - Pause Screens - Selection from Science Works - Online Books
Presentations in English: Flora Danica - Tycho Brahe - Old Danish Books about astronomy
Music
The Danish National Digital Sheet Music Archive: digital facsimiles of printed and manuscript music - Music periodicals
Rischel & Birket Smith's collection of guitar music - Giedde's collection of flute music - Music from the Carl Nielsen Edition - Early music prints (pre 1700) in the collections - Selected scores from the 18th century - Music for the Copenhagen summer revues and vaudevilles 1876-1900 - Other special themes and repertoires
Hans Christian Andersen and music - Joachim Andersen - August Bournonville ballet music - J.P.E. Hartmann: Selected works in manuscript - Hans Christian Lumby: selected works in piano editions - Peter Heise: Selected works in manuscript - Morten Ræhs: Sonatas - Carl Nielsen
Selected themes from the Danish Online Library of Music - Music at One
In Danish: Music themes from the collections - Music from the web exhibition "Georg Brandes' Skrivebord [Writing desk]" - Cultural canon: music - Hans Christian Lumbye website - Musical Tour of Copenhagen - Music from the court of King Christian 4th (1st half of the 17th century) - Across the boarder (Danish-German Musical Connections 1760-1914) - Danish music in the 18th century
Theatre
Presentation in Danish: Programme articles from The Royal Theatre online - Hans Christian Andersen online: Digterens teaterdrømme [Theatre Dreams of the Poet - Main texts in English] - August Bournonville's ballets - Georg Brandes' writing desk: Provisorietidens revyer [The revues / vaudevilles of the 1980s] - Cultural canon: Scenic Arts - Theatre music (music) - Ludvig Holberg and the theatre in Lille Grønnegade
Danish Plays in Arkiv for Dansk Litteratur [Danish Literary Archive]
Dance
Gamle danseinstruktioner (Old dance instructions - In Danish) - Bournonville's ballets (sheet music) - Programme articles from The Royal Theatre (in Danish)
