Previous events

In our new children's universe, which is open every second Saturday, you can explore the magical world of books and immerse yourself in creative workshops with space for play and fun for the whole family.

The winners of the Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition in 2019 visit the Queen's Hall.

From doomsday scenarios to concrete solutions. As chairman of the IPCC, Jim Skea is the man who must turn plans into action in the global fight against climate change.

Experience the Danish singer and songwriter Bisse perform his fifth piano concerto in The Black Diamond.

Experience the Danish singer and songwriter Bisse perform his fifth piano concerto in The Black Diamond.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB – Join us on an exciting tour through the Press Photo of the Year Exhibition with photojournalist and chairman of the Press Photographers' Association Sisse Stroyer.

The French super quartet Ébène returns to the Queen's Hall.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - Join us for a tour of the anniversary exhibition on The Black Diamond, which has been an architectural landmark in the Copenhagen harbour for 25 years now.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - do photographs speak the truth? Come to a lecture with the Royal Danish Library's senior researcher Mette Kia Krabbe, who has written a book on Danish photography history.

In February, you can experience the critically acclaimed Norwegian author Carl Frode Tiller for a conversation about identity, social heritage and complex human relationships.

Experience Italian music inspired by Swedish Queen Kristina, who in 1656 founded the Academy Arcadia in Rome.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - Take part in the tour and experience the historically unique and architecturally beautiful library building in Fiolstræde.

Join us when the Royal Danish Library opens the exhibition ON THE EDGE on the occasion of The Black Diamond's 25th anniversary in 2024.

Free entry. During the winter holidays, the Royal Danish Library invites all curious children and their adults inside The Diamond for creative activities and an exciting Treasure Expedition!

Stina Ekblad is one of the biggest actors in the Nordics, with Denmark, Sweden and Finland as the stage. In February, you can experience her at the International Authors' Stage.

How well do you need to know those you photograph? Ditte Haarløv Johnsen puts into words her work as a documentary photographer when she visits the Blixen hall.

Folk high school songs like you have never heard them before - and you can sing along!

Winter jazz in The Black Diamond.

Corals in the water and spirals in the Atrium – during the annual light festival you can experience two luminous works of art in The Black Diamond on 2 - 15 February 2024.

Join us for a letter-writing concert in the Old Reading Room in The Black Diamond! Turn off the phone, turn on the senses and indulge in the quiet, confidential space of letter-writing.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB: Peek behind the curtain of music with the Faces of Music.

Trio con Brio Copenhagen performs one of music history's great love triangle dramas together with the innovative violist Nils Mönkemeyer.

Experience or relive the unique, heartbreaking and deeply in love letters of the most important queers in Scandinavian cultural history brought to life by a number of fantastic actors.

The traditional Christmas concert in The Black Diamond.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB: We want to thank you for the fantastic year that has passed, while introducing you to the upcoming new events and experiences that await in the coming year.

Bring the whole family to the Christmas workshop and get into the Christmas spirit at Royal Danish Library.

The Fauré Quartet returns to The Diamond - this time with Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition!

Meet one of Sweden's leading authors, Elisabeth Åsbrink, in conversation with Lise Bach Hansen on her new biography of the Swedish author Victoria Benedictsson.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB: Join us when literary critic Klaus Rothstein talks about Georg Brande's life and work.

Experience Concerto Copenhagen playing some of the great hits of the Baroque.

Royal Danish Library and LGBT+ Denmark celebrate free love with a concert dedicated to the hidden emotions of music history.

Bring your siblings, friends and adults for creative fun in The Black Diamond's workshop - The Creative Library.

Danish computer games are a success story. Take a tour of the special exhibition #DKgame and hear the story of both the artistic and commercial success.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB: Dive into the Royal Danish Library's manuscript collection and join in on debates about Danish author archives.

One of the world's most recognised contemporary photographers, Edward Burtynsky, talks about his artistic work and dedication to documenting and raising awareness of the human impact on nature.

Experience Troldspejlet live in the Queen's Hall and compete against Astralis'; women's team on the occasion of this year's big special exhibition #DKgame - Danish computer games from 1960s to 2020s.

The classical music scene's young rising stars occupy the Queen's Hall with pianist Gustav Piekut at the helm.

Photographer Torben Eskerod talks to photography curator Charlotte Præstegaard Schwarz about portrait photography as a genre and with the exhibition The Camera and Us as a starting point.

Visit the library's creative workshop during the autumn holidays, where you can make your own gaming gadget or play your way through the exhibition in the game "Alt på spil".

The Diamond offers activities for children, free access to exhibitions and much more during Cultural Night.

Experience the former CEO of Unilever Paul Polman, who has become synonymous with the movement to create successful companies that take responsibility for the climate crisis and global inequality.

The family photograph has a special meaning for politician Samira Nawa, who, together with photo expert Mette Sandbye, will talk about perpetuating, remembering and forgetting through pictures.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB: Peek behind the curtain of music with the Faces of Music.

Pianist Marianna Shirinyan and cellist Torleif Thedéen visit the Queen's Hall, featuring a brand new work by composer Lil Lacy.

Why do "career-inhibiting" crap jobs almost always end up on the desk of the female employees?

A trio turns into a quartet in the programme Endless Melodies.

Create yourself as a game character in your very own game design.

We celebrate, interpret and fantasise about the landscapes that surround us in the atmospheric and historic Old Reading Room with music, statements and new poetry.

Experience Copenhagen from a greener side when we invite you on a historical and artistic garden walk in Copenhagen's Cultural Quarter.

Experience Copenhagen from a greener side when we invite you on a historical and artistic garden walk in Copenhagen's Cultural Quarter.

Experience one of Europe's greatest documentary photographers, Anders Petersen, on stage in The Black Diamond in conversation with photographer and author Henrik Saxgren.

We celebrate, interpret and fantasise about the landscapes that surround us under an open sky in the historic Library Garden with music, statements and new poetry.

Bring your siblings, friends and adults for creative fun in The Black Diamond's workshop - The Creative Library.

We celebrate, interpret and fantasise about the landscapes that surround us under an open sky in the historic Library Garden with music, statements and new poetry.

We celebrate, interpret and fantasise about the landscapes that surround us under an open sky in the historic Library Garden with music, statements and new poetry.

Come and listen to live jazz by the harbour in front of The Black Diamond - completely free!

Come and listen to live jazz by the harbour in front of The Black Diamond - completely free!

Come and listen to live jazz by the harbour in front of The Black Diamond - completely free!

Come and listen to Brazil live jazz by the harbour in front of The Black Diamond - completely free!

Come and listen to live jazz by the harbour in front of The Black Diamond - completely free!

Søren Kierkegaard's words experienced through music.

Experience Paloma Pradal, Pierre Bertrand and the Copenhagen Jazz Orchestra and others during Copenhagen Jazz Festival.

Come and listen to live jazz by the harbour in front of The Black Diamond - completely free!

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - Are computer games cultural heritage? Join us for a tour of our newest exhibition.

Exhibition on the history of Danish computer games. This year's major special exhibition in The Black Diamond focuses on computer games as cultural heritage.

Royal Danish Library invites you to the opening of the exhibition #DKgame - Screen trolls, assassins and train surfers in The Black Diamond. It is free to participate and everyone is welcome!

Experience the finest bookbindings of the past year at Kirkebybroen.

Photographer Torben Eskerod talks to photo curator Charlotte Præstegaard Schwarz about portrait photography as a genre with the exhibition The Camera and Us as a point of departure.

Meet Jan-Werner Müller at the International Authors' Stage in a conversation on democracy, populism and how we must accept uncertainty as a basic pillar of our democracy.

KLANG Festival brings new music to The Diamond.

Meet entrepreneur John Elkington for a conversation about his new vision for sustainable capitalism – a capitalism fit to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB: Learn more about one of Denmark's great poets and see selected manuscripts from her archive.

This year's recipient of the world's most prestigious literary prize, the Nobel Prize, visits the Diamond.

He challenged the boundary between fiction and biography with the work "My Struggle" and unfolds a tangle of human destinies in critically acclaimed novels. Experience Knausgård in The Black Diamond.

In her writing, Linn Ullmann mixes autobiographical memoirs, fiction and documentary material. This Spring, you can experience her at the International Authors' Stage.

Concerto Copenhagen challenges and expands our understanding of the great master!

Europe, what's next? Dealing with Dilemmas from Climate to War and Migration.

Mozart, Brahms and Kodaly and inspiration from folk music.

Make your own mask with the Creative Library.

Experience unique, heartbreaking and deeply in love letters of the most important queers in Scandinavian cultural history brought to life by some of Denmark's best actors.

International competition for string quartet and wind quintet in tribute to the Danish composer.

International competition for string quartet and wind quintet in tribute to the Danish composer.

Meet Robert Habeck at the International Authors' Stage for a conversation about power, populism and liberal democracy's blind spots in the age of the climate crisis.

Chamber music from around the world with RelevanzEnsemble.

Photo curator Charlotte Præstegaard Schwartz tours the exhibition TWO ROOMS with the artists Ismar Čirkinagić and Per Bak Jensen.

Make your own portrait bust with the Creative Library.

The Black Diamond invites children and their adults to a creative workshop and treasure hunt!

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - Let Sisse Strøyer, the representative of the Press Photographers' Association, show you around the exhibition.

A tour de force through the year's best Danish literature.

Reality and its people emerge through the dramatic, funny and memorable moments from last year captured by the country's best press photographers.

Photo Talk with one of Denmark's most recognised photographers, Petra Kleis. In conversation with associate professor and author Rune Gade, she will discuss nudity, bodies and visual pornography today.

Come and join us for a letter writing concert in the Old Reading Room in Royal Danish Library! Turn off your phone, turn on the senses and indulge in the quiet, confidential space of letter writing.

In 2021, Niviaq Korneliussen became the first Greenlandic author to receive the Nordic Council's Literature Prize and thus positioned herself as one of the most interesting Arctic voices today.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - Exclusive lecture with Greenland expert Martin Breum on Greenland as part of the Arctic and the literary voices as part of society.

Hear the artists Ismar Čirkinagić and Per Bak Jensen in conversation with moderator Tijana Mišković on the nature of war and the traces it leaves on civilizations and cultures.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - In the exhibition TWO ROOMS, Ismar Čirkinagić and Per Bak Jensen explore the essence of war and the traces it leaves on civilizations and cultures.

Chamber music from around the world with RelevanzEnsemble.

During the winter holidays, the Royal Danish Library welcomes all curious children and their adults inside The Black Diamond for creative activities and an exciting treasure hunt.

Classical meets jazz when Copenhagen Phil, conductor James Sherlock and two excellent Danish pianists visit The Diamond for a cross-genre concert at this year's Winter Jazz Festival.

Dialogue about the nature of war is the central focal point for this spring's special exhibition in the Black Diamond with Ismar Cirkinagic and Per Bak Jensen.

Piano concerts – like never before!

Join us when the Royal Danish Library opens the exhibition TWO ROOMS with Ismar Čirkinagić and Per Bak Jensen. Free entrance.

Søren Kierkegaard's words experienced through music.

Make your own snow globe with inspiration from the library's many beautiful winter photographs.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - This time with the composers Peter Jensen and Stefan Pasborg and senior researcher Anders Toftgaard.

Chamber music from around the world with RelevanzEnsemble.

The Royal Danish Library's photo curator Charlotte Præstegaard Schwartz guides and gives an insight into the story of a woman who was as unconventional as a person as she was as a photographer.

Since he debuted in 2014 with the bestseller "The End of Eddy", Édouard Louis has written his way to the top of the international literary scene with political indignation.

True to tradition, the baroque ensemble Camerata Øresund is back with this year's big Christmas concert.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - Christmas event and thanks for this year.

Conversation about press photography between photographer and photo editor Sigrid Nygaard and senior researcher Mette Kia Krabbe Meyer. The event is in Danish.

External event

The world-renowned Danish recorder player plays Bach, Corelli and Handel with her baroque trio.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - An evening about the complex and controversial Knut Hamsun with a display of treasures linked to the author. The event is in Danish.

The Royal Danish Library's photo curator Charlotte Præstegaard Schwartz tours and gives an insight into the story of a woman who was as unconventional a person as she was as a photographer. In Danish.

Conversation about fashion photography then and now with photographer Fryd Frydendahl and journalist Chris Pedersen. The event is in Danish.

At this concert, Concerto Copenhagen recreates the early music from the beginning of the 1840s of the legendary Lumbye.

Children and their adults can make crowns with inspiration from the Royal Danish Library's collection - in pasta!

In the company of violinist Hartmut Rohde and double bassist Nabil Shehata.

The Russian writer Sergei Lebedev talks about the Russia described in his writing. This takes place in conversation with the director of the Danish Foreign Policy Society.

Composer, mandolin virtuoso and award-winning singer, Chris Thile plays a solo concert in the Black Diamond.

Pianist Sebastian Knauer builds bridges between the 18th and 21st centuries.

During the autumn holidays, the Royal Danish Library invites all curious children and their adults to experience the mystery of the library's fascinating buildings with its exciting activities.

The Diamond offers activities for children, free access to exhibitions and much more during Culture Night.

Tribute to the legendary composer Iannis Xenakis with JACK Quartet, Ying-Hsueh Chen and Maciej Nerkowski, among others.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - Get an exclusive insight into one of the library's smallest and most exclusive places to visit: the Art Library.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard will receive Denmark’s most prominent music award. Hear him play a solo concert with music by Rued Langgaard, Mozart, Ligeti and more.

Petter Stordalen is one of the Nordic's most successful entrepreneurs and public speakers – and now also an author! Meet him in conversation about creating and leading - even when adversity strikes.

Experience new Danish drama inspired by Holberg on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Danish theatre.

Watch the livestream directly from Arctic Imagination in Canada.

With over 100 symphonies, Joseph Haydn stands as one of the greatest composers ever. Concerto Copenhagen reproduces some of Haydn's irresistible symphonies which are both intimate and intimidating.

Watch the livestream directly from Arctic Imagination in Canada.

Watch the livestream directly from Arctic Imagination in Canada.

Watch the livestream directly from Arctic Imagination in Canada.

Watch the livestream directly from Arctic Imagination in Canada.

Jonathan Franzen has been hailed for years as one of America's most prominent authors for years. He will visit The Black Diamond with his newest novel 'Crossroads'.

Follow along from home on livestream when Jonathan Franzen (US) takes the stage in the Queen's Hall in conversation with Kristina Stoltz.

Follow the livestream here.

Meet the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics, Joseph Eugene Stiglitz, in conversation about the United States and Europe in a tumultuous time.

External event: Dreamer's Circus celebrates the "Handed on" project.

We celebrate the open, free-minded city of Copenhagen in the historic library garden with music, statements and new poetry.

THE DIAMOND CLUB ONLY - This time with artistic director, harpsichordist and conductor in Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen.

Create mini universes with flowers in the library's creative workshop for the whole family.

We celebrate the open, free-minded city of Copenhagen in the historic library garden with music, statements and new poetry.

South African Zanele Muholi is one of todays most acclaimed photographers. Muholi's works depict vulnerable areas such as identity, gender, sexuality and ethnicity.

We celebrate the open, free-minded city of Copenhagen in the historic library garden with music, statements and new poetry.

In the afternoon sun in front of The Black Diamond, there is free Friday jazz most of the summer. This afternoon with singer Yasmin Kirkegaard and band.

In the afternoon sun in front of The Black Diamond, there is free Friday jazz most of the summer. This afternoon with Danish drummer Andreas Svendsen performing with his quartet.

In the afternoon sun in front of The Black Diamond, there is free Friday jazz most of the summer. This afternoon with the duo Nordström/Østergaard (SE/DK).

In the afternoon sun in front of The Black Diamond, there is free Friday jazz most of the summer. This afternoon with singer Birgitte Soojin.

In the afternoon sun in front of The Black Diamond, there is free Friday jazz most of the summer. This afternoon with Emil de Waal and Gustaf Ljunggren.

Three pedal steels on stage in a beautiful and diverse universe with Susan Alcorn, BJ Cole, Emil de Waal, Gustav Lundgren and more.

The three musicians Henrik Gunde, Jakob Munck and Peter Fuglsang embarked on a hike in 2020 - here are who and what they met.

Paloma Pradal is a rare and original talent and is already considered a great flamenco singer - especially when flamenco meets other styles, like here.

Tour de France - Watch stage 3 live on the big screen

Tour de France - Tour de KBH and stage 2 on big screen

Tour de France - Fan zone and stage 1 on big screen

Make cool airplanes in the Black Diamond's workshop - The Creative Library.

In the afternoon sun in front of The Black Diamond, there is free Friday jazz most of the summer. This afternoon with Danish tenor saxophonist Andreas Toftemark.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - Photography curator Charlotte Præstegaard Schwartz gives a tour of the exhibition LEE MILLER - Photographer. Icon. Surrealist.

Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller (1907-1977) was, both as a photographer and as a person, a norm-breaker, and she lived a completely unusual life.

Join us when we open an exhibition on the extraordinary life of photographer, icon and surrealist Lee Miller with talks, refreshments and free entry to the exhibition.

The event is sold out, but will be livestreamed on this page. It's free to watch the livestream.

DIAMOND CLUB ONLY - Exclusive lecture on the literary star.

The former editor-in-chief of Le Monde, Sylvie Kauffmann, discuss international politics, the situation in France and the EU in the light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Premiere of a previously unperformed work by Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen.

Meet Abdulrazak Gurnah for a conversation about the authorship that awarded him the Nobel Prize, the world's most prestigious literary prize, in 2021.

Three-day mini festival of top string quartets: The fantastic Diotima Quartet plays chamber music of the highest quality.

Three-day mini-festival with string quartets: Classical chamber music with the energy of a young rock band.

Three-day mini-festival with string quartets: Poseidonkvartetten performs the last quartets of the two great masters Schubert and Beethoven.

DIAMOND CLUB ONLY - Hear about one of Denmark's greatest architects and designers, Thorvald Bindesbøll.

Draw, paint and make impressive hats like in the old days in The Black Diamond's workshop.

With Jakob Bro, Midori Takada, Nils Petter Molvær, Marilyn Mazur & Anja Lechner (DE). Arranged by Jakob Bro and Jazz Club Loco.

ONLY FOR THE DIAMOND CLUB - The world-renowned recorder player talks about her life as a virtuoso on the instrument.

Inge Høst Seiding, Tina Enghoff and Julie Edel Hardenberg explore how narratives of Denmark's colonial past in Greenland can be illuminated and processed.

Sturm und Drang symphonies by Kozeluch, Kraus and Mozart.

World-renowned artist Thomas Struth explores human communities through photography. Hear him talk about his artistic vision in conversation with journalist Anja Bo.

Enjoy a concert before the evening's activities. This time Kind of Cyan will be joined by four percussionists to play Shostakovich's legendary 15th Symphony.

In 2007, Leïla Slimani caused a great debate with her book 'Sex and Lies'. Now she will be visiting The Black Diamond with her latest book 'In the Country of Others'.

Bring your siblings, friends and adults for creative fun in The Black Diamond's workshop.

Exclusive tour for Diamond Club members: see the memorable moments from last year captured by the country's best press photographers.

The baroque orchestra Concerto Copenhagen performs cosmopolitan George Muffat's harmonious tribute to Europe.

Come for an exclusive tour of 'Displaced', when photo artist Tina Enghoff tells about the story and inspiration behind the exhibition.

An abandoned Jewish school in eastern Slovakia is the starting point for this photo exhibition by Yuri Dojc.

As a member of the Diamond Club, you can get an exclusive tour of Tina Enghoff's exhibition 'Displaced'.

Meet a handful of today's most interesting authors at a festive awards ceremony in the Queen's Hall.

World stars in piano trio visit the Black Diamond and play Schumann and Brahms' first trios, as well as Wolfgang Rihm's "Fremde Szenen III".

Reality and its people emerge through dramatic, funny and memorable moments from last year captured by the best Danish press photographers.

Enjoy a concert before the evening's chores and see the trio Kind of Cyan reinterpret composer Lera Auerbach's Piano Trio No. 2

MeToo, sexual harassment and sisterly solidarity - Denmark's first female Prime Minister on the responsibility for equality and on the legacy for the younger generations.

Tina Enghoff in collaboration with David Samuel Naeman Josef Kristoffersen.

Ravel's masterful piano trio in A minor.

The conversation with the former winner of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize will mainly focus on topics such as community and loneliness, ambitions and the price of success.

Draw, paint and build your own work of art inspired by the treasures in the Royal Danish Library.

Eight large installations with over 300 objects form a journey into the complex, creative universe of the musician, storyteller and cultural icon Nick Cave.

The landscape and reflections of memory, silent inner spaces and women's experiences throughout history. The photographs in Trine Søndergaard's exhibition WORKS let us see the invisible.