While you wait: Read Hans Christian Andersen's Diary
Follow Hans Christian Andersen while he was in quarantine during his big trip abroad.
While you wait
If you can not come to us, we will come to you! Maybe you are in quarantine at home or you are one of the particularly vulnerable. This is content that can be enjoyed from the comforts of your home.
Jonals Co.
We have collected and packaged some of all our digital content that you can find at home from the living room. Enjoy.
While you wait: Listen to a podcast
Learn more about a classic. Hear Master Fatman talk about Proust, Knud Romer about Heidegger, Christina Hesselholdt about Virginia Woolf and Christian Lollike about Ludvig Holberg.
While you wait: Read a fairy tale
We have digitised one of the many fairy tales that elementary school teacher and folklore collector, Evald Tang Kristensen, collected. For the audience of the time, the fairy tale was about Southern…
While you wait: Help us with aerial photos
Det Kgl. Bibliotek has more than 400,000 aerial photos with unknown locations. Help us find out where they were taken.
While you wait: For the school to reopen
Are you running out of ideas for teaching your youngsters at home? We want to help.
While you wait: Get to know our treasures
Hear our experts talk about some of the most unique materials in the library's collections.
While you wait: Read in our newspapers
We have almost 6.5 million newspaper pages freely available. Find a good corner, grab a cup of coffee, stop your pipe and read.
While you wait: See what we looked like
We have saved the advertising catalogs from the large Danish department stores. Many of them are digitized. Explore our common fashion history.
While you wait: See our photo album
We have over 330,000 photos from the Danes' joint photo album. Explore them.
How to find images
Our collection of images contain everything from copperplate engravings to press and fine art photography. Some are available digitally and some are not. Get help finding what you are searching for.
Digital collections
Immerse yourself in a range of digital collections, including images, printed matter, handwritten manuscripts, maps, rare books, and much more.
Billedsamlingen
I samlingen har vi billeder i såvel fysisk som digital form. De kommer alle fra Danmark eller har en eller anden form for tilknytning til landet.