Svenska tidningar
Search the National library's digitised newspapers, from the 17th century to the present day.
The service allows you to explore almost 400 years of Swedish press history. You need to visit the National library, or any other library that has the service, to study most of the material. However, you can freely read newspapers older than 100 years from home.
More and more newspapers
The service consists of all Swedish newspapers published from 2014 onwards. It contains the National librarys' entire collection of Swedish newspapers up to and including 1906, as well as a small selection of newspapers in between.
The service is constantly replenished with both older titles and new material for titles that are still published. It takes 4 months from the time a newspaper is published until it is available in the service.
Much is only available on microfilm
The National library started digitising its newspapers in 2014, but we have been microfilming newspapers since the 1940s. Many of our newspapers are therefore only available on microfilm in the library's premises. You can read more about our premises here.
We collect everything
The National library's mission is to collect, describe, preserve and make available all material that has been produced and publicly disseminated in Sweden, without valuing the content. Users should be aware that the library's collections contain older concepts, images and other historical content that today may be perceived as offensive as well as insulting or just generally outdated. Such expressions that reflect the attitudes of the authors/creators of their time may evoke strong feelings today, but are part of our history and therefore necessary for our understanding of the past.
How to use Swedish newspapers
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In addition to the National library, Svenska tidningar is available at a large number of university and public libraries in the country.
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Free text search
To perform a free text search, enter one or more search terms. Enter the words in the field and click on Sök.
Sökruta för fritextsök
Search within titles
You can choose to search one or more titles (newspapers and magazines) by clicking on Alla titlar (All titles) next to the search field. Once you have selected a title, it will be highlighted. You can then choose to search only the selected title(s) or by combining your selection with a free text search.
Filter
In the next step, you narrow down your search. For example, you can choose to only show hits from a specific newspaper. The newspapers that provide search hits are displayed in a list. Click on the newspaper you are interested in.
Filtrera titlar
You can also choose to view hits from a specific year or within a specific time period. The service displays a timeline with chart bars. Click directly in it to select a specific year, or drag the mouse pointer over several bars to view a limited time period.
Tidslinje
Next to the timeline there is also a Från (From) and a Till (To) box. There you can specify the exact dates within which you want to receive hits. Enter the dates and click on Applicera datum (Apply dates).
Filtrera tidsperiod
Search by issue number
You can search a journal issue when you are browsing the material. Click on the search icon in the right-hand menu, then enter your search term and click on Sök (Search). All hits will now be displayed in an index list, with information about which page each hit is on. You can navigate by clicking in the index list. The search term will then be zoomed in so that you can see where your hit is on the newspaper page.
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After a search, you will see small images of newspaper pages where your search terms appear, as well as information about the search hit. To save a search result, click on the bookmark at the bottom right of the image.
You can save search results from the hit list and from the viewer. The viewer is the view where you can browse the magazine. In the viewer, there is a tool menu in the right corner with several functions, and here you will also find the bookmark. Click on the bookmark to save the page you are on in the magazine.
Create an account to log in
To save search results, you need to be logged in. When you click on the bookmark you will be asked to log in. If you do not already have an account, click on Skapa konto (Create account) on the login page and follow the instructions.
Inloggningssidan
Once logged in, you can find your saved results by clicking on the menu on the right of the top bar, and then selecting Sparat material (Saved material).
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On the home page there are a couple of buttons with a selection of the newspapers available in the service. If you click on Visa alla titlar (Show all titles), you will get a list with all the titles available in the service and how many pages are available for each title.
When you click on a title in the list, a search result will appear with all the material available for the selected newspaper.
Alla titlar-sidan.
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Newspapers older than 100 years can be browsed freely, wherever you are. You can restrict your search to such material only. To do so, put a date older than 100 years in the Till (To) box and click on Applicera datum (Apply date). This is because material newer than 100 years is protected by copyright law, and not free to browse from home.
