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Places to eat and drink

The library houses a restaurant and café. There is also a picnic room on the ground floor for those wishing to bring a packed lunch.

Sumlen restaurant

The Sumlen Restaurant is situated in the cellar vault, one floor beneath the ground level. Sumlen serves lunch on week days and also offer a vegetarian alternative on the menu.

Opening hours

Monday to Friday: 11.00–14.00

Closed for the summer

Sumlen is closed between 28 June and 10 August.

Johannes Bureus (1568‌–1652), Sweden’s first Royal Librarian, kept a large notebook he called Sum(b)len. It is bound in parchment taken from a medieval Latin manuscript and contains close to 700 leaves.

Café Valfrid

Located in the entrance hall, Café Valfrid offers coffee, snacks, homebaked cakes and light lunches, such as sandwiches and salads.

Opening hours until 4 July

  • Monday to Thursday: 9.00–19.00
  • Friday: 9.00–18.00
  • Saturday: Closed for the summer, reopens on 23 August. (11.00–15.00)

Opening hours 7 July to 8 August

  • Monday to Friday: 10–16
Valfrid Palmgren Munch-Petersen (1877–1967) was a library pioneer and the first female librarian at the National Library. Her book Libraries and public reform, initiated an important period of development of Swedish public libraries.

Can I bring my own food?

In the inner section of Café Valfrid, there is a dedicated area for visitors bringing their own food. However, there are no facilities available to heat food.

No food or drink among the collections!

Please note that it is not allowed to bring food, drinks, fruit, or sweets into the library.

This is because we hold legal deposit copies of all publications released in Sweden — items that are meant to be preserved, ideally forever! That is why we take extra care to protect the material from damage.

VISIT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY

Special requirements

The National Library is not like other libraries. Our collections must be well preserved in ordered to be studied by today’s readers as well as by future generation of readers.

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