Theseus list of Danish libraries and archives

Det kongelige Bibliotek, København
[The Royal Library, Copenhagen]

General address:
Det kongelige Bibliotek
Postbox 2149
DK-1016 København K.

Danish homepage of the library
English homepage of the library
Danish homepage of the Manuscript Dept.
English homepage of the Manuscript Dept.
The REX database
Brevbasen (the database of letters)
This is the Danish national library. There are several online catalogues and databases. The major one is REX which includes all books and journals in Danish published after 1960 and also material from other databases including archival material. The major part of letters deposited in the library may be looked up in the letter database Brevbase.

Last updated: 2008.09.17

Statens Arkiver
[The Danish State Archives]

General address:
Statens Arkiver
Rigsarkivet
Rigsdagsgården 9
DK-1218 København K.

Homepage of the Archives (also available in English)
The Danish State Archives consists of several separate archives. The most important is The Danish National Archives (Rigsarkivet). The homepages includes a brief description of the collections, guides and catalogues for the collections etc.

Last updated: 2008.09.17

Det Natur- og Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultetsbibliotek (KUB Nord)
[Faculty Library of Natural and Health Sciences]

Address:
Det Natur- og Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultetsbibliotek (KUB Nord)
Nørre Allé 49
DK-2200 København N.

Homepage of the library
This is the university library (now part of the Royal Library) for the science and medicine faculties at the University of Copenhagen. The holdings of the library may be searched via the online database of the Royal Library.

Last updated: 2008.09.24

Statsbiblioteket i Aarhus
[The State and University Library, Aarhus]

Address:
Statsbiblioteket
Universitetsparken
DK-8000 Aarhus C.
Phone: +45 8946 2022

Homepage of the library in English
Homepage of the library in Danish
This is the university library for the University of Aarhus maintaining national library tasks. The holdings of the library may be searched via the online databases (accessible from the library's homepage). The library has a manuscript collection, but it cannot be search online.

Last updated: 2008.09.24

Niels Bohr Arkivet
[The Niels Bohr Archive]

Address:
Niels Bohr Arkivet
Blegdamsvej 17
DK-2100 København Ø.
Phone: +45 3532 5219
Fax: +45 3532 5428

Homepage of the archive (in English)
List of the collections of the archives (in English)
Information on the collections is available online.

Last updated: 2000.05.25

Videnskabernes Selskabs arkiv
[The archive of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters]

Address:
Videnskabernes Selskab
H. C. Andersens Boulevard 35
DK-1553 København V.
Phone: +45 3343 5300
Fax: +45 3391 5301

Homepage of the academy (in Danish)
The archive contains mainly material from the activities of the Academy. Information is not available online.

Last updated: 2008.09.24

Carlsbergs Arkiv
[The archive of Carlsberg]

Address of Carlsberg A/S:
Carlsberg
Vesterfælledvej 100
DK-1799 København V.
Phone: +45 3327 3327

This is the archive of the company Carlsberg A/S and it also contains archival material from the Carlsberg Laboratory. Access only after the permission of the management.

Last updated: 1997.12.11

Carlsberg Forskningscenters Bibliotek
[The Library of the Carlsberg Research Center]

Address of the administration:
Carlsberg Forskningscenter
Gl. Carlsbergvej 10
DK-2500 Valby.
Phone: +45 3327 5202

Homepage (in English) of the Carlsberg Research Center
The library contains the oldest and best collection of literature of brewing and related sciences.

Last updated: 2008.09.24

Arkivet, Institut for Matematiske Fag, Københavns Universitet
[The Archive, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen]

Address of the Archive:
Arkivet
Institut for Matematiske Fag,
Universitetsparken 5
DK-2100 København Ø.
Phone: +45 3532 0741 (Jesper Lützen)

Danish homepage of the Archive
English homepage of the Archive
English homepage of the Institute
The archive collect papers from people, societies, etc. which have had a kind of affiliation with the institute. Inventories (most in Danish) for almost all collections are available on the homepages of the Archive.

Last updated: 2008.09.24

Botanisk Have og Museum [The Botanical Garden and Museum]

General address of the garden and museum:
Botanisk Have & Museum
Øster Farimagsgade 2B
DK-1353 København K.
Phone: +45 3532 2222

Homepage of the museum and garden

Last updated: 2008.09.24

Zoologisk Museum, Københavns Universitet
[The Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen]

General address:
Zoologisk Museum
Universitetsparken 15
DK-2100 København Ø.
Phone: +45 3532 2222
Homepage of the museum.
The museum's library has a special collection: The Historical Archives for Danish Zoology and Zoologists.

Last updated: 2008.09.24

Institut for Videnskabsstudier, Aarhus Universitet
Department of Science Studies, University of Aarhus

Address:
Institut for Videnskabsstudier
C. F. Møllers Allé,
Bygning 1110
DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Phone: +45 8942 3512
Fax: +45 8942 3510

Danish homepage of the institute
English homepage of the department
The institute has a very good library for the history of science and an archive which includes papers of the Danish scientists: Bengt Strömgren, Ejnar Hertzsprung and Peder O. Pedersen, and a collection of pictures of scientists. Homepages describing the archives are in preparation.

Last updated: 2008.09.24

Institut for Matematik og Datalogi, Syddansk Universitet
[Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Southern Denmark]

General address:
Institut for Matematik og Datalogi, Syddansk Universitet
Odense Universitet
Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M.
Phone: +45 6550 1090
Homepage of the department.

Last updated: 2008.09.24