28 Sep Liberty Lady at the Royal Library

The National Library of Sweden, Kungliga Biblioteket (translated “Royal Library”) is located in the heart of Stockholm in the area Humlegården. (Just north is a park known as Stureparken where my mother lived when she first arrived in the city in August of 1944.)

According to its official website, the National Library has been collecting virtually everything printed in Sweden or in Swedish since 1661.

The National Library moved into its current building in January of 1878. In 1928, east and west wings were added, and through the years there have been additional renovations.

It is reported that Vladimir Lenin visited the library on several occasions in 1907 and 1910. Visitors still like to see where he sat near the windows to read the foreign newspapers.

Now fast forward to Sept. 11, 2013, the day I visited the Library to do the very same thing as Lenin! One of the librarians set me up at a microfilm machine so I could peruse the Stockholm newspapers from 1944 and ‘45.

A month ago, a gentleman from Sweden emailed me from my website. A few days later he announced that he had requested the National Library of Sweden order my book, Liberty Lady: A True Story of Love and Espionage in WWII Sweden, thereby registering it in the National Database, LIBRIS. I was thrilled!

Two days ago, my Swedish correspondent emailed that Liberty Lady had arrived! My book now resides in Stockholm’s “Royal Library!” Many thanks to the staff at Kungliga Biblioteket and to my new Swedish friend.

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