HMML Global Operations: Sweden
Sweden
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Region
Europe -
Country
Sweden -
Cities
Stockholm -
Repositories
National Library of Sweden -
Languages
Latin, Swedish, Danish, German, Arabic, Dutch, Early Scanian, French, Greek, Italian, Slavonic, and Spanish -
Project Dates
2000–2006
In the early 21st century, HMML undertook its final microfilm project—and its first project in Scandinavia—at the National Library (Kungliga Biblioteket) in Stockholm. HMML filmed over 600 manuscripts under the guidance of Father Aelred Tegels, OSB, and then Father John Kulas, OSB. Along with manuscripts in Swedish and Danish, the collection includes materials in Latin and other European vernaculars, some of which came to Sweden from Central Europe during the 30-Years War of the 17th century.
Kungliga Biblioteket, the National Library of Sweden, Stockholm. Photograph by Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman
Microfilming at the Kungliga Biblioteket. Photograph by Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman
9th-c. sacramentary in Latin (Sweden 147)
16th-c. prayer book in Swedish (Sweden 15)
Door to the vault at the Kungliga Biblioteket where the Codex Gigas is stored (the “Devil's Bible,” Sweden 160). Photograph by Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman
