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Oslo Public Library

library in Oslo, Norway
Organization Public Library Q1183139

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
public library
Official website
www.deichman.no[9]
Legal form
Organisasjonsledd[11]

Status and dates

Inception
1785[8]

Location

Headquarters location
Deichman main library at Hammersborg, Deichman library, Bjørvika[6]
Country
Norway[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 59.909°, 10.752°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Oslo Municipality[4]

Industry and activity

Industry
library and archives activities[7]

Financials

Employees
+490[10]

Relations

Member of
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations[2][3]
More facts +2
Award received
IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year Award[1]
Operating area
Oslo Municipality[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Deichmanske bibliotek (Oslo, Norsko) en Oslo Public Library en Deichman Library en deichman.no en Deichmanske bibliotek cs Deichmanova knihovna de Deichmanske bibliotek (Oslo, Norsko) es Biblioteca Pública de Oslo es Deichman Bibliothek fa کتابخانه دایچمن fr Bibliothèque Deichman fr Bibliothèque publique d'Oslo it Biblioteca pubblica di Oslo nl Deichmanbibliotheek pl Biblioteka Miejska w Oslo sv Deichmanska biblioteket sv Deichmanske Bibliotek sv Deichmanske bibliothek zh 奧斯陸公共圖書館
🔖 Identifiers · 28
ROR ID
011sx0d94
ISNI
0000000089904380
VIAF cluster ID
131189318
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85120876
GND ID
1049525-3
GRID ID
grid.457776.0
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Deichman water mirror.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12356891s
Described at URL
www.oslo.kommune.no
ELMCIP ID
8815
Exact match
dbpedia.org, yago-knowledge.org
Facebook username
deichman.bjorvika
Show all 28 identifiers +16
Freebase ID
/m/09rsb83
ISIL
NO-2030000
Instagram username
deichmanbjorvika
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
1049525-3
Lex ID
Deichmanske_Bibliotek
Libraries.org ID
3020
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2801414986
NL CR AUT ID
mzk20221160000
Norwegian organisation number
919770775
OpenCorporates organization ID
no/919770775
Oslo Byleksikon article ID
6656
Ringgold ID
177042
Sceneweb organization ID
54888
Scilit organization ID
48430
Yale LUX ID
group/751aa565-88b9-4301-ba54-d8a9aa1808e9
YouTube handle
deichmanbibliotek3614
📚 Sources · 2
  • GND (DNB) as of 2026-09-30 · 1 statement · CC0 1.0 DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
  • OpenAlex as of 2026-09-27 · 1 statement · CC0 1.0 CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.

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OpenAlex
Edition
20260927 · as of 2026-09-27
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GND (DNB)
Edition
20260930 · as of 2026-09-30 · newer edition 20261105 landed
Licence
CC0 1.0
Credit
DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
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CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
DNB GND open data: CC0 1.0 as stated by data.dnb.de's own /opendata/ listing. Person records (names, birth/death dates and places, gender, occupations, variant names) internal-only; gnd keys of persons marked entity: person.
🔗 Connections
Member of 2
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations
Country 1
Norway
Instance of 1
public library
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Oslo Municipality
Operating area 1
Oslo Municipality
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FAQs

What awards did Oslo Public Library receive?

Honors received include IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year Award[1].

Related Entities

Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [1] ↑ . ifla.org. Retrieved . ifla.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. Retrieved . virksomhet.brreg.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . eblida.org. Retrieved . eblida.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Norwegian Central Coordinating Register for Legal Entities. Retrieved . virksomhet.brreg.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · Johand199 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Employees → 490
    "Created claim: Employees: 490, batch #259350"
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