List of libraries in Iceland
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This is a list of libraries in Iceland. According to the Consortium of Icelandic Libraries, there are more than 300 libraries in Iceland when school libraries and libraries of government agencies and ministries are included.[1] The present list excludes school libraries below the university level as well as most libraries of government agencies which are not open to the public but participate in interlibrary loaning.
Libraries by locale
Reykjavik
- Althingi Library, Parliament of Iceland[2]
- Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Library[3]
- Dagsbrún Library
- National and University Library of Iceland, Reykjavík[4]
- National Gallery of Iceland Library[5]
- Reykjavik City Library[2]
- Technical College Reykjavík Library[5]
Elsewhere
Libraries by type
State libraries
Municipal libraries
Library systems operating multiple branches under unified management are presented as a single entry, with branch locations following a colon. Organisationally distinct units (e.g. main collection, special collection) are consolidated into a single entry for the purposes of this list.
Capital Region
Southern Peninsula
Western Region
Westfjords
- Bókasafn Bolungarvíkur[28]
- Bókasafn Vesturbyggðar: Bíldudalur, Patreksfjörður, Tálknafjörður[29]
- Bókasafnið Ísafirði[30]
- Héraðsbókasafn Reykhólahrepps[31]
- Héraðsbókasafn Strandasýslu[32]
Northwestern Region
Northeastern Region
- Amtsbókasafnið á Akureyri[37]
- Bókasafn Aðaldæla[38]
- Bókasafn Dalvíkurbyggðar[39]
- Bókasafn Eyjafjarðarsveitar[40]
- Bókasafn Fjallabyggðar: Ólafsfjörður, Siglufjörður[41]
- Bókasafn Grýtubakkahrepps[42]
- Bókasafn Mývatnssveitar[38]
- Bókasafn Öxarfjarðar[43]
- Bókasafn Reykdæla[38]
- Bókasafnið á Húsavík[43]
- Bókasafnið á Raufarhöfn[43]
- Bókasafnið í Hrísey[44]
Eastern Region
- Bókasafn Fáskrúðsfjarðar: Breiðdalsvík, Eskifjörður, Neskaupstaður, Reyðarfjörður, Stöðvarfjörður[45]
- Bókasafn Múlaþings: Djúpivogur, Egilsstaðir, Seyðisfjörður[46]
- Bókasafn Vopnafjarðar[47]
Southern Region
- Bæjarbókasafn Ölfuss[48]
- Bókasafn Árborgar: Eyrarbakki, Selfoss, Stokkseyri[49]
- Bókasafn Grímsnes- og Grafningshrepps[50]
- Bókasafn Hrunamanna[51]
- Bókasafn Vestmannaeyja[52]
- Bókasafn Vestur-Eyjafjalla
- Bókasafnið Hellu[53]
- Bókasafnið í Hveragerði[54]
- Héraðsbókasafn Rangæinga[55]
- Héraðsbókasafn Vestur-Skaftafellssýslu
- Héraðsbókasafnið á Kirkjubæjarklaustri[56]
- Lestrarfélag Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahrepps
- Bókasafn Menningarmiðstöðvar Hornafjarðar[57]
Private libraries
Nongovernmental organisations
Nonprofit organisations
See also
in Icelandic
- Leitir.is, library catalog
