In the Naval Museum’s Library you will find many unique books on everything from naval warfare and military history to technology and shipbuilding. The collections contain literature concerning galleon figureheads, how seamen lived onboard, navy officer registers, nautical dictionaries, and much more connected to naval history.   

The library’s oldest book is De Re Navali Libellus, written by a French author and printed in Lyon in 1540. Sections of the library of ship-builder and shipyard admiral Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721-1808) are also included in the collections; along with a selection of the scientifically important books that he himself wrote.

The library is open to all

The Naval Museum’s library is a research and reference library which is open to the public once a week. You can also search in the library collections online.

The library interior is much talked about in design circles, being the work of architect and furniture designer Åke Axelsson who also furnished The Riksdag Library in Stockholm and the unique  Carlskrona Läsesällskaps bibliotek (Karlskrona Reading Society Library).