Newspapers
You can read newspapers on microfilm and on the newspaper computer. The microfilms and the newspaper computer are in the basement. You can also request original newspapers from our external storage. And read them in the Special Collections Reading Room.
Newspapers are available on microfilm in the basement, which is open when the library is open. You do not need to request microfilm before your visit.
List of Swedish newspapers on microfilm at the University Library (PDF, 343 kB, new tab, in Swedish)
We have digital microfilm scanners. You can print and save microfilmed articles to a USB memory stick with them. Instructions on using the microfilms are next to the microfilm readers.
Support
For help, please call +46 46 222 91 90 or visit our information desk.
You can read articles over a hundred years old using the Swedish papers search service.
Newer articles are copyrighted. Use the newspaper computer to read copyrighted articles.
To use the newspaper computer, you need to book an appointment to use the newspaper computer. You can book up to two hours per day. The newspaper computer is in the basement.
Use your student or Lucat account to log in and use a scanner. If you are not a student or an employee at Lund University, you need a guest account and a library card.
The information desk on the entrance floor will help you get a guest account and a library card. Please note that activating a guest account can take up to half an hour.
Read more about guest (walk-in-user) accounts and how to pay for printouts
You can request newspaper originals from our external storage. You read them in the Special Collections Reading Room. Newspapers are available on Wednesdays if you request them at the latest on Monday of the same week.
We do not supply newspapers in original print format if they are digitally available or on microfilm. However, we make exceptions if you need to get the original digitised for publishing. We also have newspapers that we cannot handle due to their fragile condition.
Request newspaper originals through this form
Please book a seat in the Special Collections Reading Room. Walk-ins are welcome if seats are available.
To find older Swedish newspapers, search the card catalogue called Tidningskatalogen.
Swedish-American newspapers published across the United States between 1859 and 2007 are in the Swedish American newspapers.
Search Swedish American newspapers
You can find Swedish-language newspapers published in Finland in the digital collections of the National Library of Finland. Digitisation is ongoing and not yet complete.