National Library of Finland
Helsinki, Finland. Founded 1640.
- Type: National
- City: Helsinki
- Country: Finland
- Founded: 1640
Overview
The oldest and largest scholarly library in Finland began in 1640 as the library of the Royal Academy of Turku. After the great fire of Turku in 1827 destroyed nearly all of the collection, the university and its library moved to Helsinki, where Carl Ludvig Engel designed the neoclassical main building near Senate Square. Part of the University of Helsinki, it receives legal deposit copies of Finnish publications, and its Slavonic Library, built from Russian legal deposit during the Grand Duchy era, is one of the finest collections of nineteenth century Russian printing outside Russia.
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