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Among other libraries besides those of Stockholm we may mention the
City Library of Gothenburg, which is the most important and contains
150 000 volumes. In .1900 it was removed to new quarters specially
erected for it. The number of books used in 1912 amounted to 17 489
and about 11 764 volumes were lent out. The City Library of Norrköping
possesses about 50 000 volumes, and its foundation was the collection of
books bought from Finspång Palace in 1904, with which the public library,
founded by the City Association for Popular Education, was later united.
When Carl Swartz, ex-Minister, presented his villa to Norrköping- in
1912; rooms were fitted up in it during- 1913 for the library, — and
finally The City Library of Malmö, opened in December 1905, and
containing about 13 000 volumes.
At all the State Secondary Schools in the Kingdom there are libraries
which are also accessible to the public. The most important is the Library
of Linköping with about 100 000 volumes and 1 900 manuscripts, besides
500 letters on parchment.
Newspapers.
The first newspaper in Sweden appeared in 1645. It is still published,
under the name of Post- och Inrikes Tidningar, and is one of the oldest
existing newspaper of any country. Since 1791, its publication has
been a privilege of the Swedish Academy. This paper is to a certain
degree a Government organ, and contains chiefly all official
announcements; any commune in Sweden can obtain it on payment of postage onls^.
In earlier times, it was necessary to obtain an official privilege, issued
by the Government, to publish a periodical paper, and all papers were
subject to censorship, as were all other printed publications. During the
so-called "Period of Liberty", the freedom of the press was, however,
established, and it is worthy of note that Sweden was the first country
where regulations of this sort were given the character of a fundamental
law (1766). Among the four fundamental laws now in force in Sweden,
there is a law of 1812 concerning the liberty of the press, which contains
detailed instructions as to the right of issuing printed publications, the
responsibility for them, and the mode of legal procedure in libel cases;
it may be observed that in these cases a jury is employed — a legal
institution which is not otherwise found in Sweden.
Every person who has not been punished for a serious crime or declared
unworthy to plead another’s cause before court has the right to issue
periodical publications, after having notified the Minister of Justice.
Publishers of periodicals are, with respect to responsibility, held to be the
authors.
A survey of the development of the periodical literature of Sweden, as well
as of the number and manner of publication, at different times, of the political
and advertisement organs, and newspapers proper, is given in Table 72.
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