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Newspapers and newspaper articles
Newspaper articles can be found in our databases covering the daily press. Newspapers in their entirety are available in digitized form, on microfilm and in some cases in printed form at some of our libraries.
Find newspapers in databases
The library has several databases covering the daily press that contain newspaper articles in full text and references to articles. The databases cover different time periods and different newspapers. See the respective database description to choose the right one for your search.
Accessing databases
Students and staff at the University of Gothenburg can access the databases through the university network, or by logging in with the GU account when outside of campus. Everyone visiting the University Library can use our computers to access the databases.
Find digitized newspapers
The database Svenska dagstidningar contains digitized newspapers covering nearly 1500 titles from 1645 until today. The database does not contain newspapers from the latest four months.. Newspapers older than 115 years are freely available directly in the database.
Newspapers under the age of 115 can only be read on special computers that have full access to the database for copyright reasons. There is one such computer at the Social Sciences Library, as well as one at the Humanities Library. Contact the libraries to book one of the computers.
About computers with full access to Svenska dagstidningar
Find newspapers on microfilm
The University Library has many newspapers on microfilm, most of them located at the Social Sciences Library. The microfilm collection contains almost all Swedish newspapers, about 850 titles. Most are microfilmed from 1979 to 2013. You can check if we have a certain newspaper on microfilm by searching for the newspaper's title in Supersearch.
You do not need to request the microfilms, but can pick them up from the shelf and read them in one of the library's microfilm readers. To scan, save, or print from a microfilm, you must use the library's microfilm scanner. The microfilm collection and equipment is open to everyone.
Find older printed newspapers
The Humanities Library has a number of older printed newspapers from the mid-18th century onwards. These are original versions and the newspapers are often in a delicate condition. They are therefore placed in closed stacks and may only be read in the special reading room.
The Social Sciences Library also holds a number of older printed newspapers that are only accessible for researchers. These newspapers are marked "Tidningslägg" in Supersearch and must be requested in advance. The material may only be read at the researcher seat on floor 4 in the Social Sciences Library.
You can check if we have a certain newspaper by searching for the newspaper's title in Supersearch or Katalog-1957
Request older printed newspapers
Contact the respective library to request older printed newspapers.
Request from the Humanities Library
Request from the Social Sciences Library
Find facts about newspapers
If you need facts about Swedish newspapers, such as ideology or place of publication, you can use The National Library of Sweden's services Nya and Gamla Lundstedt. They contain information about Swedish newspapers from 1645 onwards.
To Gamla Lundstedt (1645 -1899) (Swedish)
To Nya Lundstedt (1900 - today) (Swedish)
Use the database World Press Trends to find statistics and facts about newspapers in different countries.
The Social Sciences Library has several printed indexes with facts about newspapers. Ask at the Library information desk if you want help using the indexes.
If we don't have the newspaper you need
If you need a newspaper that is not a part of the University Library's collections, you can order an interlibrary loan of the newspaper on microfilm. If it's a newspaper article you need, you can order a copy of the article.
Contact us about newspapers
Contact the Social Sciences Library if you have questions about newspapers in databases or on microfilm.