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Join the National Heritage Board – The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities Library

The National Heritage Board (Riksantikvarieämbetet) is the Swedish authority for cultural heritage issues. We work to ensure that cultural environments, cultural landscapes, cultural objects, and museums are preserved, used, and developed. Our mission is guided by the government's goals for cultural policy and state cultural heritage work. Our operations are located in Visby, Stockholm, and Tumba, and we also run public activities at the visitor site Glimmingehus. We employ approximately 250 people.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities Library is a national specialist library in the field of cultural heritage and serves as a central knowledge resource for the National Heritage Board. We offer both extensive physical collections and a growing digital offering to users across the country.

Our focus areas include archaeology, cultural heritage conservation, medieval art and architecture, museology, and numismatics. Our primary users are researchers, students, and professionals, but the library is open to everyone. We actively work to reach target groups that can benefit from our collections and services.

The library has eleven permanent staff members and will, from April 1, 2026, be part of the newly formed Department of Cultural Heritage Science. Together with the authority's archives, we are located in beautiful historic premises on Östermalm in Stockholm.

Your Responsibilities

We are looking for someone to strengthen our team for 12 months, involving both staffing the information and lending desk and contributing in various ways to the work with our extensive collections. You should thrive in a role that combines personal responsibility with close collaboration with your colleagues.

Your tasks will include:

• Participating in scheduled staffing of the lending and information desk
• Working with the review of physical collections
• Working with Libris cataloging

The exact content of the position can be adjusted to some extent based on your competence and the needs of the operations.

Your Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

• A degree in library and information science or another university education we consider equivalent
• Experience working at a research library
• Good communication skills in Swedish and English, both spoken and written

The following are considered meritorious:

• Experience with cataloging and subject heading work
• Experience working with the review of physical library collections
• Subject knowledge within the library's central areas

You are independent, proactive, and meticulous, and you enjoy taking responsibility for your work. You find it easy to collaborate and build trusting relationships. You are curious about new methods and ways of working and wish to actively contribute to the development of the operations. We place great importance on your personal qualities.

Additional Information

The position is a special fixed-term employment for 12 months. Start date is by agreement, but preferably as soon as possible. The position is based in Stockholm with the possibility of some remote work when the nature of the work allows.

Welcome to apply! Submit your CV and cover letter by April 15, 2026. Mark your application with the reference number RAÄ-2026-1333. We only accept applications via our recruitment system.