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Toalett

Det finns en handikappanpassad toalett i mitten av biblioteket.

Denna toalett är till för barn och deras föräldrar. The tables and chairs are of dark-stained, polished birch, the chair seats black, the table tops clad in black linoleum and there is a frieze of mahogany.
The new reading-lamps are from Fagerhults, specially lacquered in dark green. The staircase tapers towards the top like the portals around the entrances, thus amplifying the feeling of height.

The last picture depicts a wedding.

The life-size motif was painted on card by artist Hilding Linnqvist and the tapestry was financed by a donation from the Eva Bonnier Donation Fund. The sculptor is Ivar Johnsson.

The staircase up to the book hall has treads of dark limestone and risers of white marble and its round iron bannister is clad in leather straps.

Here it is in brown rosewood.

The galleries

The galleries are built to resemble amphitheatres, which means that they have a stair-like structure in relation to each other and that gallery 2 is further out towards the exterior wall than gallery 1. This “equestrian staircase” has treads which are quite long and deep, giving the impression of a wide ramp rather than a flight of steps.

Datorer att låna

Biblioteket har fyra datorer som du kan använda för till exempel internet 30 minuter per dag. The stairwell ceiling is veneered and has a flower-like, brass inlay, similar to the entrances to the subject rooms.

The Rotunda

The rotunda is the library’s round, central book hall, almost a building in its own right, submerged between the four surrounding wings, and with its own very thick exterior walls.

For more information about the furnishings, see the description of room 2.

Room 5

The tapestry that adorns this room is called “Swedish sailors in a foreign port” and was woven by Dana Bilde in 1930-32.

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