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Music and Theatre library

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The Music and Theatre Library (Musik-och teaterbiblioteket), which was founded in 1771 and belongs to the Agency since 2011, is one of the world's oldest and largest research libraries of its kind. Apart from over a 100,000 books and music scores, it also boasts large collections of manuscripts and archival photographs.

Musical autographs

🗃️ Category:Musical autographs of Johan Helmich Roman

A selection of 100+ musical autographs by Johan Helmich Roman.

Photographs

Helleday Collection

🗃️ Category:Helleday Collection

2,291 photographs from the late 19th and early 20th century. They were created by various Swedish photographers and collected by Olof Fredrik Wilhelm Helleday (1840–1917), a pharmacist from the city of Falun in central Sweden. The photographs depict famous theater personalities of the era, as well as scenes from dramatic plays and operas.

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  Actress Anna Byström
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  Performance of Carmen at the Royal Swedish Opera
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  Henriette Kuhn, dancer

Glass Plate Negatives Collection

🗃️ Category:Glass plate negatives in the Swedish Performing Arts Agency

Over 3,000 scanned glass plate negatives from the early 20th century, including portraits of prominent theater personalities as well as scenes from dramatic plays and operas. The majority of them had not been made available to the public before.

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  Anna Norling, actress
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  A performance of the musical comedy Florodora at Vasateatern
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  Agda Helin, actress

Stereo Cards Collection

🗃️ Category:Stereo cards in the Swedish Performing Arts Agency

166 stereo cards from the second half of the 19th century. They were published in France and contain scenes from various operas and dramatic plays. The stereo cards are hand-colored and appear as either monochrome or colorful depending on the direction from which they are illuminated. To demonstrate this, each card is represented by two separate files.

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  Lit from the front.
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  Lit from behind.