Stockholm Public Library

E97580

building cultural institution public library

Stockholm Public Library is a landmark early 20th-century building in Stockholm, Sweden, renowned for its cylindrical main hall and as one of architect Gunnar Asplund’s most celebrated works of Nordic Classicism.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Stockholm Public Library canonical	7
Stockholm City Library annexes	1
Stockholm City Library branch (Södermalm library near the square)	1
Stockholm City Library main building	1
Stockholm City Library system	1
Stockholm Public Library system	1
Stockholms stadsbibliotek	1
Stockholms stadsbibliotek (Stockholm Public Library)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T834157 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Stockholm Public Library
Context triple: [Nordic Classicism, hasNotableWork, Stockholm Public Library]

A. Central Library
Central Library is the main academic library of the National University of Colombia’s Bogotá campus, serving as a key hub for research, study, and access to scholarly resources.
B. Seattle Central Library
Seattle Central Library is a striking glass-and-steel public library building in downtown Seattle, renowned for its innovative architecture by Rem Koolhaas and its role as the flagship branch of the Seattle Public Library system.
C. National Central Library
The National Central Library was a former UK library service that coordinated inter-library loans and access to scholarly materials, later absorbed into what became the British Library.
D. Gutman Library
Gutman Library is Harvard University's primary library for the Graduate School of Education, specializing in resources on education, learning, and related social sciences.
E. Bostock Library
Bostock Library is a major academic library on Duke University’s campus that provides extensive research collections, study spaces, and scholarly resources for students and faculty.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Stockholm Public Library
Target entity description: Stockholm Public Library is a landmark early 20th-century building in Stockholm, Sweden, renowned for its cylindrical main hall and as one of architect Gunnar Asplund’s most celebrated works of Nordic Classicism.

A. Central Library
Central Library is the main academic library of the National University of Colombia’s Bogotá campus, serving as a key hub for research, study, and access to scholarly resources.
B. Seattle Central Library
Seattle Central Library is a striking glass-and-steel public library building in downtown Seattle, renowned for its innovative architecture by Rem Koolhaas and its role as the flagship branch of the Seattle Public Library system.
C. National Central Library
The National Central Library was a former UK library service that coordinated inter-library loans and access to scholarly materials, later absorbed into what became the British Library.
D. Gutman Library
Gutman Library is Harvard University's primary library for the Graduate School of Education, specializing in resources on education, learning, and related social sciences.
E. Bostock Library
Bostock Library is a major academic library on Duke University’s campus that provides extensive research collections, study spaces, and scholarly resources for students and faculty.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	building ⓘ cultural institution ⓘ public library ⓘ
architect	Gunnar Asplund ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Modernism ⓘ Nordic Classicism ⓘ
constructionStart	1924 ⓘ
country	Sweden ⓘ
genre	public architecture ⓘ
hasArchitecturalFeature	clerestory windows in rotunda ⓘ monumental entrance staircase ⓘ plain brick exterior ⓘ
hasCollectionType	audio-visual materials ⓘ books ⓘ children’s literature ⓘ foreign-language literature ⓘ periodicals ⓘ
hasCoordinateSystem	WGS84 ⓘ
hasDomeOrRotunda	yes ⓘ
hasFunction	cultural venue ⓘ lending library ⓘ reference library ⓘ study space ⓘ
hasPart	book stacks ⓘ central rotunda ⓘ cylindrical main hall ⓘ reading rooms ⓘ
hasReadingRoomCapacity	hundreds of visitors ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://biblioteket.stockholm.se ⓘ
heritageDesignation	byggnadsminne ⓘ
heritageStatus	listed building ⓘ
inception	1928 ⓘ
influenced	later modern library design ⓘ
locatedIn	Stockholm ⓘ Vasastan ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Europe ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
notableFor	Nordic Classicism architecture ⓘ cylindrical main hall ⓘ innovative library design ⓘ
openingDate	1928 ⓘ
operatedBy	Stockholms stadsbibliotek ⓘ linked to: Stockholm Public Library
ownedBy	City of Stockholm ⓘ linked to: Stockholm
partOf	Stockholm City Library system ⓘ linked to: Stockholm Public Library
primaryLanguage	Swedish ⓘ
significantBuildingFor	Gunnar Asplund ⓘ
streetAddress	Sveavägen 73 ⓘ
touristAttraction	true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nordic Classicism → hasNotableWork → Stockholm Public Library ⓘ

Norrmalm → contains → Stockholm City Library annexes ⓘ

subject linked to: City – Norrmalm