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Summer time

Summer time

Summer time (8.5 – 24.8)

Service desk on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors
Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00
Sat–Sun (25.5-25.8) CLOSED
Information service at the service desk on the 2nd floor
Mon-Fri 09:00-16:00
Iceland National Collection, Manuscript Collection and Reading Room on the 1st floor
Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00
Sat–Sun CLOSED

The following special collections are open on weekdays by appointment:

  • • Women's History Archive, kvennasogusafn (at) landsbokasafn.is, tel. 525 5779
  • • Oral History Center, munnlegsaga (at) landsbokasafn.is, tel. 525 5775
  • • Theatre Museum, leikminjasafn (at) landsbokasafn.is, tel. 525 5673
  • • Audio- and Visual Collection, hljodogmyndsafn (at) landsbokasafn.is, tel. 525 5774

Opening hours of the Law Library in Lögberg, see here .

Public holidays

The National and University Library of Iceland is closed on public holidays.
Opening hours for Christmas and Easter are advertised separately.

Extended opening hours during the University of Iceland exam period is advertised separately.

Summer closure

The National Library of Iceland – University Library is closed in the second half of July and over the weekend. Further information on the timing of the closure will be announced in due course.