Opening hours
Summer (9.5 - 24.8)
Summer closure 2026
The National and University Library will be closed from 20.7.-4.8.2026
Winter hours
| Service desks on 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor |
| Mon-Fri |
9:00-17:00 |
| Sat - Sun |
CLOSED |
| Reference desk on 2nd floor |
| Mon-Fri |
09:00-16:00 |
| Icelandic National Collection, Manuscript Department and reading room on 1st floor |
| Mon-Fri |
9:00-17:00 |
| Sat-Sun |
CLOSED |
The following special collections are open on weekdays by appointment:
- Women‘s History Archives, kvennasogusafn (at) landsbokasafn.is, tel. 525 5779
- Center of Oral History, munnlegsaga (at) landsbokasafn.is, tel. 525 5775
- Theater museum, leikminjasafn (at) landsbokasafn.is, tel. 525 5673
- Audio-visual department, hljodogmyndsafn (at) landsbokasafn.is, tel. 525 5774
For opening hours of the Law library at the Faculty of Law building (Lögberg), see here.
Public holidays
The Library is closed on public holidays.
Extended opening hours during exam periods at the University of Iceland is specially advertised