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KB, nationale bibliotheek

national library of the Netherlands
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Summary

KB, nationale bibliotheek is a national library[1]. It draws 433 Wikipedia views per month (national library category, ranking #22 of 175).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Koninklijk[3]
  • Member of: Société de l’histoire de France[4], Open Preservation Foundation[5], World Digital Library[6], Consortium of European Research Libraries[7], International GLAM Labs Community[8], Geheugen van Nederland[9], Vereeniging der Vijftig[10], Conference of European National Librarians[11], International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions[12], Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association[13], European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations[14], International Internet Preservation Consortium[15], IIIF Consortium[16], NAPLE[17]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: The Hague[18]
  • Country: Netherlands[19]
  • Headquarters location: The Hague[20]
  • Location: Q134608790[21]
  • Commons category: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Netherlands[22]
  • Has part(s): Book warehouse of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the Netherlands[23]
  • Inception: November 8, 1798[24]
  • Official website: https://www.kb.nl[25]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Netherlands[26]
  • Commons gallery: Koninklijke Bibliotheek[27]
  • Director / manager: Wilma van Wezenbeek[28]
  • Described by source: Open GLAM Survey[29]
  • Official name: Koninklijke Bibliotheek[30]
  • Commons Institution page: Koninklijke Bibliotheek[31]
  • Native label: Koninklijke Bibliotheek[32]
  • Different from: Royal Library of the Low Countries[33], Royal Library of Belgium[34], royal decree[35], National Library of Sweden[36]
  • Name: KB, nationale bibliotheek[37]
  • Partnership with: Network Archives Design and Digital Culture[38]
  • Subject has role: ISNI Direct Data Contributor[39]
  • IPv6 routing prefix: 2001:610:a20::/48[40]

Why It Matters

KB, nationale bibliotheek has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

FAQs

What awards did KB, nationale bibliotheek receive?

Honors received include Koninklijk[3].

Related Entities

Anna Maria van Schurman Constantijn Huygens Félicien Rops Het Geheugen Isabelle de Charrière Jacob Cats Jean Fouquet Jean Froissart John Amos Comenius Joost van den Vondel Juvenal Louis Couperus Lucian of Samosata Netherlands Publius Papinius Statius Rembrandt The Hague

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [19] ↑ . koninklijkhuis.nl. Retrieved . koninklijkhuis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . koninklijkhuis.nl. Retrieved . koninklijkhuis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . koninklijkhuis.nl. Retrieved . koninklijkhuis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [21] ↑ . kb.nl. Retrieved . kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . openpreservation.org. Retrieved . openpreservation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wdl.org. wdl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . cerl.org. cerl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . glamlabs.io. Retrieved . glamlabs.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . geheugen.delpher.nl. Retrieved . geheugen.delpher.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . kb.nl. Retrieved . kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . cenl.org. Retrieved . cenl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] ↑ . eblida.org. Retrieved . eblida.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [15] ↑ . netpreserve.org. Retrieved . netpreserve.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . iiif.io. Retrieved . iiif.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . kb.nl. Retrieved . kb.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Open GLAM Survey, version of 31 October 2019. Retrieved . docs.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . koninklijkhuis.nl. Retrieved . koninklijkhuis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . koninklijkhuis.nl. Retrieved . koninklijkhuis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . nieuweinstituut.nl. Retrieved . nieuweinstituut.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . isni.org. isni.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . apps.db.ripe.net. apps.db.ripe.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', '
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  2. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Kingsland
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