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“I am carried in the shadow / of the great wings.” – Tomas Tranströmer #Tranströmerbiblioteket #TomasTranströmer #StockholmPublicLibrary #PoetryLibrary #SwedishPoetry #HiddenStockholm #LibraryLovers

The design is minimalist and warm, with soft lighting, wooden shelves, and a small piano (Tranströmer, who was also a psychologist and pianist, often described poetry as a way of “playing the piano of reality”). tranströmerbiblioteket

Located inside (the iconic rotunda building by Gunnar Asplund), this small, dedicated room is a hidden treasure for lovers of modern poetry. It’s named after Sweden’s beloved Nobel Laureate, Tomas Tranströmer, whose spare, luminous verses find a perfect home here. “I am carried in the shadow / of the great wings

🌿 It’s not just a collection of Tranströmer’s own work – translated into over 60 languages – but also a listening room. You can sit down, put on headphones, and hear the master himself reading his poems. The sound of his voice, calm and deliberate, turns the room into a chapel of words. 🌿 It’s not just a collection of Tranströmer’s

There are libraries that impress with their size, and then there are libraries that touch you with their silence. 📖✨ – the Tomas Tranströmer Library – belongs to the second kind.