The historical collection in Umeå
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16/05/2025
The historical collection at the SLU library in Umeå includes literature from the 1700–1900s. Many of the works have been donated by Gunnar Schotte, the first librarian at what was later to become the Forestry library.
Professor Gunnar Schotte (1874–1925) was the head of the Swedish State Forest Research Center and director of its forest department and from 1918 also the first librarian. With his many contacts around the world he built the forest library and his own book collection.