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^Gustaf

^Edvard

^Klemming,

^born

^September

^5,

¹⁸²³

ⁱⁿ

^Stockholm,

^died

^August

^31,

¹⁸⁹³

ⁱⁿ

^Kesäter

ⁱⁿ

^Vingåker.

^Klemming

^was

^chief

^librarian

^at

^the

^Royal

^Library

ⁱⁿ

^Stockholm

^(National

^Library

^of

^Sweden,

^NLS)

^and

^publisher

^of,

^among

^other

^things,

^the

^first

^printed

^version

^of

^{Erikskrönikan.}

^Klemming's

^personal

^qualities

^combined

^were

^one

^of

^the

^kind

^and

^precise

^what

^was

^required

^to

^create

^the

^Swedish

^National

^Library.

^In

^addition

^to

^the

^manuscripts,

^he

^published

^{bibliographies}

^and

^lists

^of

^private

^book

^collections

^and

^more.

^But

^he

^also

^became

^known

^for

^sparing

^no

^means

^to

^appropriate

^works

^he

^wanted

^for

^the

^library.

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