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The Manuscript Collection

Collection of Oriental manuscripts
Individual manuscripts
Picture collection of the Manuscript Collection
Private archives
Fragmenta membranea collection
Music manuscripts in the Manuscript Collection
Slavic manuscripts and archives
Themed collections in the Manuscript Collection

Special Collections

A. E. Nordenskiöld Collection
Aboica
Arabica
Armeniaca
Brummeriana
Caucasica
Dissertationes veteres
Estonica
Foreign Literature of the Sixteenth Century Collection
Georgica
Hebraica
Heikki A. Reenpää Library
Japonica
Lapponica
Lettonica
Lithuanica
Persica
Private libraries stored as separate entities
Russica
Special collections formed in the library
Swedish Era Literature
The Alexandra Gripenberg Collection
The Calonius-Naumann Collection
The Collection of Rarities
The Eino Mikkola Collection
The Georg Henrik von Wright Collection
The Incunabula Collection
The legal deposit collections from the period of Russian rule
The Maurice de Coppet Collection
The Minister Carl Enckell Map Collection
The Miscellanea Collections
The Monrepos Library
The Otto Engström Collection
The Radziwiłł Family Library
The Richard Faltin Collection
The Tibet Collection
Turcica

The Finnish National Sound Archive

Advertisement recordings
Clippings from music magazines collection
Finnish recording publications
Foreign recording publications
L-G Nordström's jazz collection
Online sound recordings
Sheet music publication collection
The collection of clippings from music magazines
The collection of playback and recording equipment
The Institute of Migration's sheet music collection
The Music Recording Collection
The newspaper clipping collection of Music Finland
The recording archive of Jaakko Salo
The recording archive of Tauno Hannikainen
The sheet music collection of Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles
The sheet music collection of Hotel Kämp
The tape archive by Warner Music Finland
The voice recording collection

National Collection

Annual reports
Audiovisual materials and multimedia in the National Collection
Books in the National Collection
Broadsheet Collection
Brochures
Calendars and almanacs
Children's books
Concert programmes
E. A. Hellman Collection
Electronic legal deposit copies and online materials in the National Collection
Ephemera collection of the National Collection
Ephemera Collection of the National Collection (main collection)
Exlibrises
Expatriate Finn materials in the National Collection
Expatriate newspapers and periodicals
Fiction 1810–1972
Fiction from 1973
Finnish American Collection
Games
Map Collection of the National Collection
Mathias Weckström Collection
Namibia Collection
Newspaper clipping collection
Newspapers in the National Collection
Non-fiction 1810-1972
Non-fiction from 1973
Offprints
Other materials in the National Collection
Periodicals in the National Collection
Postcards
Poster Collection of the National Collection
Serial short stories
Soviet Karelia Collection
Telephone directories
The National Collection's Picture Collection
The sheet music publication collection of the National Collection
Theatre programmes
Wartime leaflets

The Humanities Collection

Books in the Humanities Collection
Ephemera in the Humanities Collection
International newspapers
Map Collection
Periodicals in the Humanities Collection
Pictures in the Humanities Collection

The Slavonic Library

Books in the Slavonic Library
Books in the Slavonic Library published after 1917
Books in the Slavonic Library published prior to 1917
Fenno-Ugrica
Glasnost Collection
Image Collection of the Slavonic Library
Map Collection of the Slavonic Library
Music Library of the Slavonic Library
Newspapers in the Slavonic Library
Newspapers in the Slavonic Library published after 1917
Newspapers in the Slavonic Library published prior to 1917
Periodicals in the Slavonic Library
Periodicals in the Slavonic Library published after 1917
Periodicals in the Slavonic Library published prior to 1917
Rare books in the Slavonic Library
Satirical magazines in the Slavonic Library

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