It is the primary supplier of books, equipment and services to these libraries.

Biblioteksentralen is cooperatively owned (the "AL" suffix to the name means andelslag or cooperatively held corporation) by 425 municipalities, 14 counties, the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities, and the Norwegian Library Association.

It was established in this form in February 1952 after a government resolution in the previous year, but its predecessor Folkeboksamlingenes Ekspedisjon had been around since 1902.

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