Daniel Forsman

Daniel Forsman (born 1976) is a Swedish librarian. Since 2018, he has served as City Librarian of Stockholm and assumes office as the head of the National Archives of Sweden on 1 March 2026.

Forsman has held several senior leadership positions within Swedish research and public libraries. , an open-source library services platform. The implementation at Chalmers has been cited as an example of a large research library moving away from proprietary systems toward an open, modular, and community-driven infrastructure, aligned with principles of openness and interoperability.

In 2018, Forsman was appointed City Librarian of Stockholm, where he has overseen the strategic development of Stockholm Public Library, including digital services, data-informed management, and organizational transformation.

In 2025, the Government of Sweden announced his appointment as National Archivist of Sweden, with his term beginning in March 2026. Forsman, Daniel "Introducing agile principles and management to a library organization". The Electronic Library Forsman, Daniel (nov 2018). "Library Analytics: Shaping the Future — A Case of Strategic Library Transformation Using Data Analytics: Chalmers University of Technology" Forsman, Daniel (juni 2022) "There is no failure except in no longer trying : embedding UX in organizational culture" UXLibs