Uno Willers

Uno Erik Wilhelm Willers (20 October 1911 – 10 January 1980) was a Swedish historian and librarian. He served as National Librarian of Sweden from 1952 to 1977.

Early life Willers was born on 20 October 1911 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Einar Willers, a police judge, and his wife Malin (née Dahlgren). He passed studentexamen in 1931 and worked at the Karolinska Institute's library from 1931 to 1936. Willers attended the University of Marburg in 1933 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1936 and studied history and library science in Geneva in 1937 and 1938 and in Berlin from 1938 to 1939 when he earned a Licentiate degree.

Career

Willers worked at the Riksdag Library from 1941 to 1942 and the National Library of Sweden from 1942.

Willers earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1945 was director of the ("the Swedish Student Home in Paris") at Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris from 1946 to 1947. He then served as docent in history at Stockholm University College from 1945 to 1950 and from 1946 to 1947 Willers served as librarian at the Sainte-Geneviève Library in Paris. He was director of the Nobel Library of the Swedish Academy from 1946 to 1950 and was deputy director and head of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs' archives from 1950 to 1952. Willers was appointed National Librarian of Sweden and head of the National Library of Sweden in 1952. He was a member of the working committee of the Swedish National Commission for UNESCO from 1954 to 1959 and its vice chairman from 1954 to 1959. Willers was chairman of the board of the ("Graphic Institute") from 1959 to 1974 and of the Stockholm City Theatre from 1961 to 1970 as well the Swedish Tourist Association from 1961 to 1967.

Honors Member of the Royal Society for Publication of Manuscripts on Scandinavian History (1952) Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Member of the Royal Skyttean Society Honorary member of the Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences