LIVE in the Library Garden

Music, statements and new poetry in the historic breathing hole behind the library.

We celebrate the open, free-spirited city of Copenhagen in the greenery behind The Black Diamond. At the summer stage LIVE in the Library Garden, actors, speakers, musicians and poets who have written new poems for the garden will perform. Buy refreshments along the way in the café's pop-up bar. The events take place in August and September.

Poetry readings in the Library Garden

Every summer we invite Danish poets to write new poems and read them in the Library Garden in August.

In recent years, Royal Danish Library got a wide selection of exciting and talented poets to write a brand new poem based on the predetermined theme. We have now collected the poems from recent years' events, so that the new excellent Danish poetry that LIVE in the Library Garden has helped to create will not be forgotten. Dive into the beautiful, thought-provoking poems from the last few years below.

Poetry readings in the Library Garden 2024

Photograph of the poets who have visited Bibliotekshaven in 2024.

Here you can read four fantastic poems written by Amina Elmi, Peter Laugesen, Pia Tafdrup and Sebastian Nathan. The poems were written for the occasion, where the theme was "Change".

Poetry readings in the Library Garden 2023

Splitbillede af bibliotekshaven og fire mennesker

Here you can read four fantastic poems written by Lone Hørslev, Amalie Smith, Eva Tind and Rasmus Nikolajsen. The poems were written for the occasion, where the theme was "Landscape".

Poetry readings in the Library Garden 2022

Splitbillede af bibliotekshaven og tre mennesker

In 2022, the theme was "Libertinism". Here you can read the poets Deniz Kiy, Luka Holmegaard and Caspar Eric's beautiful poems that interpret the open and free Copenhagen.

Poetry readings in the Library Garden 2021

Authors Shadi Angelina Bazeghi, Claus Høxbroe and Naiha Khiljee.

For LIVE in the Library Garden, three Danish poets performed new poetry written for the occasion. Here you can read the poems of Shadi Angelina Bazhegi, Claus Høxbroe and Naiha Khiljee.