Voluntary organisations provided the first consumer guidance in Sweden. The government's interest in the question started during the second world war and has ever since increased. Since the 1970's the local authorities, with support from the community, have played an important roll in consumer policy work. Due to the economic recession of recent years the appropriation to consumer guidance work has been cut down. The work has been rationalised and libraries have more frequently been used to spread consumer information. In Stockholm the municipal has been responsible for local consumer information since the 1940's. Co-operation with the library of Stockholm has occurred in different forms. Today the purpose with the co-operation is to rationalise the consumer guidance work and to make the information more available to the inhabitants of Stockholm.