Address/Telephone Directories from Estonia
at the Library of Congress

Introduction

The Library of Congress maintains a large collection of foreign and domestic directories. Most residential and general organizational telephone directories are not cataloged by the Library, although some of the titles shown below may be found through the Library of Congress catalog. This compilation of directories reflects the Library of Congress holdings of telephone directories from Estonia as of August 2011. The index is arranged chronologically and by location. The type of directory is indicated by the words "Res." (listing home addresses), "Org." (listing businesses, institutions, and government offices), or "Both."

Estonian telecommunications and internet services are well developed, with Estonians contributing significantly, e.g., to the development of Skype. The U.S. Department of State notes that the Estonian economy "benefits from strong electronics and telecommunications sectors; the country is so wired that it is nicknamed E-stonia." According to Estonian Post Ltd, there were three independent national telephone switchboards on the territory of the Republic of Estonia before 1917. In 1936, telephone services were available at 1,841 locations. The CIA World Factbook shows 492,800 main lines and 2.72 million cell phones in use in 2009.