Abstract: A package with surgical suture material contains a needle-holding section (6) and two thread-holding sections (7) connected thereto. Closure plates (35, 36) are attached to the long edges of the needle-holding section (6). Arranged at the lower short edge (5) of the lower thread-holding section (7) is a cover plate (37) which likewise has closure plates (38, 39) at its long edges. A thread holder (15) and a needle holder (16) are provided on the needle-holding section (6). Arranged on the thread-holding sections (7) are in each case two thread holders (15). Several needle-thread combinations (20, 21) or individual threads (21) are held by this needle holder (16) and the thread holders (15). The individual sections (6, 7) are folded in such a way that in each case they lie against one another. The closure plates (35, 36) serve to safeguard the folded arrangement of the sections (6, 7) against unfolding.