Four solvents of cellulose have been studied by using **1**3C-NMR spectroscopy. All these solvents, N-methyl morpholine-N-oxide, methylamine, hydrazine, and paraformaldehyde (PF), contained dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as a cosolvent. Oligomers of cellulose of DP equals 10 soluble in hot DMSO have been used as model compounds. **1**3C chemical shifts and line shapes show that three of the mentioned solvents are ″true solvents″ of cellulose. Determination of T//1 for the different carbon atoms of the solvent DMSO-N-methyl morpholine-N-oxide with and without cellulose shows a large reduction of T//1 for N-methyl morpholine-N-oxide molecule. This denotes a slower molecular motion of this molecule and a preferential interaction with the cellulose macromolecule. 27 refs.