Swedish Royal Academies

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Image of the Swedish Stock Exchange building that houses the Swedish Academy, photographed during daytime. — Swedish Stock Exchange building, home to the Swedish Academy

The Royal Academies are independent organizations, founded on Royal command, that act to promote the arts, culture, and science in Sweden. The Swedish Academy and Academy of Sciences are also responsible for the selection of Nobel Prize laureates in Literature, Physics, Chemistry, and the Prize in Economic Sciences.^[1]^[2] Also included in the Royal Academies are scientific societies that were granted Royal Charters.^[3]

Arts and culture

Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien), 1786
Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (Kungl. Akademien för de Fria konsterna), 1773
Royal Swedish Academy of Music (Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien), 1771
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (Kungl. Vitterhets-, Historie- och Antikvitetsakademien), 1753

Sciences

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien), 1739^[4]^[3]
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien), 1919
Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (Kungl. Skogs- och Lantbruksakademien), 1813

Military

Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademien), 1796
Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (Kungl. Örlogsmannasällskapet), 1771

Societies with a royal charter

Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala (Kungl. Vetenskapssocieteten i Uppsala), 1710
Royal Physiographic Society in Lund (Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund), 1772
Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg (Kungl. Vetenskaps- och Vitterhetssamhället i Göteborg), 1759
Royal Society of the Humanities at Uppsala (Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskaps-Samfundet i Uppsala), 1889
Royal Society of the Humanities in Lund (Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet i Lund), 1918
Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy in Uppsala (Kungl. Gustav Adolfs Akademien), 1932
Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of Uppsala (Kungl. Vetenskapssamhället i Uppsala), 1954
Royal Skyttean Society in Umeå (Kungl. Skytteanska Samfundet), 1956

References

^ "Nobel Prize facts". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
^ "Nobel Prizes". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "About us (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
^ "Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)". www.interacademies.org. Retrieved 2020-10-11.

[1] "Nobel Prize facts". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2020-10-11.

[2] "Nobel Prizes". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved October 11, 2020.

[:0-3] "About us (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved October 11, 2020.

[4] "Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)". www.interacademies.org. Retrieved 2020-10-11.

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v t e Royal Academies of Sweden
National	Swedish Academy Academy of Sciences Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities Academy of Fine Arts Academy of Music Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Academy of War Sciences Academy of Engineering Sciences Academy of Naval Sciences Gustavus Adolphus Academy Society for Publication of Manuscripts on Scandinavian History
Local	Society of Sciences (Uppsala) Physiographic Society (Lund) Society of Arts and Sciences (Gothenburg) Society of the Humanities (Uppsala) Society of the Humanities (Lund) Society of Arts and Sciences (Uppsala) Skyttean Society (Umeå)