Swedish Royal Academies Explained

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]
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nobel Prize facts. 2020-10-11. NobelPrize.org. en-US.
2. Web site: Nobel Prizes. October 11, 2020. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
3. Web site: About us (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences). October 11, 2020. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
4. Web site: Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS). 2020-10-11. www.interacademies.org.