The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademin ("KVA") is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.
The Academy was founded on 2 June 1739 by naturalist Carl Linnaeus, mercantilist Jonas Alströmer, mechanical engineer Mårten Triewald, civil servants Sten Carl Bielke and Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm, and politician Anders Johan von Höpken.[1] It was modeled after the Royal Society of London and Academie Royale des Sciences in Paris, France.
Committees of the Academy act as selection boards for international prizes:
- Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry[2]
- Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel[3] (also known as the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics)
- Crafoord Prizes in astronomy and mathematics, geosciences, biosciences (with an emphasis on ecology), and polyarthritis (rheumatoid arthritis)[4]
- Rolf Schock Prizes in logic and philosophy[5]
- Gregori Aminoff Prize in crystallography[6]
- Oskar Klein medal
and national prizes:[7]
- Göran Gustafsson Prizes for research in the natural sciences and medicine
- Söderberg Prize in economics or jurisprudence
- Tage Erlander Prize in physics, chemistry, technology, and biology
- Ingvar Lindqvist Prizes for teachers in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics.
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List of permanent secretaries
The following persons have served as permanent secretaries of the Academy:
- Anders Johan von Höpken, 1739-1740, 1740-1741
- Augustin Ehrensvärd, April-June 1740
- Jacob Faggot, 1741-1744
- Pehr Elvius, 1744-1749
- Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, 1749-1783
- Johan Carl Wilcke and Henrik Nicander, 1784-1796
- Daniel Melanderhjelm and Henrik Nicander, 1796-1803
- Jöns Svanberg and Carl Gustaf Sjöstén 1803-1808; Sjöstén was removed 1808 for negligence of his duties
- Jöns Svanberg, 1809-1811
- Olof Swartz, 1811-1818
- Jöns Jacob Berzelius, 1818-1848
- Peter Fredrik Wahlberg, 1848-1866
- Georg Lindhagen, 1866-1901
- Christopher Aurivillius, 1901-1923
- Henrik Gustaf Söderbaum, 1923-1933
- Henning Pleijel, 1933-1943
- Arne Westgren, 1943-1959
- Erik Rudberg, 1959-1972
- Carl Gustaf Bernhard, 1973-1981
- Tord Ganelius, 1981-1989
- Carl-Olof Jacobson, 1989-1997
- Erling Norrby, 1997 - 30 June 2003
- Gunnar Öquist, 1 July 2003 -
See also
References
- ^ "History". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/en/About-the-academy/History/. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ "Nobel Prizes". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/en/Prizes/Nobelprises/. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ "Prize in Economic Sciences". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/en/Prizes/Prize-in-Economic-Sciences/. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ "Crafoord Prize". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/en/Prizes/Crafoord-Prize/. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ "Rolf Schock Prizes". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/en/Prizes/Rolf-Shock-prisen/. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ "Gregori Aminoff Prize". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/en/Prizes/Gregori-Aminoff-Prize/. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
- ^ "National prizes". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/awards/national/index.asp?br=ns&ver=6up. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
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