Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien ("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 June 2, 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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[edit] 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 och 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-June 30, 2003
- Gunnar Öquist, July 1, 2003-
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "History". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/about/history/index.asp?br=ns&ver=6up. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
- ^ "Nobel Prizes". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/awards/nobel/nobelprizes/index.asp?br=ns&ver=6up. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
- ^ "Prize in Economic Sciences". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/awards/nobel/economy/index.asp?br=ns&ver=6up. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
- ^ "Crafoord Prize". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/awards/international/crafoord/index.asp?br=ns&ver=6up. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
- ^ "Rolf Schock Prizes". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/awards/international/schock/index.asp?br=ns&ver=6up. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
- ^ "Gregori Aminoff Prize". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/awards/international/aminoff/index.asp?br=ns&ver=6up. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
- ^ "National prizes". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/awards/national/index.asp?br=ns&ver=6up. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
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