Seal of the Academy

Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien

The Academy was founded in 1739 by naturalist Carl Linnaeus, mercantilist Jonas Alströmer, mechanical engineer Mĺrten Triewald, 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.

See also

• List of Swedish scientists

References

External links

• The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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