The Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala, is the oldest of the royal academies in Sweden, having been founded in 1710. The society has, by royal decree of 1906, 50 Swedish fellows and 100 foreign.
Detail of the building of the Royal Swedish Society of Sciences in Uppsala.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is one of the royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility
Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
…Early members included Emanuel Swedenborg and Anders Celsius. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was founded in Stockholm 1739. Its founders, some of whom were members of the Uppsala academy, specifically wanted a different academy. The academy was…
Main building of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm
Nobel Chemistry Prize, news conference (2008)
Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens handlingar, volume XI (1750)
Anders Johan von Höpken, the first Secretary