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The Royal Physiographic Society in Lund or Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. It was founded in Lund, on December 2, 1772, and received a Royal Charter by Gustav III, on March 6, 1778. The Royal Academies are independent organisations, founded on Royal command, and acts to promote arts, culture and sciences in Sweden. ... or is a Scanian city in the SkÃ¥ne province of southernmost Sweden. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Catherine IIs soldiers in the Russo-Turkish War, by Alexandre Benois. ... Gustav III (13 January 1746 (O.S.) (24 January 1746 (N.S.))âMarch 29, 1792) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
See also: Lund University Lund University main building, from 1882 by Helgo Zettervall. ...
Further evidence of a changing climate in Sweden was the formation of other centers of science, for example, the RoyalSociety of Science at Uppsala, first convened in 1710 as a "College of the Curious" in response to the plague.
Also included in the Royal Academies are three scientific societies that were granted Royal Charters during the 18th century.
Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (Kungl.