The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 on the personal initiative of King Gustav III

The Swedish Academy in Stockholm

The Swedish Academy (Swedish: Svenska Akademien), founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. Modelled after the Académie française, it has 18 members. The motto of the Academy is "Talent and Taste" ("Snille och Smak" in Swedish). The primary purpose of the Academy is to further the "purity, strength, and sublimity of the Swedish language" ("Svenska Språkets renhet, styrka och hōghet") (Walshe, 1965). To that end the Academy publishes two dictionaries. Swedish Academy (Swedish: ) may refer to: The Swedish Academy, a Swedish Royal Academy. ... Image File history File links Swedish_Academy. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (468x627, 54 KB) King Gustav III of Sweden, 1746-1792 (ruled 1771-1792) Painted by unknown artist File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Swedish Academy Gustav III... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (468x627, 54 KB) King Gustav III of Sweden, 1746-1792 (ruled 1771-1792) Painted by unknown artist File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Swedish Academy Gustav III... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2560x1825, 694 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Stockholm Swedish Academy ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2560x1825, 694 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Stockholm Swedish Academy ... For other uses, see Stockholm (disambiguation). ... Gustav III, King of the Swedes, the Goths and the Vends, etc. ... The Royal Academies are independent organisations, founded on Royal command, that act to promote the arts, culture, and science in Sweden. ... The Académie française In the French educational system an académie LAcadémie française, or the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. ... Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic language, spoken predominantly in Sweden, parts of Finland, especially along the coast, on the Ã…land islands, by more than nine million people. ... For other uses, see Dictionary (disambiguation). ...

The first is a one-volume dictionary called Svenska Akademiens Ordlista (SAOL). The second is a multi-volume dictionary, edited on principles similar to those of the Oxford English Dictionary, entitled Svenska Akademiens Ordbok (SAOB). The SAOL has reached its 13th edition while the first volume of the SAOB was published in 1898 and today (2005) work has progressed to words beginning with the letter "T". Svenska Akademiens Ordlista, or SAOL for short, is a dictionary published every few years by the Swedish Academy. ... The Oxford English Dictionary print set The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP), and is the most successful dictionary of the English language, (not to be confused with the one-volume Oxford Dictionary of English, formerly New Oxford Dictionary of English, of... Svenska Akademiens Ordbok (SAOB) is a dictionary published by the Swedish Academy, with the official title Ordbok över svenska språket utgiven av Svenska Akademien. ...

The current permanent secretary of the Academy is Horace Engdahl, who was preceded by Sture Allén. Since 1901 the Academy has annually decided who will be the laureate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded in memory of the donor Alfred Nobel. Horace Engdahl (born December 30, 1948) is a Swedish literary historian and critic. ... Sture Allén (born 31 December 1928) is a retired professor of computational linguistics at Gothenburg University, who was the previous secretary of the Swedish Academy between 1986 and 1999. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ...   (October 21, 1833, Stockholm, Sweden—December 10, 1896, Sanremo, Italy) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer and the inventor of dynamite. ...

The building now known as the Stockholm Stock Exchange Building was built for the bourgeoisie. The bottom floor was used as a trading exchange (this later became the stock exchange) and the upper floor was used for balls, new years eve parties etc. When the academy was founded, the ballroom was the biggest room in Stockholm that could be heated and thus used in the winter, so the king asked if he could borrow it. The academy has had its annual meeting there every year since, but it was not until 1914 the academy gained the right to use the upper floor as their own for all eternity. It is here that the Academy meets and, amongst other business, announces the names of Nobel Prize laureates. The latter makes it arguably one of the most influential literary bodies in the world. The Stock Exchange Building, seen from the south The Stock Exchange Building, or Börshuset, in the Old town of Stockholm Sweden is a building that was originally erected for, and is still owned by, the Swedish Academy. ... The Nobel Prize (Swedish: ) was established in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, and it was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. ...

Current members

The current members of the Swedish Academy listed by seat number :

• See also: List of all members, past and present, of the Swedish Academy

Sten Rudholm Sten John Gustaf Rudholm (born April 27, 1918) is a Swedish lawyer, member of the Swedish Academy (), former Chancellor of Justice, Chief Justice of Appeal and Marshal of the Realm. ... Professor Bo Rune Ingemar Ralph (born October 4, 1945 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish linguist, member of the Swedish Academy, and professor of Nordic Languages at the Department of Swedish Language at Gothenburg University. ... Sture Allén (born 31 December 1928) is a retired professor of computational linguistics at Gothenburg University, who was the previous secretary of the Swedish Academy between 1986 and 1999. ... Lars Hans Carl Abraham Forssell (born January 14, 1928 in Stockholm, Sweden) is an author and a member of the Swedish Academy. ... is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Göran Malmqvist Professor Nils Göran David Malmqvist (born June 6, 1924) is a Swedish linguist, member of the Swedish Academy (), literary historian, sinologist and translator. ... Birgitta Trotzig (born 1929), Swedish writer. ... Knut Ahnlund (b. ... Jesper Svenbro (born 1944 in Landskrona) is a Swedish poet, classical philologist, and member of the Swedish Academy. ... Torgny Lindgren (born June 16, 1938 in Raggsjö, Norsjö, Sweden) is a Swedish writer. ... Peter Englund (born April 4th 1957) is a Swedish author and historian, and is also a member of the Swedish Academy. ... Professor Ulf Harald Linde (born April 15, 1929 in Stockholm), is an art critic, writer, museum director and a member of the Swedish Academy. ... Per Wästberg (b. ... Gunnel Vallquist (born 1918), Swedish writer and translator, Vallquist was elected member of the Swedish Academy in 1982. ... Kristina Lugn (born 14 November 1948) is a Swedish poet and dramatist and member of the Swedish Academy. ... Kerstin Lillemor Ekman (born 27 August 1933 Risinge) is a Swedish novelist. ... Professor Kjell Erik Espmark (born February 19, 1930 in Strömsund, Sweden), is a writer, literary historian, member of the Swedish Academy and Professor of the History of Literature at Stockholm University. ... Horace Engdahl (born December 30, 1948) is a Swedish literary historian and critic. ... Katarina Frostenson (born 1953), is a Swedish writer. ... This is a list of members of the Swedish Academy by seat number. ...

See also

• List of language regulators

This is a list of bodies that regulate standard languages. ...

References

Walshe, Maurice O'Connell (1965). "Introduction to the Scandinavian Languages", Andre Deutsch Ltd., 1st edition, p. 57

External links

• Swedish Academy - Official site (in Swedish)
• Swedish Academy - Official site (in English)
• SAOL on the web - Subscription only
• SAOB on the web - Free