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The
Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
(
Swedish
:
Kungliga Vetenskaps-Societeten i 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.
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.
Historical sketch
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The academy was founded 1710 in
Uppsala
on the initiative of the university librarian
Erik Benzelius (jr)
(later
archbishop
) under the name of
Collegium curiosorum
.
[1]
The name was changed to
Societas Literaria Sueciae
in 1719, when it received a royal charter in 1728 to
Societas regia literaria et scientarium
, and it was known from the mid 18th century as the
Societas regia scientarum upsaliensis
. All the academy's publications were in the
Latin
language until 1863.
[2]
Structure
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The academy has 130 national members and 100 foreign members, belonging to one of the four "
classes
":
[3]
the "
Mathematical
-
Physical
" class, the "
Natural history
-Medical
" class, the "
Historical-
Archeological
" class and the "
Technical
-Economical
" class.
[4]
All the sections are ruled by a single
Presidium
, which is formed by a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a vice-secretary and a treasurer: the
king of Sweden
is the
Honorary President
of the academy.
[4]
Prizes
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The prizes awarded by the academy are as follows:
[5]
- Linnaeus prize: the oldest prize awarded by the academy, named after
Carl Linnaeus
: the prize was instituted upon a donation by Linnaeus widow, Sara E. Linnaeus, on 8 September 1803.
- Celsius Gold Medal is the most prestigious prize awarded by the academy, named after
Anders Celsius
. It was first awarded in 1961, and it is reserved to scientists working in
mathematical
and
physical sciences
, and as such, it is awarded upon decision by the "
Mathematical
-
Physical
class" of the academy.
[6]
- Bergstedt prize is the second oldest prize awarded by the academy, instituted on 12 May 1827, upon a donation by the Secretary of State
Erik Bergstedt
.
- Thalen prize was instituted in 1902 and is named after the
physics
professor
Robert Thalen
.
- (Lilly and Sven) Thureus prize was instituted upon a donation from Lilly and Sven Thureus in 1971: originally it was a single prize, but at present it is awarded yearly upon decision by each one of the four classes of the academy.
[6]
- Benzeliusbeloningarna (Benzelius grants) is awarded yearly, named after
Erik Benzelius the younger
,
[7]
instituted in 1980 and entirely founded by the academy: it is meant as a grant to young researchers.
Notes
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References
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- Rosen, John; Westrin, Th., eds. (1893),
"Vetenskapssocieteten i Uppsala"
,
V ? Varing
,
Nordisk familjebok
(in Swedish), vol. 17 (1st ed.),
Stockholm
: Gernandt, pp. 770?773
.
- Westrin, Th., ed. (1921),
"Vetenskapssocieteten i Uppsala"
,
Werth ? Vaderkvarn
,
Nordisk familjebok
(in Swedish), vol. 32 (2nd ed.),
Stockholm
, pp. 118?121
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.
External links
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- The Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala (2010), Sundelof, Erik (ed.),
Society Web Site
(in Swedish)
, retrieved
16 May
2011
.
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