Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences facts for kids
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Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien
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Main building of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm
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| Formation | 2 June 1739 |
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| Headquarters | Stockholm, Sweden |
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Membership
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470 Members (including 175 Foreign members) |
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President
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Birgitta Henriques Normark |
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Secretary General
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Hans Ellegren |
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Swedish: Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is a special group in Sweden. It is one of the royal academies there. It started on June 2, 1739.
This Academy is an independent group that is not run by the government. Its main job is to help natural sciences and mathematics grow. It also wants to make sure these subjects are important in society. The Academy helps scientists share their ideas with each other.
The main goals of the Academy are:
- To be a place where scientists from different fields can meet.
- To offer a great place for research.
- To help younger scientists with their work.
- To give awards for amazing research.
- To connect scientists around the world.
- To speak up for science in society and help decide what research is important.
- To make math and science more interesting in schools.
- To share scientific information with everyone in many ways.
Every year, the Academy gives out some very important awards. These include the Nobel Prizes for physics and chemistry. They also award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Other awards are the Crafoord Prize and the Sjöberg Prize.
The Academy works closely with other science groups around the world. It helps with science projects between different countries. You can find the Academy building in Stockholm, inside the beautiful Royal National City Park.
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Prizes and Awards
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences gives out many important prizes. These awards honor great achievements in science.
Big International Awards
- Nobel Prizes: These are given for amazing work in Physics and Chemistry.
- Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel: This award is for excellent work in economics.
- Crafoord Prizes: These prizes are for work in astronomy, mathematics, geosciences, and biosciences (like ecology). They also give a prize for research on joint diseases like rheumatoid arthritis.
- Sjöberg Prize: This award is for important research that helps fight cancer.
- Rolf Schock Prizes: These prizes are for achievements in logic, philosophy, mathematics, visual arts, and music.
- Gregori Aminoff Prize: This award is for discoveries in crystallography, which is the study of crystals.
- Tobias Prize: This prize supports research to treat blood disorders.
- Gold Medal for Radiation Protection: This medal is for important work in radiation safety.
Awards in Sweden
- Göran Gustafsson Prize: This is for research in chemistry, mathematics, molecular biology, medicine, and physics.
- Söderberg Prize: This award is for research in economics, law, or medicine.
- Ingvar Lindqvist Prizes: These are for teachers who do great work in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, and natural sciences.
- Tage Erlander Prize: This prize is for research in natural sciences and technology. It covers four areas: physics, chemistry, technology, and biology.
Members of the Academy
Since it started in 1739, the Academy has chosen many members. About 1,700 Swedish people and 1,200 people from other countries have been members. Today, there are about 470 Swedish members and 175 foreign members.
These members are divided into ten "classes." Each class represents a different area of science:
- Mathematics
- Astronomy and space science
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Geosciences
- Biosciences
- Medical sciences
- Engineering sciences
- Social sciences
- Humanities and "for outstanding services to science" (this class includes people who have done great things for science in general).
History of the Academy
The Academy was started on June 2, 1739. It was founded by a group of important people. These included the famous naturalist Carl Linnaeus and others like Jonas Alströmer and Anders Johan von Höpken.
The main goal of the Academy was to focus on useful knowledge. They wanted to share their findings in the Swedish language. This way, more people could learn from their discoveries. The Academy was different from another group, the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala. That group, started in 1719, published its work in Latin.
The founders chose Stockholm for the Academy's location. Stockholm was a busy city and a center for business. At that time, Stockholm did not have a university like Uppsala did. The Academy was inspired by similar groups in other countries. These included the Royal Society of London and the Academie Royale des Sciences in Paris. Some of the founders had learned from these groups.
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Anders Johan von Höpken, the first Secretary of the Academy.
See also
In Spanish: Real Academia de las Ciencias de Suecia para niños
- Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
