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Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien ("KVA") is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.

The Academy was founded in 1739 by naturalist Carl Linnaeus, mercantilist Jonas Alströmer, mechanical engineer Mårten Triewald, and politician Anders Johan von Höpken.^[1] It was modeled after the Royal Society of London and Academie Royale des Sciences in Paris, France.

Committees of the Academy act as selection boards for international prizes:

Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry^[2]
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel^[3] (also known as the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics)
Crafoord Prizes in astronomy and mathematics, geosciences, biosciences (with an emphasis on ecology), and polyarthritis (rheumatoid arthritis)^[4]
Rolf Schock Prizes in logic and philosophy^[5]
Gregori Aminoff Prize in crystallography^[6]
Oskar Klein medal

and national prizes:^[7]

Göran Gustafsson Prizes for research in the natural sciences and medicine
Söderberg Prize in economics or jurisprudence
Tage Erlander Prize in physics, chemistry, technology, and biology
Ingvar Lindqvist Prizes for teachers in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics.

[edit] See also

List of Swedish scientists

[edit] References

^ "History". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
^ "Nobel Prizes". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
^ "Prize in Economic Sciences". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
^ "Crafoord Prize". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
^ "Rolf Schock Prizes". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
^ "Gregori Aminoff Prize". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
^ "National prizes". The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved on 2007-10-18.

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