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The Swedish Academy (Swedish: Svenska Akademien), founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. Its 18 members, who are elected for life, comprise the highest Swedish language authority.
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This is a list of members of the Swedish Academy by seat...
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The Academy is a versatile institution that both safeguards our language heritage and highlights modern developments. Our work includes providing tools and resources and conferring awards with the aim of promoting Swedish language and literature.
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Foto: Rickard L. Eriksson. The Swedish Academy, founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is an independent cultural institution whose purpose is to promote Swedish language and literature. Much of the extensive work being carried out in this regard has been collated under the portal svenska.se.
The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 by King Gustav III. The Academy’s statutes, which Gustav for the most part drew up himself, are largely similar to those of the Académie Française. The principal purpose of the Academy was to ‘develop the purity, vigour and majesty of the Swedish Language’ – that is to say, its clarity ...
Swedish language. Swedish Academy, Swedish organization devoted to the preservation and elevation of the Swedish language and its literature. The academy awards various literary prizes, including the Nobel Prize for Literature. The academy was founded by King Gustav III on April 5, 1786, in Stockholm.
