Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

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learned society scientific academy

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is a prestigious learned society in Norway that promotes scientific scholarship and oversees major international honors in mathematics and other fields.

Aliases (4)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	learned society → scientific academy →
activity	advising government on research policy → organizing scientific meetings → publishing scientific works →
affiliation	ALLEA → European Academies Science Advisory Council → International Science Council →
city	Oslo →
continent	Europe →
country	Norway →
division	Humanities and Social Sciences Division → Mathematics and Natural Sciences Division →
field	humanities → natural sciences → social sciences →
foundedIn	1857 →
founder	Johan Sebastian Welhaven → Ludvig Kristensen Daa → Peter Andreas Munch →
foundingDate	1857-05-03 →
fundingSource	Norwegian government grants → endowment income → private donations →
governingBody	Board of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters →
language	English → Norwegian →
locatedIn	Oslo →
membershipScope	Norwegian members → foreign members →
membershipType	elected members →
motto	Viribus unitis →
mottoLanguage	Latin →
nameInNorwegianBokmål	Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi →
nameInNorwegianNynorsk	Det Norske Vitskapsakademiet →
notableRole	administrative partner for the Abel Prize → administrative partner for the Kavli Prize →
organizationalStructure	two divisions →
originalName	Videnskabsselskabet i Christiania →
overseesAward	Abel Prize → Fridtjof Nansen Award for Excellence in Science → Kavli Prize → Nansen Medal for Outstanding Research →
purpose	advising authorities on scientific matters → promotion of scholarship → promotion of science →
region	Oslo County →
shortName	DNVA →
website	https://www.dnva.no →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Atle Selberg → Edvard Moser → Fridtjof Nansen → Gro Harlem Brundtland → Ivar Giaever → Jacob Bjerknes → Lars Onsager → May-Britt Moser → Odd Hassel → Peter Andreas Munch → Ragnar Frisch → Sophus Lie → Trygve Haavelmo →	memberOf
Board of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters → Humanities and Social Sciences Division → Mathematics and Natural Sciences Division →	partOf
Abel Prize →	administeredBy
Mathematics and Natural Sciences Division ("fellows of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters") →	associatedWith
Abel Prize →	awardedBy
The Kavli Foundation →	coOrganizesWith
Videnskabsselskabet i Christiania →	formerNameOf
Kavli Prize →	foundedBy
DNVA ("Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi") →	fullName
DNVA ("The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters") →	fullNameInEnglish
Kavli Prize →	hasOrganizer
Videnskabsselskabet i Christiania →	hasSuccessor
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ("Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi") →	nameInNorwegianBokmål
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ("Det Norske Vitskapsakademiet") →	nameInNorwegianNynorsk
Humanities and Social Sciences Division →	parentOrganization
Kavli Prize →	presentedBy
Kavli Prize →	selectionBody
Abel Prize →	selectionCommitteeAppointedBy