Swedish Academy

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The Swedish Academy is a prestigious independent cultural institution in Sweden best known for selecting and awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural institution
learned society
awards Bellman Prize
Kellgren Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature
Nordic Prize
Svenska Akademiens kungliga pris
Svenska Akademiens nordiska pris
Svenska Akademiens pris för introduktion av svensk kultur
Svenska Akademiens pris i kritik
Svenska Akademiens stora pris
Svenska Akademiens tolkningspris
Tegnér Prize
country Sweden
fieldOfWork Swedish language
humanities
literature
foundedBy King Gustav III of Sweden
foundingDate 1786-04-05
foundingLocation Stockholm
governedBy its statutes of 1786
hasJurisdictionOver Swedish language norms (de facto)
hasMemberTitle ledamot av Svenska Akademien
hasOrgan permanent secretary
hasPosition permanent secretary
headquarters Stockholm
inception 1786
independenceFrom Swedish government
inspiredBy Académie française
languageOfWorkOrName Swedish
locatedIn Old Town, Stockholm
Stockholm
mainRole selecting the Nobel Prize in Literature laureates
membershipType lifetime membership
motto Snille och smak
mottoInEnglish Talent and taste
namedAfter Académie française (as a model)
nickname De Aderton
numberOfMembers 18
occupies Stock Exchange Building, Stockholm
partOf Nobel Prize awarding institutions
primaryLanguage Swedish
publishes Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
literary prizes and scholarships announcements
purpose advancement of the Swedish language
promotion of literature
selectionProcessForNobelPrizeInLiterature secret deliberations and voting among members
typeOfOrganization independent cultural institution

Referenced by (42)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Kellgren Prize
Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature
Nordic Prize
Svenska Akademiens pris i kritik
Svenska Akademiens stora pris
Svenska Akademiens stora pris ("Svenska Akademien")
presentedBy
Nobel Prize in Literature
Svenska Akademiens pris för introduktion av svensk kultur ("Svenska Akademien")
Svenska Akademiens tolkningspris ("Svenska Akademien")
awardingBody
Dag Hammarskjöld
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
Erik Axel Karlfeldt ("Swedish Academy, chair 11")
memberOf
Svenska Akademiens pris i kritik ("Svenska Akademien")
Svenska Akademiens stora pris ("Svenska Akademien")
Svenska Akademiens tolkningspris ("Svenska Akademien")
namedAfter
Nordic Prize
Svenska Akademiens pris för introduktion av svensk kultur ("Svenska Akademien")
Svenska Akademiens pris i kritik
sponsor
Kellgren Prize
Nordic Prize
administeredBy
Svenska Akademiens tolkningspris ("Svenska Akademien")
Svenska Akademiens tolkningspris
awardGivenBy
Svenska Akademiens ordbok ("Svenska Akademien")
Svenska Akademiens ordlista
maintainedBy
Svenska Akademiens ordbok ("Svenska Akademien")
Svenska Akademiens ordlista
publisher
Nobel Prize laureates
awardedBy
Old Town, Stockholm
contains
Nobel Foundation
coordinatesWith
Gustav III of Sweden
founded
De Aderton
governingBody
Svenska Akademiens pris i kritik ("Svenska Akademien")
hasAwardingBody
Old Town, Stockholm
hasInstitution
Swedish Academy ("ledamot av Svenska Akademien")
hasMemberTitle
Swedish Academy scandal
mainOrganizationInvolved
De Aderton
partOf
Svenska Akademiens ordlista
producer
Swedish language
regulatingBody
Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute
relatedOrganization
Nobel Prize official database
relatedTo
Nobel Prize in Literature
selectionBy

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