Swedish Academy

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cultural institution learned society

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

Aliases (3)

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