Institution

Swedish Academy

1786 · 18th century

The Swedish Academy was founded by King Gustav III in 1786 to promote the purity and strength of the Swedish language, on the model of the Académie française. It has eighteen members elected for life and publishes a great dictionary and the official word list of Swedish. Since 1901 it has chosen the winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Swedish Academy
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