Swedish Academy

The Swedish Academy or Svenska Akademien, founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. Modelled after the Académie française, it has 18 members. The motto of the Academy is "Talent and Taste" ("Snille och Smak" in Swedish). The primary purpose of the Academy is to further the "purity, vigour and majesty" of the Swedish language. To that end the Academy publishes two dictionaries.

Current members

Current members of the Swedish Academy, ordered by seat number, are:

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• Sten Rudholm, elected 1977
• Bo Ralph, elected 1999
• Sture Allén, elected 1980, permanent secretary 1986-1999
• Lars Forssell, elected 1971
• Göran Malmqvist, elected 1985
• Birgitta Trotzig, elected 1993
• Knut Ahnlund, elected 1983
• Östen Sjöstrand, elected 1975
• Torgny Lindgren, elected 1991
• Peter Englund, elected 2002
• Ulf Linde, elected 1977
• Per Wästberg, elected 1997
• Gunnel Vallquist, elected 1982
• Lars Gyllensten, elected 1966, permanent secretary 1977-1986
• Kerstin Ekman, elected 1978
• Kjell Espmark, elected 1981
• Horace Engdahl, elected 1997, permanent secretary since 1999
• Katarina Frostenson, elected 1992