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	University of Helsinki
		The Academy of Finland is funding a centre of excellence in research at the Faculty of Theology.
		It is focusing on research on the history of ideas in the classical, medieval and early modern periods.
		In spring 2006, Academy Professor Heikki Räisänen, who led the centre of excellence in biblical studies, was awarded the Gad Rausing Prize by the Swedish Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities for his outstanding achievements in research.
	www.helsinki.fi /teol/english/research.htm (1062 words)

	Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vitterhets, Historie och Antikvitets Akademien or Vitterhetsakademien, founded in 1753, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden.
		The Academy was founded by Queen Louisa Ulrica, the mother of Gustav III and originally dedicated to literature.
		In 1786 when the Swedish Academy was founded it was reconstituted under its present name with new objectives, mainly dedicated to historical and antiquarian preservation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Letters (164 words)

	Swedish Royal Academies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Academies are independent organisations, founded on Royal command, that act to promote the arts, culture, and science in Sweden.
		The Swedish Academy and Academy of Sciences are also responsible for the selection of Nobel Prize laureates in Literature, Physics, Chemistry, and the Prize in Economic Sciences.
		Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (Kungl.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swedish_Royal_Academies (150 words)

	Swedish Academy
		The Swedish Academy or Svenska Akademien, founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden.
		The primary purpose of the academy is to further the "purity, vigour and majesty" of the Swedish language.
		Since 1901 the academy has annually decided who will be the laureate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, given in memory of the great donor Alfred Nobel.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/sw/Swedish_Academy.html (180 words)

	Svante Lindqvist
		Previously he held a chair as Professor of History of Technology at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, and he was Chairman of its Department for History of Science and Technology since 1989.
		He was a Visiting Scholar in the Office for History of Science and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley, during the academic year 1986–1987, and a Visiting Professor in the Department for History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania during the fall semester of 1992.
		He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (1992), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1994) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (2002).
	www.svantelindqvist.com (320 words)

	British Academy \| Guide to Awards - International Schemes
		If the application is successful, the form will be copied to the receiving Academy, and it is therefore important to ensure that the form is legible and that the description of the project is structured to be appropriate for the receiving side as well as the British Academy's awarding committee.
		It should be noted that although the proposing of scholars to the receiving institution is usually a formality, the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities reserves the right to refuse a nomination considered inappropriate.
		While the British Academy passes on this information in the understanding that it will be used solely for the purpose of liaison with regard to the project, applicants should be aware that some countries outside the European Economic Area may not provide an individual's data with the same protection as in the UK.
	www.britac.ac.uk /funding/guide/intl/swedennfa.html (1218 words)

	Library history - About the library - Library - National Heritage Board (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Swedish Queen Lovisa Ulrika established in 1753 The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities.
		When her son King Gustav III founded Svenska Akademien, the Swedish Academy in 1786, he changed the aims and structure of Queen Lovisa Ulrika's Academy and gave it the name it has today.
		The emphasis on the reinstated Academy's activities was placed on historical and antiquarian rather than literary studies and it worked in close conjunction with Riksantikvarieämbetet, the Central Board of National Antiquities (today: National Heritage Board), whose director was, ex officio, the Academy's secretary.
	www.raa.se /bibliotek/english/history.asp (198 words)

	Svenska Akademien
		He was elected to the Swedish Academy on 2 October 1980 and admitted on 20 September 1980, the year after receiving the Academy’s Prize for Language Preservation.
		He started the publication of a series of Swedish classics and a series of cultural events at the Academy open to the public and introduced data processing in the secretariat and the library.
		His own interpretation of the formulation in the Swedish Academy’s statutes that enjoins the Academy to “work for the purity, vigour and majesty of the Swedish language” is significant: “We may note that purity here refers mainly to clarity, hardly to purism, that vigour concerns expressiveness and that majesty concerns reputation.
	www.svenskaakademien.se /litiuminformation/site/page.asp?Page=3&IncPage=867&Destination=158 (1041 words)

	Rickard Pettersson Abstract
		The period of establishment embraces organizational inquiries, government legislation and institutionalization, and as Director of Antiquities between 1923 and 1946, Curman was a main actor.
		An opinion had been formed among cultural historians and museum curators against what they perceived as the obsolete manner of pursuing heritage efforts conducted by the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and its secretary, the Director of Antiquities, who was also head of Sweden´s main official museum, the Museum of History.
		When Sweden´s new antiquities law was passed by parliament in 1942, Curman had not only led the inquiry leading up to it, but had formulated the draft of the legislation himself.
	www.umu.se /histstud/forskarutbildningen/abstracts/pettersson.html (650 words)

	Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (Sweden) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (Sweden)
		Founded in 1753 by Queen Lovisa Ulrika, the Academy is a forum for humanistic learning, initially with heavy emphasis on archaeology, inscriptions, coins, medals, and the preservation of national antiquities.
		The flag of the Academy was designed by the National Heritage Board (Swedish: Riksantikvarieämbetet) in 2005 and presented to the Academy the same year.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/se-vitak.html (110 words)

	Latvian Academy of Sciences
		The participating academies stress the importance of science in their countries and the need to inform the general public about the possibilities of modern science and technology.
		The participating academies will try to see to it that in all international science organisations there is at least one representative of the Nordic- Baltic region, who would disseminate information on activities of the organisation and himself among the countries and academies of the region.
		The participating academies recommend that each of the Baltic countries should have a national policy of research and development, as is already the case in the Nordic countries.
	www.lza.lv /news/bn96_2.htm (809 words)

	Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities - Definition, explanation
		Vitterhets, Historie och Antikvitets Akademien or Vitterhetsakademien, founded in 1753, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden.
		The Academy was founded by Queen Louisa Ulrica, the mother of Gustav III and originally dedicated to literature.
		In 1786 when the Swedish Academy was founded it was reconstituted under its present name with new objectives, mainly dedicated to historical and antiquarian preservation.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/r/ro/royal_swedish_academy_of_letters__history_and_antiquitie.php (199 words)

	S W E D E N (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The royal tradition mixed with the civic achievements of the 19th century and with the goals of popular movements, has formed the framework of Sweden’s modern cultural policy.
		The Royal Library was founded in the 17th century, and is the national repository, being entitled to receive a copy of every publication printed in Sweden.
		Swedish Radio and TV Authority, established in 1994, is the licencing and registration authority for local and similar radio stations, temporary transmissions and distribution by cable and satellite.
	www.unesco.org /culturelink/culpol/sweden.html (5684 words)

	Henrik Birnbaum
		His interests and expertise were wide-ranging; his erudition and depth of knowledge in medieval literature, European cultural history, and several schools of linguistics - to name but a few of the fields in which he published - were fabled.
		Roman Jakobson, the foremost Slavist of the past century, wrote of him: "Professor Birnbaum combines meticulous philological research with a vivid interest in the problems and methods of general linguistics." A former student, upon hearing of his death, remarked what a privilege it had been to study with one of the last great European humanists.
		He was a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
	www.universityofcalifornia.edu /senate/inmemoriam/HenrikBirnbaum.htm (1851 words)

	President of the Republic of Slovenia > Toast by the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Janez Drnovšek, at ...
		When that same marshal Bernadotte became heir to the Swedish crown in 1810 and started the proud royal family of the Bernadottes he bonded Slovene and Swedish history forever.
		It is a privilege for me to be able to fulfil the Swedish writer's words so many years down the road and to host august members of the Royal House of Bernadotte.
		I am particularly pleased to also be able to welcome visiting Swedish business leaders studying the possibilities of expanding economic cooperation and joint development of third markets with their Slovene partners.
	www.up-rs.si /up-rs/uprs-ang.nsf/PrintWebForm?openform&ParentUnid=1BC361597ACED5B9C1256F940047B4DD (1033 words)

	The History of Kungl. biblioteket, National Library of Sweden
		However, in spite of its name, the Royal Library was not the King's private library, although the royal families of the 17th century did not always make clear distinctions between their own property and that of the state.
		The strength of the Royal Library lay in such areas as bibliography, ecclesiastical history and the history of literature, geography, fine art, archaeology, political economy and political science and in its general newspaper section.
		A committee was appointed, and in October 1952 a memorandum was submitted to the Royal Chancery “with a proposal that meant that the task of editing the national bibliography in its all phases would be transferred to the Royal Library...
	www.kb.se /ENG/kbhistor.htm (8958 words)

	Biography of Zigmas Zinkevičius (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During 1956-62 and 1964-68 he was assistant dean of the faculty of history and philology; in 1973-88, he was chairman of the Lithuanian department; in 1988-89, of the Baltic philology department; in 1995-96, director of the Lithuanian Language Institute; from December 10, 1996, to March 25, 1998, minister of education and science.
		He is an habilitated member of the Academy of Humanities; a professor; since 1982, a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities; since 1991, of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences; since 1995, of the Latvian Academy of Sciences and of the Lithuanian Catholic Academy of Sciences.
		His fields of research are the history of the Lithuanian language, dialectology, and Baltic philology.
	pirmojiknyga.mch.mii.lt /Asmenys/zinkevicius.en.htm (194 words)

	NordArk / Producers - Swedish academies and organisations
		The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities has a history going back to 1753 (the Academy was refounded in 1786 by Gustav III) and is thus one of the two oldest academies in Sweden.
		The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities works to promote research and other activities in the humanities, in the study of religion, law and social sciences, as well as in cultural heritage management.
		Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademiens årsbok", the archaeological journal "Fornvännen" and scholarly works in a number of different series.
	www.hgo.se /nordark/academy.htm (270 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| No stone unturned (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This period began with an official Egyptian request for a UNESCO appeal in 1959 and was concluded in 1980 with the inauguration of the reconstructed temple of Philae on the island of Agilkia.
		During this time, Save-Soderbergh functioned as the Swedish delegate to the executive committee of the international rescue action and participated actively in the planning and completion of such projects as the relocation of the temples of Abu Simbel and Philae.
		He was president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities from 1978-84 and corresponding member of the prestigious Institut de France (Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres).
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1998/383/cu2.htm (1171 words)

	Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
		In accordance with our general regulations of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, one of main functions of the Academy is to bring together the most distinguished Lithuanian scientists with foreign scientists whose academic activities are related to Lithuania.
		The Academy unites scientific forces to solve the major cultural, economic, linguistic, scientific and social problems on the global scale and it encourages and maintains advanced standards and a high level of scientific research and studies.
		The Academy maintains rather close relations with the association All European Academies (ALLEA), seeking through co-operation the strengthening of the role of scientists in the community and solution of common problems.
	neris.mii.lt /Akademija/cooperation.html (481 words)

	Organisation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Academy is independent of government supervision and funding.
		The Academy is in a position to award generous grants for various research purposes not only to its own members but also to university departments and other bodies.
		The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities arranges symposia and conferences and supports such events taking place outside the Academy.
	www.forskning.se /ForskningsGuiden/viewActorDto.do;jsessionid=AD4A2DE8728BD448F238DF3387A47694?id=141&languageId=2 (91 words)

	Culture of Finland - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Rather than the Germanic wille zur macht (will to power), it is the will never to buckle under or collapse or be dominated.
		The Finns have had to be a tough people to survive with their own culture and language in the face of incessant Russian aggression alternated by Swedish rule.
		Despite its difficult history, Finland has exported its culture far out of proportion to its small population.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Culture_of_Finland (492 words)

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		The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (elected 1984 as member 1257), Second Vice President (1997-2000), Member of Executive Board (1989-93, 1997-2000) and Investment Committee (1993-97, 2000-2002), Auditor (2002-2003), Vice Chairman (1992-97) and Chairman (2004-) of the Class for Economics and Social Sciences, Auditor of the Schock Foundation (2003-2005).
		The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (elected 1991 as member 423), Deputy Auditor (1999-2000).
		The Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and the Social Sciences (1983-89), its Executive Committee (1986-89) and its Committee for the Economic Sciences (1980-89).
	www.anst.uu.se /m/larsengw/activities.htm (959 words)

	Special collections - About the library - Library - National Heritage Board (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The core of the library consists of some special collections that was transferred to the Academy during the 18th and 19th centuries.
		A considerable number of the books have been bound by the Royal bookbinder Christopher Schneidler, and are decorated on the front cover with the Queen's coat of arms in gold.
		The library of Johan Gustaf Liljegren (1791-1837), Director General of the Central Board of National Antiquities, was purchased and included in the library in 1834.
	www.raa.se /bibliotek/english/spec_coll.asp (624 words)

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