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IV. EDUCATION AND MENTAL CULTURE IN SWEDEN.
Calendar, on which publications it has a monopoly, and which
constitute its principal source of income (more than 90,000 kronor per annum;
a krona = 1-10 shill.). Out of the public funds, the Academy has an
annual subsidy of nigh to 14,000 kronor; its own funds (not including
those simply administered by the Academy) amounted at the end of
1900 to a principal of 1,211,500 kronor. The Academy consists of 100
Swedish and Norwegian and 75 foreign members, who are all elected
by the Academy itself.
The former are divided into nine classes; the first for pure mathematics,
with 6 members; the second for applied mathematics, with 6 members; the
third for practical mechanics, with 8 members; the fourth for physical science,
with 6 members; the fifth for chemistry, geology, and mineralogy, with 12
members; the sixth for botany and zoology, with 16 members; the seventh for
medical sciences, with 15 members; the eighth for technical, economical, and statistical
sciences, with 15 members; and the ninth for science and learned professions in
general, with 16 members. From the first up to the eighth class, the number
of foreign members is equal to that of home members; the eighth has only 6;
and in the ninth class no foreign members are admitted. — A new division has
recently been adopted and presented to the King for confirmation.
The chairman of the Academy, called >Præses>, is annually elected
by the members. The scientific officials of the Academy are: a
secretary; an astronomer, who is also director of the Astronomical
observatory; a chemist (at present vacant); a physicist; a director of the
botanical gardens (the so-called Bergian Gardens); and a librarian.
Under the supervision of the Royal Academy of Sciences stand the
National Museum of Natural History (cf. page 385) and the
Meteorological Central Office; the latter has an annual subvention of 25,000
kronor. — This Academy awards two of the Nobel prizes (cf. page 379).
The Royal Academy of Literature, History, and Antiquities was
founded by Gustavus III in 1786, simultaneously with the Swedish
Academy. Its object is to promote the study of history, archeology,
and numismatics, to exercise paramount supervision over the
areheolo-gical remains of the country, and to inspect designs for medals and for
public inscriptions.
The Academy is composed of at most 10 honorary members, 25
active members, at the utmost 20 foreign members, divided into two
classes (one historical and one archeological-numismatical), and
correspondents to an indefinite number, all of whom are elected by the
Academy. The officials are the secretary, who is also State Antiquary,
and three amanuenses. The State subvention of the Academy was 29,450
kronor in 1900, while the funds of the Academy were 690,000 kronor
for the same year, mostly accruing from donations.
The Royal Academy of Agriculture was founded December 26, 1811.
The Academy is composed of a director and 24 honorary members,
who are appointed by the Government after being first proposed by the
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