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The Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala (Kungliga Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala), is the oldest of the royal academies in Sweden, having been founded in 1710.[1]

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  1. 25 relations: Academy, Accademia dei Lincei, Anders Celsius, Archaeology, Archbishop of Uppsala, Carl Linnaeus, Decree, Emanuel Swedenborg, Erik Benzelius the Younger, Latin, Mathematics, Monarchy of Sweden, Natural history, Nordisk familjebok, Outline of physical science, Physics, Presidium, Robert Thalén, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Swedish Royal Academies, Synonym, Technology, Title, Uppsala.

  2. Swedish Royal Academies

Academy

An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership).

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Accademia dei Lincei

The (literally the "Academy of the Lynx-Eyed"), anglicised as the Lincean Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious European scientific institutions, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rome, Italy.

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Anders Celsius

Anders Celsius (27 November 170125 April 1744) was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician.

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Archaeology

Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Archbishop of Uppsala

The Archbishop of Uppsala (spelled Upsala until the early 20th century) has been the primate of Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164, first during the Catholic era, and from the 1530s and onward under the Lutheran church.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Decree

A decree is a legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state, judge, royal figure, or other relevant authorities, according to certain procedures.

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Emanuel Swedenborg

Emanuel Swedenborg (born Emanuel Swedberg; (29 January 1688 29 March 1772) was a Swedish Christian theologian, scientist, philosopher and mystic. He became best known for his book on the afterlife, ''Heaven and Hell'' (1758). Swedenborg had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist.

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Erik Benzelius the Younger

Erik Benzelius the younger (27 January 1675 in Uppsala – 23 September 1743) was a priest, theologian, librarian, Bishop of Linköping, 1731–1742 and Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1742–1743.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Mathematics

Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes abstract objects, methods, theories and theorems that are developed and proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself.

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Monarchy of Sweden

The monarchy of Sweden is centred on the monarchical head of state of Sweden,See the Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Article 5.

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Natural history

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

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Nordisk familjebok

Nordisk familjebok ('Nordic Family Book') is a Swedish encyclopedia that was published in print from between 1876 and 1993, and that is now fully available in digital form via Project Runeberg at Linköping University.

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Outline of physical science

Physical science is a branch of natural science that studies non-living systems, in contrast to life science.

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Physics

Physics is the natural science of matter, involving the study of matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force.

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Presidium

A presidium or praesidium is a council of executive officers in some countries' political assemblies that collectively administers its business, either alongside an individual president or in place of one.

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Robert Thalén

Tobias Robert Thalén Hon.

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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the royal academies of Sweden. Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala and royal Swedish Academy of Sciences are Swedish Royal Academies.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.

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Swedish Royal Academies

The Royal Academies are independent organizations, founded on Royal command, that act to promote the arts, culture, and science in Sweden.

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Synonym

A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language.

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Technology

Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way.

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Title

A title is one or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts.

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Uppsala

Uppsala (archaically spelled Upsala) is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö.

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See also

Swedish Royal Academies

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Sciences_in_Uppsala

Also known as Royal Swedish Society of Science, Royal Swedish Society of Sciences.