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Founding Ceremony

When
2 June 1739
Where
Stockholm, Sweden
Part of
Founding of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Six individuals formally established the Academy in Stockholm on 2 June 1739.

Carl Linnaeus, Jonas Alströmer, Mårten Triewald, Sten Carl Bielke, Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm, and Anders Johan von Höpken founded the organization. It was established as an independent, non-governmental scientific body within the Stockholm region.

Sources

  1. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-14

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