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【组织简介】 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences （RSAS）is an independent, non-governmental organization founded in 1739. The major aims of the Academy are to promote research in mathematics and the natural sciences.
The Academy participates in and promotes international scientific cooperation through its seven scientific institutes by publishing scientific journals by distributing scientific information and by promoting contacts between scientists and society. Prizes and grants are awarded annually from funds held in trust by the Academy. The Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry have been awarded by the Academy since 1901 and the Prize in Economic Sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel since 1968.
History The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, founded 1739, was modelled on the pattern of the Royal Society of London and of l’Academie Royale des Sciences in Paris. The academies of sciences are all very special bodies representing a cultural heritage which dates back to the Renaissance. Their origins, background and history differ and they fulfil their duties in different ways although they all promote science and defend the freedom of science.
The Swedish Academy of Sciences was created as, and still is, an independent, non-governmental scientific society. It began on a modest basis and achieved distinction through the quality of its leadership as well as its determination to promote natural science. Sweden in the first half of the 18th century presented an unusually distinguished array of scientists. Among the founders was the world-famous naturalist Carl Linnaeus (knighted von Linné), the mercantilist Jonas Alstromer and the mechanical engineer Marten Triewald as well as the politician Anders Johan von Hopken, who became the Academy’s first Permanent Secretary.
The Academy, in its early days, with its eminent membership, was in a position to establish fruitful scientific relationship with the academies of the main European countries - a step towards the internationalization of research. With its regularly published "Handlingar" (Transactions) and the bulletins then published in its Almanac, the Academy transmitted reserach findings both within the scientific community and to the Swedish general public - two different levels of research information.
During its first heyday, The Academy was above all concerned with promoting everyday applications of scientific discoveries, e.g. in agriculture, ship building and mining. The eminent chemist J. Berzelius was appointed Permanent Secretary in the beginning of the 19th century. His first care was to reorganize the Academy and to turn it into a society with purely scientific aims. This organization is still prevailing.
Journals The journals the Academy itself produces are AMBIO (international environmental research, Acta Mathematica and Arkiv for Matematik.
In collaboration with other scientific academies and foundations the Academy also produces Physica Scripta (experimental and theoretical physics) Acta Zoologica (zoological morphology) and Zoologica Scripta (systematic zoology).
In addition the Academy shares in the publication of ETAI - Electronic Transactions on Artificial Intelligence.
Reports Reports and appraisals produced by or commissioned by the Academy of Sciences are published in the series Rapporter och utvarderingar and Documenta. Svensk forskarutbildning i internationell belysning Documenta Nr 70 (Only in Swedish) Lillemor Kim, 2000 Summary and Conclusions
Qualitative aspects of Swedish participation in EU research programmes Report on a study carried out by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering Sciences commisssioned by the Ministry of Education, 1999 Documenta Nr 67 Report in pdf-format (595 kb)
The Role of Water Stratification - especially in Coasted Water Kristineberg 11-14 sept 1993 KVA report 1994:1
Arctic and Alpine Ecology and Environmental Impacts KVA report 1993:4
The Role of Academies of Learned Societies in the New Europe The All-European-Academy Meeting in Stockholm at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Summaries and statements KVA report 1993:3
Perspectives on the Maintenance of Biodiversity Carl Edelstam, Gunnel Skoog, Hans Lundberg och Claes Ramel KVA report 1992:1
Biological Insect Control in China and Sweden 1978
Other publications The Legacy of Svante Arrhenius - Understanding the Greenhouse Effect Henning Rodhe, Robert Charlson, 1998 Distributed by AMBIO
Swedish Contributions to IGBP and WCRP A report issued by The Swedish National Committee for the IGBP (International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme), 1991. WCRP (World Climate Research Programme)
The Chamber of Physics G. Pipping, 1991 (2nd ed)
Biodiversity Report from conferences held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, September and October 1990 Offprint from Oikos, Vol. 63
Abisko Scientific Research Station Carl Gustaf Bernhard, 1989
Science in Sweden, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1739-1989 Tore Frangsmyr, 1989 Distributed by the book trade
Science, Reason and Value Georg Henrik von Wright, 1989
The Research Station for Astrophysics, Capri and La Palma Carl Gustaf Bernhard, 1989
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences （RSAS） PO Box 50005, SE-104 05 Stockholm, SWEDEN Tel: +46 8 673 95 00, Fax: +46 8 15 56 70 e-mail: rsas@kva.se, Webmaster: Fredrik All
