• Nobel Prizes in Physics and in Chemistry
• Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
• Crafoord Prizes in astronomy and mathematics, geosciences, biosciences (with an emphasi… See more

The academy has elected about 1,700 Swedish and 1,200 foreign members since it was founded in 1739. Today, the academy has about 470 Swedish and 175 foreign members which are divided into ten "classes", r… See more

The following persons have served as permanent secretaries of the academy:
• Anders Johan von Höpken, 1739–1740, 1740–1741
• Augustin Ehrensvärd, April – June 1740… See more

The transactions of the academy (Vetenskapsakademiens handlingar) were published as its main series between 1739 and 1974. In parallel, other major series have appeared and gone:
• Öfversigt … See more

The academy was founded on 2 June 1739 by naturalist Carl Linnaeus, mercantilist Jonas Alströmer, mechanical engineer Mårten Triewald, civil servants Sten Carl Bielke and Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm, and statesman/… See more