Swedish Academy
Swedish Royal Academy
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| 2023 | David Håkansson is elected to Seat 3 of the Swedish Academy. |
| 2023 | Anna-Karin Palm is elected to Seat 16 of the Swedish Academy. |
| 2023 | The final volume of Svenska Akademiens Ordbok (SAOB) was published, completing the 38-volume comprehensive Swedish language dictionary project. |
| March 3 2022 | The Swedish King attended a weekly academy meeting for the first time in over 200 years. |
| 2020 | Ingrid Carlberg is elected to Seat 5 of the Swedish Academy. |
| 2020 | Steve Sem-Sandberg is elected to Seat 14 of the Swedish Academy. |
| 2019 | Åsa Wikforss is elected to Seat 7 of the Swedish Academy. |
| 2019 | Ellen Mattson is elected to Seat 9 of the Swedish Academy. |
| December 20 2019 | One-third of the Swedish Academy chairs were held by female members, marking progress towards gender equality. |
| November 19 2019 | The Swedish Academy added five temporary external members to the Nobel Committee to help restore trust. |
| April 11 2019 | The Swedish Academy published its financial statements for the first time in its history, revealing financial assets worth 1.58 billion Swedish kronor. |
| March 5 2019 | The Swedish Academy announced the Nobel Prize in Literature would be awarded again, with laureates for both 2018 and 2019 to be announced together. |
| 2018 | Eric M. Runesson is elected to Seat 1 of the Swedish Academy. |
| 2018 | Mats Malm becomes Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy. |
| June 1 2018 | Anders Olsson became Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy from 1 June 2018 to 1 June 2019. |
| May 4 2018 | The Swedish Academy announced the postponement of the Nobel Prize in Literature selection until 2019. |
| April 2018 | Three Swedish Academy members (Klas Östergren, Kjell Espmark, and Peter Englund) resigned in response to a sexual-misconduct investigation involving Jean-Claude Arnault. |
| April 10 2018 | Sara Danius was requested to resign from her position as permanent secretary, reducing the number of active members. |
| November 25 2017 | Lotta Lotass announced in an interview that she had not participated in academy meetings for over two years. |
| 2015 | Peter Englund completed his term as Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy. |
| June 1 2015 | Anders Olsson becomes Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, serving from 1 June 2018 to 1 June 2019. |
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