Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
The
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities or
Kungl. Vitterhets, Historie och Antikvitets Akademien, founded in
1753, is one of the
Royal Academies in
Sweden. The Academy was founded by Queen Louisa Ulrica, the mother of
Gustav III and originally dedicated to
literature. In
1786 when the
Swedish Academy was founded it was reconstituted under its present name with new objectives, mainly dedicated to historical and antiquarian preservation. This inlcuded a close cooperation with the Swedish National Heritage Board or
Riksantikvarieämbetet whose director was, ex officio, the Academy's secretary.
See also: Swedish Academy, Royal Swedish Academy of Music
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