Royal Danish Academy of Sciences
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences | |
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founding | November 13, 1742 |
Sponsorship | Private |
place | Copenhagen , Denmark |
president | Mogens Høgh Jensen |
Website | www.royalacademy.dk |
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences ( Danish Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab , abbreviated KDVS or also Videnskabernes Selskab ; Latin Regia Academia Scientiarum Danica ) is a non-state academy in Denmark .
history
The academy was founded on November 13, 1742 by decree of Christian VI. Founded as “Collegium Antiquitatum” by Johan Ludvig von Holstein and Hans Gram . From 1745 to 1770 it was called “Kiøbenhavske Selskab af Laerdoms og Videnskabers Elskere” , from 1777 the academy was called “Kongelige Videnskabers Selskab” , from 1781 the current name “Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab” . The academy has around 250 national and 260 international members. In 2011 the Det Unge Akademi department was founded, which currently has 34 younger researchers as members.
The current president is Mogens Høgh Jensen .
President
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See also
- Members of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences until 1942
- Members of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences from 1942
literature
- Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab: Historical Treatises of the Royal Society of Sciences in Copenhagen , Nabu Press 2011
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ DUA ( Danish ) DUA. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ↑ http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3786842 Pedersen is named here as President of the Society in 1967. Retrieved November 13, 2017
- ↑ http://www.royalacademy.dk/da/Aktuelt/Ny-president Accessed November 13, 2017
- ↑ http://www.nbi.ku.dk/navnligt_navne/2016/mogens-hoegh-jensen-ny-praesident-for-videnskabernes-selskab/ Accessed on November 13, 2017
Coordinates: 55 ° 40 ′ 23 " N , 12 ° 34 ′ 25" E