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Members
Members
Being elected a member of the Academy constitutes exclusive recognition of successful achievements. These could be prominent research in mathematics, natural science, engineering, social science or humanities, but also outstanding services to science. The Academy has today about 420 Swedish and 175 foreign members. Since the start in 1739, about 1.600 Swedes have been elected to membership.
New members
At the General Meeting on 5 October Pekka Pykkö, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland, was elected foreign member of the Academy's Class for chemistry. Photo: Veikko Somerpuro.
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The members of the Academy are divided into ten scientific disciplines, called classes:
· Mathematics
· Astronomy and space science
· Physics
· Chemistry
· Geosciences
· Biosciences
· Medical sciences
· Engineering sciences
· Social sciences
· Humanities and for outstanding services to science
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