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Seat:	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

This is a list of members of the Swedish Academy by seat number. The dates shown indicate the terms of the members, who generally serve for life but some has been excluded.

Seat 1

1. Anders Johan von Höpken, 1786-89
2. Nils Philip Gyldenstolpe , 1789-1810
3. Johan Olof Wallin, 1810-39
4. Anders Fryxell , 1840-81
5. Hans Forssell , 1881-1901
6. Carl Bildt , 1901-31
7. Birger Wedberg , 1931-45
8. Birger Ekeberg , 1945-68
9. Sture Petrén , 1969-76
10. Sten Rudholm , 1977-

Seat 2

1. Carl Fredrik Scheffer , 1786 (never took seat)
2. Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz , 1786-1821
3. Carl Peter Hagberg , 1821-41
4. Christian Eric Fahlcrantz , 1842-66
5. Gunnar Wennerberg, 1866-1901
6. Claes Annerstedt , 1901-27
7. Martin Lamm , 1928-50
8. Ingvar Andersson , 1950-74
9. Torgny T:son Segerstedt, 1975-99
10. Bo Ralph , 1999-

Seat 3

1. Olof Celsius, junior , 1786-94
2. Johan Adam Tingstadius , 1794-1827
3. Carl Gustaf von Brinkman , 1828-47
4. Albrecht Elof Ihre , 1848-59 (never took seat)
5. Johan Börjesson , 1859-66
6. Hans Magnus Melin , 1866-77
7. Carl Gustaf Malmström , 1878-1912
8. Henrik Schück , 1913-47
9. Henrik Samuel Nyberg , 1948-74
10. Carl Ivar Ståhle , 1974-80
11. Sture Allén, 1980-, permanent secretary 1986-99

Seat 4

1. Johan Henric Kellgren , 1786-95
2. Johan Stenhammar , 1797-99
3. Claes Fleming , 1799-1831
4. Carl Adolph Agardh, 1831-59
5. Fredrik Ferdinand Carlson , 1859-87
6. Claes Herman Rundgren , 1887-1906
7. Ivar Afzelius , 1907-21
8. Tor Hedberg , 1922-31
9. Sigfrid Siwertz , 1932-70
10. Lars Forssell , 1971-

Seat 5

1. Matthias von Hermansson , 1786-89
2. Magnus Lehnberg , 1789-1808
3. Jacob Axelsson Lindblom , 1809-19
4. Carl von Rosenstein , 1819-36
5. Jöns Jakob Berzelius, 1837-48
6. Johan Erik Rydqvist , 1849-77
7. Theodor Wisén , 1878-92
8. Knut Fredrik Söderwall , 1892-1924
9. Axel Kock , 1924-35
10. Bengt Hesselman , 1935-52
11. Henry Olsson , 1952-85
12. Göran Malmqvist , 1985-

Seat 6

1. Johan Wingård , 1786-1818
2. Adolf Göran Mörner , 1818-38
3. Anders Abraham Grafström , 1839-70
4. Fredrik August Dahlgren , 1871-95
5. Hans Hildebrand , 1895-1913
6. Sven Hedin, 1913-52
7. Sten Selander , 1953-57
8. Olle Hedberg , 1957-74
9. Per Olof Sundman , 1975-92
10. Birgitta Trotzig, 1993-

Seat 7

1. Axel von Fersen, senior, 1786-94
2. Axel Gabriel Silverstolpe , 1794-1816
3. Anders Carlsson af Kullberg , 1817-51
4. Carl August Hagberg , 1851-64
5. Wilhelm Erik Svedelius , 1864-89
6. Nils Fredrik Sander , 1889-1900
7. Albert Theodor Gellerstedt , 1901-14
8. Selma Lagerlöf, 1914-40
9. Hjalmar Gullberg , 1940-61
10. Karl Ragnar Gierow , 1961-82, permanent secretary 1964-77
11. Knut Ahnlund , 1983-

Seat 8

1. Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna , 1786-1818
2. Esaias Tegnér, 1818-46
3. Carl Wilhelm Böttiger , 1847-78
4. Carl David af Wirsén , 1879-1912, permanent secretary from 1884
5. Verner von Heidenstam, 1912-40
6. Pär Lagerkvist, 1940-74
7. Östen Sjöstrand , 1975-

Seat 9

1. Gudmund Jöran Adlerbeth , 1786-1818
2. Hans Järta, 1819-47
3. Carl David Skogman , 1847-56
4. Henning Hamilton , 1856-81, acting permanent secretary from 1874 (resigned)
5. Esaias Tegnér, junior , 1882-1928
6. Otto von Friesen , 1929-42
7. Einar Löfstedt , 1942-55
8. Ture Johannisson , 1955-90
9. Torgny Lindgren, 1991-

Seat 10

1. Anders af Botin , 1786-90
2. Christoffer Bogislaus Zibet , 1790-1809
3. Gustaf Lagerbielke , 1809-37
4. Carl Fredrik af Wingård, 1837-51
5. Henrik Reuterdahl , 1852-70
6. Paul Genberg , 1871-75
7. Carl Snoilsky , 1876-1903
8. Harald Hjärne , 1903-22
9. Fredrik Böök , 1922-61
10. Erik Lönnroth , 1962-2002
11. Peter Englund, 2002-

Seat 11

1. Nils von Rosenstein , 1786-1824, permanent secretary from 1786
2. Lars Magnus Enberg , 1824-65
3. Bror Emil Hildebrand , 1866-84, acting permanent secretary 1881-83
4. Clas Theodor Odhner , 1885-1904
5. Erik Axel Karlfeldt, 1904-31, permanent secretary from 1913
6. Torsten Fogelqvist , 1931-41
7. Nils Ahnlund , 1941-57
8. Eyvind Johnson, 1957-76
9. Ulf Linde , 1977-

Seat 12

1. Elis Schröderheim , 1786-95
2. Isac Reinhold Blom , 1797-1826
3. Gustaf Fredrik Wirsén , 1826-27
4. Bernhard von Beskow , 1828-68, permanent secretary from 1834
5. Carl Gustaf Strandberg , 1869-1874, acting permanent secretary 1872-1874
6. Anders Anderson , 1875-92
7. Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, 1893-1901
8. Gustaf Retzius, 1901-19
9. Adolf Noreen , 1919-25
10. Bo Bergman , 1925-67
11. Sten Lindroth , 1968-80
12. Werner Aspenström , 1981-97
13. Per Wästberg , 1997-

Seat 13

1. Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg , 1786-1808
2. Frans Michael Franzén , 1808-47, permanent secretary 1824-34
3. Bernhard Elis Malmström , 1849-65
4. Carl Anders Kullberg , 1865-97
5. Karl Alfred Melin , 1898-1919
6. Anders Österling , 1919-81, permanent secretary 1941-64
7. Gunnel Vallquist, 1982-

Seat 14

1. Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, 1786-1794 (excluded)
2. Malte Ramel , 1797-1824
3. Erik Gustaf Geijer, 1824-47
4. Elias Fries, 1847-78
5. Carl Rupert Nyblom , 1879-1907
6. Per Hallström , 1908-60, permanent secretary 1931-41
7. Ragnar Josephson , 1960-66
8. Lars Gyllensten , 1966-, permanent secretary 1977-86

Seat 15

1. Carl Gustaf Nordin, 1786-1812
2. Carl Birger Rutström , 1812-26
3. Johan David Valerius , 1826-52
4. Ludvig Manderström , 1852-1873, permanent secretary 1869-1872
5. Anton Niklas Sundberg , 1874-1900
6. Gottfrid Billing , 1900-25
7. Hans Larsson , 1925-44
8. Elin Wägner , 1944-49
9. Harry Martinson, 1949-78
10. Kerstin Ekman, 1978-

Seat 16

1. Carl Gustaf af Leopold , 1786-1829
2. Samuel Grubbe , 1830-53
3. Israel Hwasser , 1854-60
4. Carl Vilhelm August Strandberg , 1862-77
5. Viktor Rydberg, 1877-95
6. Waldemar Rudin , 1896-1921
7. Nathan Söderblom, 1921-31
8. Tor Andræ, 1932-47
9. Elias Wessén, 1947-81
10. Kjell Espmark , 1981-

Seat 17

1. Johan Murberg , 1787-1805
2. Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, 1805-1811 (excluded)
3. Gustaf af Wetterstedt, 1811-37
4. Anders Magnus Strinnholm , 1837-62
5. Louis Gerhard De Geer, 1862-96
6. Pehr Jacob von Ehrenheim , 1897-1918
7. Hjalmar Hammarskjöld , 1918-53
8. Dag Hammarskjöld, 1954-61
9. Erik Lindegren , 1962-68
10. Johannes Edfelt , 1969-97
11. Horace Engdahl, 1997-, permanent secretary since 1999

Seat 18

1. Nils Lorens Sjöberg , 1787-1822
2. Anders Fredrik Skjöldebrand , 1822-34
3. Pehr Henrik Ling, 1835-39
4. Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, 1839-55
5. Johan Henrik Thomander , 1855-65
6. Gustaf Ljunggren , 1865-1905
7. Vitalis Norström , 1907-16
8. Oscar Montelius, 1917-21
9. Albert Engström , 1922-40
10. Gunnar Mascoll Silfverstolpe , 1941-42
11. Gustaf Hellström , 1942-53
12. Bertil Malmberg , 1953-58
13. Gunnar Ekelöf, 1958-68
14. Artur Lundkvist , 1968-91
15. Katarina Frostenson, 1992-

External link

• Members of the Swedish Academy at Projekt Runeberg - in Swedish