List of members of the Swedish Academy


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 except for Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt who was excluded twice.
On 2 May 2018, the Swedish King amended the rules of the academy and made it possible for members to resign. The new rules also states that a member who has been inactive in the work of the academy for more than two years, can be asked to resign. Following the new rules, the first members to formally be granted permission to leave the Academy and vacating their chairs were Kerstin Ekman, Klas Östergren, Sara Stridsberg and Lotta Lotass.

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, 1977–2008
  11. Lotta Lotass, 2009–2018
  12. Eric M. Runesson, 2018–

    Seat 2

  13. Carl Fredrik Scheffer, 1786
  14. Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz, 1786–1821
  15. Carl Peter Hagberg, 1821–41
  16. Christian Eric Fahlcrantz, 1842–66
  17. Gunnar Wennerberg, 1866–1901
  18. Claes Annerstedt, 1901–27
  19. Martin Lamm, 1928–50
  20. Ingvar Andersson, 1950–74
  21. , 1975–99
  22. Bo Ralph, 1999–

    Seat 3

  23. Olof Celsius, junior, 1786–94
  24. Johan Adam Tingstadius, 1794–1827
  25. Carl Gustaf von Brinkman, 1828–47
  26. Albrecht Elof Ihre, 1848–59
  27. Johan Börjesson, 1859–66
  28. Hans Magnus Melin, 1866–77
  29. Carl Gustaf Malmström, 1878–1912
  30. Henrik Schück, 1913–47
  31. Henrik Samuel Nyberg, 1948–74
  32. Carl Ivar Ståhle, 1974–80
  33. Sture Allén, 1980–, permanent secretary 1986–99

    Seat 4

  34. Johan Henric Kellgren, 1786–95
  35. Johan Stenhammar, 1797–99
  36. Claes Fleming, 1799–1831
  37. Carl Adolph Agardh, 1831–59
  38. Fredrik Ferdinand Carlson, 1859–87
  39. Claes Herman Rundgren, 1887–1906
  40. Ivar Afzelius, 1907–21
  41. Tor Hedberg, 1922–31
  42. Sigfrid Siwertz, 1932–70
  43. Lars Forssell, 1971–2007
  44. Anders Olsson, 2008–, acting permanent secretary 2018–2019

    Seat 5

  45. Matthias von Hermansson, 1786–89
  46. Magnus Lehnberg, 1789–1808
  47. Jacob Axelsson Lindblom, 1809–19
  48. Carl von Rosenstein, 1819–36
  49. Jöns Jakob Berzelius, 1837–48
  50. Johan Erik Rydqvist, 1849–77
  51. Theodor Wisén, 1878–92
  52. Knut Fredrik Söderwall, 1892–1924
  53. Axel Kock, 1924–35
  54. Bengt Hesselman, 1935–52
  55. Henry Olsson, 1952–85
  56. Göran Malmqvist, 1985–2019

    Seat 6

  57. Johan Wingård, 1786–1818
  58. Adolf Göran Mörner, 1818–38
  59. Anders Abraham Grafström, 1839–70
  60. Fredrik August Dahlgren, 1871–95
  61. Hans Hildebrand, 1895–1913
  62. Sven Hedin, 1913–52
  63. Sten Selander, 1953–57
  64. Olle Hedberg, 1957–74
  65. Per Olof Sundman, 1975–92
  66. Birgitta Trotzig, 1993–2011
  67. Tomas Riad, 2011 –

    Seat 7

  68. Axel von Fersen, senior, 1786–94
  69. Axel Gabriel Silverstolpe, 1794–1816
  70. Anders Carlsson af Kullberg, 1817–51
  71. Carl August Hagberg, 1851–64
  72. Wilhelm Erik Svedelius, 1864–89
  73. Nils Fredrik Sander, 1889–1900
  74. Albert Theodor Gellerstedt, 1901–14
  75. Selma Lagerlöf, 1914–40
  76. Hjalmar Gullberg, 1940–61
  77. Karl Ragnar Gierow, 1961–82, permanent secretary 1964–77
  78. Knut Ahnlund, 1983–2012
  79. Sara Danius, 2013–2019, permanent secretary 2015–2018
  80. Åsa Wikforss, 2019–

    Seat 8

  81. Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna, 1786–1818
  82. Esaias Tegnér, 1818–46
  83. Carl Wilhelm Böttiger, 1847–78
  84. Carl David af Wirsén, 1879–1912, permanent secretary from 1884
  85. Verner von Heidenstam, 1912–40
  86. Pär Lagerkvist, 1940–74
  87. Östen Sjöstrand, 1975–2006
  88. Jesper Svenbro, 2006–

    Seat 9

  89. Gudmund Jöran Adlerbeth, 1786–1818
  90. Hans Järta, 1819–47
  91. Carl David Skogman, 1847–56
  92. Henning Hamilton, 1856–81, acting permanent secretary from 1874
  93. Esaias Tegnér Jr., 1882–1928
  94. Otto von Friesen, 1929–42
  95. Einar Löfstedt, 1942–55
  96. Ture Johannisson, 1955–90
  97. Torgny Lindgren, 1991–2017
  98. Jayne Svenungsson, 2017–2018
  99. Ellen Mattson, 2019–

    Seat 10

  100. Anders af Botin, 1786–90
  101. Christoffer Bogislaus Zibet, 1790–1809
  102. Gustaf Lagerbielke, 1809–37
  103. Carl Fredrik af Wingård, 1837–51
  104. Henrik Reuterdahl, 1852–70
  105. Paul Genberg, 1871–75
  106. Carl Snoilsky, 1876–1903
  107. Harald Hjärne, 1903–22
  108. Fredrik Böök, 1922–61
  109. Erik Lönnroth, 1962–2002
  110. Peter Englund, 2002–, permanent secretary 2009–2015

    Seat 11

  111. Nils von Rosenstein, 1786–1824, permanent secretary from 1786
  112. Lars Magnus Enberg, 1824–65
  113. Bror Emil Hildebrand, 1866–84, acting permanent secretary 1881–83
  114. Clas Theodor Odhner, 1885–1904
  115. Erik Axel Karlfeldt, 1904–31, permanent secretary from 1913
  116. Torsten Fogelqvist, 1931–41
  117. Nils Ahnlund, 1941–57
  118. Eyvind Johnson, 1957–76
  119. Ulf Linde, 1977–2013
  120. Klas Östergren, 2014–2018
  121. Mats Malm, 2018-, permanent secretary from 2019

    Seat 12

  122. Elis Schröderheim, 1786–95
  123. Isac Reinhold Blom, 1797–1826
  124. Gustaf Fredrik Wirsén, 1826–27
  125. Bernhard von Beskow, 1828–68, permanent secretary from 1834
  126. Carl Gustaf Strandberg, 1869–1874, acting permanent secretary 1872–1874
  127. Anders Anderson, 1875–92
  128. Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, 1893–1901
  129. Gustaf Retzius, 1901–19
  130. Adolf Noreen, 1919–25
  131. Bo Bergman, 1925–67
  132. Sten Lindroth, 1968–80
  133. Werner Aspenström, 1981–97
  134. Per Wästberg, 1997–

    Seat 13

  135. Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg, 1786–1808
  136. Frans Michael Franzén, 1808–47, permanent secretary 1824–34
  137. Bernhard Elis Malmström, 1849–65
  138. Carl Anders Kullberg, 1865–97
  139. Karl Alfred Melin, 1898–1919
  140. Anders Österling, 1919–81, permanent secretary 1941–64
  141. Gunnel Vallquist, 1982–2016
  142. Sara Stridsberg, 2016–2018
  143. Anne Swärd, 2019–

    Seat 14

  144. Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, 1786–1794
  145. Malte Ramel, 1797–1824
  146. Erik Gustaf Geijer, 1824–47
  147. Elias Fries, 1847–78
  148. Carl Rupert Nyblom, 1879–1907
  149. Per Hallström, 1908–60, permanent secretary 1931–41
  150. Ragnar Josephson, 1960–66
  151. Lars Gyllensten, 1966–2006, permanent secretary 1977–86
  152. Kristina Lugn, 2006–2020

    Seat 15

  153. Carl Gustaf Nordin, 1786–1812
  154. Carl Birger Rutström, 1812–26
  155. Johan David Valerius, 1826–52
  156. Ludvig Manderström, 1852–1873, permanent secretary 1869–1872
  157. Anton Niklas Sundberg, 1874–1900
  158. Gottfrid Billing, 1900–25
  159. Hans Larsson, 1925–44
  160. Elin Wägner, 1944–49
  161. Harry Martinson, 1949–78
  162. Kerstin Ekman, 1978–2018
  163. Jila Mossaed, 2018–

    Seat 16

  164. Carl Gustaf af Leopold, 1786–1829
  165. Samuel Grubbe, 1830–53
  166. Israel Hwasser, 1854–60
  167. Carl Vilhelm August Strandberg, 1862–77
  168. Viktor Rydberg, 1877–95
  169. Waldemar Rudin, 1896–1921
  170. Nathan Söderblom, 1921–31
  171. Tor Andræ, 1932–47
  172. Elias Wessén, 1947–81
  173. Kjell Espmark, 1981–

    Seat 17

  174. Johan Murberg, 1787–1805
  175. Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, 1805–1811
  176. Gustaf af Wetterstedt, 1811–37
  177. Anders Magnus Strinnholm, 1837–62
  178. Louis Gerhard De Geer, 1862–96
  179. Pehr Jacob von Ehrenheim, 1897–1918
  180. Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, 1918–53
  181. Dag Hammarskjöld, 1954–61
  182. Erik Lindegren, 1962–68
  183. Johannes Edfelt, 1969–97
  184. Horace Engdahl, 1997–, permanent secretary 1999–2009

    Seat 18

  185. Nils Lorens Sjöberg, 1787–1822
  186. Anders Fredrik Skjöldebrand, 1822–34
  187. Pehr Henrik Ling, 1835–39
  188. Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, 1839–55
  189. Johan Henrik Thomander, 1855–65
  190. Gustaf Ljunggren, 1865–1905
  191. Vitalis Norström, 1907–16
  192. Oscar Montelius, 1917–21
  193. Albert Engström, 1922–40
  194. Gunnar Mascoll Silfverstolpe, 1941–42
  195. Gustaf Hellström, 1942–53
  196. Bertil Malmberg, 1953–58
  197. Gunnar Ekelöf, 1958–68
  198. Artur Lundkvist, 1968–91
  199. Katarina Frostenson, 1992–2019
  200. Tua Forsström, 2019–