Samfundet De Nio

Samfundet De Nio ( Community of Nine ) is a Swedish Academy of Letters with nine seats, which was founded on 14 February 1913 in Stockholm. The foundation was based on the will of the writer Lotten of Kraemer on June 2, 1910.

The aim of the Community is the support of literary works as well as of women and peace issues. The members of the Academy are elected for life, but can prematurely resign in contrast to the Swedish Academy. Four seats are reserved for women and four for men. The Association is headed since 1988 by the spokesperson Inge Jonsson. The first chair of the word leader is constantly changing between a man and a woman.

Current Members

• Chair number 2 - Nina Burton
• Chair number 3 - Anders Öhman R
• Chair number 4 - Kerstin Ekman
• Chair number 5 - Gunnar Harding
• Chair number 6 - Agneta Pleijel
• Chair number 7 - Niklas Rådström
• Chair number 8 - Madeleine Gustafsson
• See point 9 - Johan Svedjedal

Original members

• Chair # 1 - Viktor Almquist
• Chair number 2 - Selma Lagerlof
• Chair number 3 - Karl Wåhlin
• Chair number 4 - Ellen Key
• Chair number 5 - Erik Hedén
• Chair number 6 - Kerstin af Hård Segerstad
• Chair number 7 - Göran Björkman sekreterare,
• Chair number 8 - Anna -Maria Roos
• Chair number 9 - John Landquist

Publications and expended prices

The Community expended from 1916 to 1925 and 1930, the annual book Vår Tid. The magazine Svensk Litteraturtidskrift is published since 1938 and since 2003 also a literary calendar.

From the Community of Nine following literary prizes are awarded.

• Grand Prize ( Stora Pris De Nios )
• Translation Prize ( De Nios översättarpris )
• Stina - Aronson Award
• John Landquists price
• Karl- Vennbergs price
• Winter price ( De Nios Vinterpris )
• Astrid Lindgren Prize ( Samfundet De Nios Astrid Lindgren pris )
• Anders och Veronica Öhmans price
• Exceptional Price ( Samfundet De Nios Särskilda pris )

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