Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala

The Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala (Swedish Kungliga Vetenskaps - Societeten i Uppsala, Latin Societas regia scientarum upsaliensis ) is the oldest scientific society in Sweden. It was founded in 1710 in Uppsala, at the instigation of the librarian and later Archbishop Erik Benzelius the younger man by the name of Collegium Curiosorum. In 1719 the name was changed to Societas Literaria Sueciae, 1728 royal charter to Societas regia literaria et scientarium. Until the mid-18th century, the society was under the name Societas regia scientarum upsaliensis, known to German "Royal Academy of Sciences in Uppsala ".

Among the first members of the Society included Emanuel Swedenborg and Anders Celsius.