The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters is a

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. It is known in

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as Societas Scientiarum Fennica, in

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as Finska Vetenskaps-Societeten, and in

as Suomen Tiedeseura. It is a bilingual (Swedish and Finnish) science academy and the oldest of the four science academies in Finland. The society was founded in 1838 and is based in

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. It has a total of 120 full ordinary Finnish members, excluding members who have reached the age of 67 (a member who reaches the age of 67 retains the rights as a member but leaves his or her chair open for election of a new member), and about 120 foreign members. It is divided into four sections: I:

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and

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, II:

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, III:

, and IV:

. The society publishes a yearbook, ''Sphinx'', and the book series ''Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum'', ''Commentationes Scientiarum Socialium'', ''Bidrag till kännedom av Finlands natur och folk'' and ''The History of Learning and Science in Finland 1828-1918''. It also awards a number of prizes and grants for scientific and scholarly work. In addition to the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, there are three other academies in Finland: the

Finnish Academy of Science and Letters The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Finnish ''Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia''; Latin ''Academia Scientiarum Fennica'') is a Finnish learned society. It was founded in 1908 and is thus the second oldest academy in Finland. The oldest is the Fi ...

and two academies of engineering sciences. The four Finnish academies have an umbrella organisation for cooperation, the

Council of Finnish Academies A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or natio ...

References

External links

Societas Scientiarum Fennica
official website

English presentation
Publications
Science and technology in Finland

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