The Royal Nordic Society of Antiquaries (; ) was founded in Denmark on 28 January 1825 by among others

Carl Christian Rafn Carl Christian Rafn (January 16, 1795 – October 20, 1864) was a Danish historian, translator and antiquarian. His scholarship to a large extent focused on translation of Old Norse literature and related Northern European ancient history. He w ...

and

Rasmus Rask Rasmus Kristian Rask (; born Rasmus Christian Nielsen Rasch; 22 November 1787 – 14 November 1832) was a Danish linguist and philologist. He wrote several grammars and worked on comparative phonology and morphology. Rask traveled extensively ...

. The company's aim is to promote Norse literature, history and archaeology. The society was first royal on 9 May 1828. The Society admitted the first woman to the society in 1951;

Anna Elsa Hornum Anna Elsa Hornum, also known as Annaelse Hornum (born 1877 in Ribe, died 1971 in Rudkøbing) was a Danish amateur archaeologist, who was the housekeeper and the closest employee to the Langeland archaeologist Jens Jørgen Winther, who founded the ...

was the second, recommended by Professor

Johannes Brøndsted Johannes Balthasar Brøndsted (5 October 1890 - 16 November 1965) was a Danish archaeologist and prehistorian. He was a professor at the University of Copenhagen and director of the National Museum of Denmark. Biography Brøndsted was born at ...

. The Society publishes ''Aarbøger for nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie'' The Society has also published works by

Christian Jürgensen Thomsen Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (29 December 1788 – 21 May 1865) was a Danish antiquarian who developed early archaeological techniques and methods. In 1816 he was appointed head of 'antiquarian' collections which later developed into the Na ...

, ''Ledetraad Nordic Oldkyndighed'' (1836),

, ''Antiquitates Americanae'' (1837), ''konung skuggsjá (Kongespeilet)'' in Danish translation by

Finnur Jónsson Finnur Jónsson (May 29, 1858 – March 30, 1934) was an Icelandic philologist and Professor of Nordic Philology at the University of Copenhagen. He made extensive contributions to the study of Old Norse literature. Finnur Jónsson was born a ...

(1926) and his ''Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske Skjaldesprog'' (2nd edition 1931), and the series Nordiske Fortidsminder.

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Learned societies of Denmark Nordic organizations Scandinavian studies 1825 establishments in Denmark Organizations established in 1825 {{Denmark-org-stub