Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet (SVS) or The Swedish Society for Belles-Lettres is a Swedish non-profit membership organization formed in 1907 for the purpose of publishing scholarly text critical editions of works by the most-important authors in Swedish literature.

Membership is 300 kr. (approximately 30 euro) per year and includes a subscription of the volumes published in that year.

President

  1. 1907–1918: Karl Warburg
  2. 1918–1947: Otto Sylwan
  3. 1947–1969: Elias Wessén
  4. 1969–1980: Carl Ivar Ståhle
  5. 1980–1984: Bertil Molde
  6. 1984–2013: Sture Allén
  7. 2013–2019: Anders Olsson
  8. Since 2019: Paula Henrikson

Publications

Between 1910 and 2004, the society published 250 volumes covering thirty-some authors. The first to be presented in full text on the Internet was Carl Jonas Love Almqvist. The publishing plan for this author alone comprises fifty-one volumes of which eleven are now available online.

Swedish authors published by SVS

  • Olof von Dalin (1708–1763)
  • Carl Gustaf Leopold (1756–1829)
  • Erik Johan Stagnelius (1793–1823)
  • Lars Johansson, "Lasse Lucidor" (1638–1674)
  • Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795)
  • Anna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817)
  • Gunno Eurelius Dahlstierna (1661–1709)
  • Georg Stiernhielm (1598–1672)
  • Johan Henric Kellgren (1751–1795)
  • Carl August Ehrensvärd (1745–1800)
  • Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763)
  • Erik Sjöberg, "Vitalis" (1794–1828)
  • Jacob Wallenberg (1746–1778)
  • Bengt Lidner (1757–1793)
  • Thomas Thorild (1759–1808)
  • Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877)
  • Johan Runius (1679–1713)
  • Viktor Rydberg (1828–1895)
  • August Strindberg (1849–1912)
  • Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793–1866)
  • Johan Olof Wallin (1779–1839)
  • Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790–1855)
  • Gustaf Rosenhane, "Skogekär Bergbo" (1619–1684)
  • Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865)
  • Emilie Flygare-Carlén (1807–1892)
  • Samuel Columbus (1642-1679)
  • Urban Hiärne (1641–1724)
  • Israel Holmström (1661–1708)
  • Sophie von Knorring (1797–1848)
  • Hans Gustaf Rålamb (1716–1790)
  • Haquin Spegel (1645–1714)
  • Johan Gabriel Werving (1675–1715)

See also

  • List of Swedish poets
  • List of Swedish-language writers
  • Swedish Academy
  • Swedish literature

References

  • , The Swedish Society for Belles-Lettres official website
  • Svenska Vitterhetsamfundet
  • Collected Works of C.J.L. Almqvist