Swedish Royal Academies

thumb|right|alt=Image of the Swedish Stock Exchange building that houses the Swedish Academy, photographed during daytime.|Swedish Stock Exchange building, home to the Swedish Academy

The Royal Academies are independent organizations, founded on Royal command, that act to promote the arts, culture, and science in Sweden. The Swedish Academy and Academy of Sciences are also responsible for the selection of Nobel Prize laureates in Literature, Physics, Chemistry, and the Prize in Economic Sciences. Also included in the Royal Academies are scientific societies that were granted Royal Charters.

Arts and culture

• Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien), 1786
• Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (Kungliga Akademien för de Fria konsterna), 1773
• Royal Swedish Academy of Music (Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien), 1771
• Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (Kungl. Vitterhets-, Historie- och Antikvitetsakademien), 1753

Sciences

• Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien), 1739