Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
- 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 as a Finnish-language counterpart of the Swedish-language Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, which had existed since 1838.
Members
The academy has a total of 328 seats for Finnish members. When a member of the academy turns 65 years, his seat is free for selection of a new member, but he remains a full member until death. The seats are divided into two sections
Section of Science
* Mathematics and Computer Science 28 members
* Physics and Astronomy 26 members
* Geosciences 24 members
* Chemistry 21 members
* Biology 22 members
* Agriculture and Forestry 22 members
* Medicine 46 members
189 seats
Section of the Humanities
* Theology and Religion 11 members
* Philosophy and Aesthetics 12 members
* Psychology and Pedagogy 14 members
* History and Archaeology 17 members
* Finno-Ugric Studies 17 members
* Linguistics 21 members
* Jurisprudence 18 members
* Social sciences 29 members
139 seats
ee also
External links
* [http://www.acadsci.fi/ Finnish Academy of Science and Letters] , official website
* [http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/Finnish_Academy.html The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters] , a presentation (at the website of the University of St Andrews).
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