Who we are

The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry – a meeting place for the green sector

”Academy” is a name given to a seat of higher learning or a learned society. The Academy’s nearly 600 fellows come from research, practice and industry, bu trepresent the Academy in their personal expertise.

The Swedish Royal Academies

Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts (1735)
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1739)
Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (1753)
Royal Academy of Music (1771)
Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences (1771)
Swedish Academy (1786)
Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1796)
Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (1811)
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (1919)
The Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish folk culture (1932)

The seal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry depicts Ceres, the Roman goddess of vegetation and agriculture, known to the ancient Greeks as Demeter.