The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry was founded in 1811 and installed on 28 January 1813 on the initiative of Crown Prince Carl Johan, later King Karl XIV Johan.
The Academy was in 1813 called The Royal Swedish Agricultural Academy. To mark the importance of forestry, the academy was renamed The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry on January 1, 1956.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry is an independent organization that works with issues of agriculture, horticulture, food, forest and forest products, fishing and aquaculture, the environment and natural resources.
It is an active forum for science and practical experience. The Academy is also an independent and critical review organisation, which for society’s benefit shall promote ecologically, ethically, aesthetically and socially sustainable and therefore financially viable use and care of the earth, forests, plants, animals, water and air. This also includes the provision of products and services for consumers as well as countryside issues.
The Academy highlights, from different angles, the importance of the green industries for the development of the whole of society and for our procurement of safe products, and the balance between nature and people; it also emphasises the value of the green industries for recreation, living, rehabilitation, sport and leisure activities.
The Academy is financed – apart from a small government grant as compensation for services rendered – through the return from its own funds. In addition, the Academy has over the years been entrusted with managing a number of foundations.
The Academy’s meeting activities with assemblies, seminars, conferences and workshops are an important means of bringing knowledge from the Academy. By gathering for discussion about important problems, opportunities are given for initiatives for measures or activities, which stimulate development.
During its nearly two centuries of history the Academy has moved its headquarters a couple of times within Stockholm. In connection with the rebuilding of central parts of the city and after a period of temporary premises, the Academy in 1972 moved into the house of the ”old school of mining” at Drottninggatan 95B. The building was erected in 1867 for the Department of Mining Sciences of the Royal College of Technology, and was designed by F.W. Scholander. The building is registered as a cultural monument and is at the Academy’s disposal ”for all time”.
Sara Österman tar över som akademisekreterare och vd för KSLA fr o m den 1 januari 2027.
Nya på kansliet är akademikamrer Pernilla Ottosson och köksmästare Christian Carvajal Johansson.
De tio kungliga akademierna uppvaktar H.M Konungen med ett seminarium om vetenskap och bildning.
The Forestry section arranges an international seminar on the theme of climate adaptation in forestry.
