The Young Academy of Sweden's inauguration ceremony 2011. The President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Stefan Claesson and Permanent Secretary Staffan Normark hand over newly planted seeds to the Young Academy of Sweden's first Chair Helene Andersson Svahn and Operations Manager Anna Sjöström Douagi. Photo: Markus Marcetic/YAS

Founder and funding

The Young Academy of Sweden was founded on the 27th of May 2011 at the initiative of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences External link, opens in new window., with an initiation grant of SEK 3 million from the Ragnar Söderberg Foundation External link, opens in new window..

Young Academy of Sweden's main funders

The Erling-Persson Family Foundation External link, opens in new window.,

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation External link, opens in new window.

The Natur & Kultur Foundation External link, opens in new window.

The Ragnar Söderberg Foundation External link, opens in new window.

We also receive project grants or basic funding from:

Kempestiftelserna External link, opens in new window.

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond External link, opens in new window.

The Swedish Ministry of Education and Research External link, opens in new window.

We have also received project funding from:

The Crafoord Foundation

The Royal and Hvitfeldska foundation

The Royal Patriotic Society

LMK-stiftelsen

NordForsk

The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research

The Lars Hierta Memorial Foundation

Sven och Dagmar Salén Stiftelse

The Wenner-Gren Foundations

The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies

We are so happy that you make our activities possible!