Swedish Academy

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Stockholm: Stock Exchange Building

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Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Commemorative medal of Nobel Prize winner, Johannes Diderik Van Der Waals

7 Nobel Prize Scandals

Ancient book lit by candle

9 Obscure Literary Terms

National Museum of Fine Arts. National museum building located on peninsula Blasieholmen in city centre with near Lake Malaren channel view from old town quarter Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden

14 Significant Paintings at Nationalmuseum in Sweden

Alfred Nobel on a large reproduction of the obverse side of the Nobel Prize medal for Peace on the exterior of Nobel Peace Center opened in Oslo, Norway June 11, 2005 to learn about Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and the history of Alfred Bernhard Nobel.

How Do You Get a Nobel Prize?

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Why We Celebrate MLK Day

American bison (Bison bison) also known as buffalo or plains buffalo on the prairie, western U.S.

What’s the Difference Between Bison and Buffalo?

Bog body. Head of Tollund Man. Died at about age 30-40, Dated to about 280 BCE early Iron Age. Found Bjaeldskovdal bog Denmark in 1950 near Elling Woman. Most well preserved bog body to date. Human remains mummified in natural peat bogs. mummy, embalm

9 Noteworthy Bog Bodies (And What They Tell Us)

Close-up of ostriches (Struthio camelus) necks and heads; location unknown.

6 of the World's Most Dangerous Birds

Prince. musician Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson). Prince WELCOME 2 AMERICA tour. Exclusive North American Performances, 2010-11

7 Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Inventors

Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)

Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?

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History of Technology Timeline

Swedish Academy: References & Edit History

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association with Gyllensten
- In Lars Gyllensten
awarding of Nobel Prizes
- In Nobel Prize

Article Contributors

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The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Official Site of Swedish Academy.	Satyavrat Nirala	Dec 11, 2014
	Added new Web site: Official Site of the Swedish Academy.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 12, 2009
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Nov 11, 2008
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jan 11, 1999
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998