Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet

Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet (SVS) or The Swedish Society for Belles-Lettres is a Swedish non-profit membership organization formed in 1907 for the purpose of publishing scholarly text critical editions of works by the most-important authors in Swedish literature.

Membership is 300 kr. (approximately 30 euro) per year and includes a subscription of the volumes published in that year.[1]

President

  1. 1907–1918: Karl Warburg
  2. 1918–1947: Otto Sylwan
  3. 1947–1969: Elias Wessén
  4. 1969–1980: Carl Ivar Ståhle
  5. 1980–1984: Bertil Molde
  6. 1984–2013: Sture Allén
  7. 2013–2019: Anders Olsson
  8. Since 2019: Paula Henrikson

Publications

Between 1910 and 2004, the society published 250 volumes covering thirty-some authors. The first to be presented in full text on the Internet was Carl Jonas Love Almqvist. The publishing plan for this author alone comprises fifty-one volumes of which eleven are now available online.

Swedish authors published by SVS

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bli medlem". Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
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