The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters is a Finnish academy for natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. It is known in Latin as Societas Scientiarum Fennica, in Swedish as Finska Vetenskaps-Societeten, and in Finnish as Suomen Tiedeseura.

The society was founded in 1838 and is based in Helsinki. It has a total of 120 full ordinary Finnish members, excluding members who have reached the age of 67 (a member who reaches the age of 67 retains the rights as a member but leaves his or her chair open for election of a new member), and 124 foreign members. It is divided into four sections: I: mathematics and physics, II: biosciences, III: humanities, and IV: social sciences.

The society publishes a yearbook, the periodical Sphinx and a number of series of publications in various fields. It also gives out a number of prizes and grants for scientific and scholarly work.

The society is and has historically always been mainly Swedish-speaking and in 1908 another, Finnish-speaking academy was founded, the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters . In addition Finland has two technical academies. The four Finnish academies have an organ for cooperation, the Delegation of the Finnish Academies of Science and Letters .

External links

• Societas Scientiarum Fennica, official website
• Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, English presentation

See also

• Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
• Finnish Academy of Technology
• Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in Finland
• Delegation of the Finnish Academies of Science and Letters