History. The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 by King Gustav III.Modelled after the Académie française, it has 18 members.It is said that Gustaf III originally intended there to be twenty members, half the number of those in the French Academy, but eventually decided on eighteen because the Swedish expression De Aderton – 'The Eighteen' – had such a fine …

Swedish or svensk(a) may refer to: . Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe.Or, specifically: Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland . Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by the Swedish language; Swedish people or Swedes, persons with a Swedish ancestral or ethnic identity . A national or …