Götheborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhället
Gothenburg Society of Sciences and Arts
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Founding of the Society
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Year
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Authority / Notes
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1778
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According to
Eriksson, [v.1, 1978], p.368, the Society
traces its origins to a literary club founded by Johan Rosén
in 1759, which existed for a few years, but then seems to have become
defunct.
In 1773, Rosén founded a new private society,
Nil Nisi Suecanum, but it accomplished little since Rosén
died in August of the same year
(Eriksson, [v.1, 1978], p.14).
Eriksson, [v.1, 1978], p.370 indicates that
on 1773, August 19 it changed from a private to an official society.
The main architect for this transformation was Martin Georg
Wallenstråle (1733-1807).
Eriksson, [v.1, 1978], p.14 quotes from a
letter of 1774, April 1 from Wallenstråle to Samuel Älf, a
clergyman and Latin poet in Linköping.
In that letter, just eight months after the beginning of the
transformation, Wallenstråle makes it clear that he is now serving
as the head of the Society in Rosén's place.
He also adds that the Society is now called
Götheborgska Witterhets och Wetenskaps Sälskapet.
[In spite of the fact that this name is very similar to the name of
the Society when it was formally instituted on 1778, August 19 by the
King, the Society generally refers to 1778 as its founding date.]
On 1778, August 19 King Gustav III signed the royal declaration of
patronage (Eriksson, [v.1, 1978], p.371).
According to the Society Statutes of 1778
(Eriksson, [v.1, 1978], p.388), the name of
the Society was in 1778
Götheborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhället.
The following title supports the notion that the Society considers
its official founding date as 1778:
The condition of man : proceedings of an International Symposium
held September 8-10, 1978 in Göteborg to celebrate the
200th anniversary of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences of
Göteborg / edited by Paul Hallberg. (Göteborg, Sweden :
Kungl. Vetenskaps-och Vitterhets-Samhället i Göteborg, 1979).
According to the Society Statutes of 1876
(Eriksson, [v.2, 1985], p.338), the name of
the Society was in 1876
Kongl. Wetenskaps- och Witterhets Samhället i
Göteborg.
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Seat of the Society
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City
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Authority / Notes
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Göteborg
Sweden
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This location is supported by the name of the society.
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Name of the Society
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Dates
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Name
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Authority
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1774? - 1778?
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Götheborgska Witterhets och Wetenskaps Sälskapet.
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Eriksson, [v.1, 1978], p.14 establishes this
name and latest start date.
The end date is speculation.
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1778?
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Götheborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhället.
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Eriksson, [v.1, 1978], p.388 establishes this
start date and name.
It publications establish this date.
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1780? - 1797?
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Kongliga Götheborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhället
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It publications.
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1806? - 1808?
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Kongliga Götheborgska Wettenskaps och Witterhets Samhället
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It publications.
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1808 - 1817?
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Kongliga Wettenskaps och Witterhets Samhället i Götheborg
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Its publications.
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1819? - 1822?
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Götheborgs Kongliga Wettenskaps och Witterhets Samhället
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Its publications.
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1808 - 1822?
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Kongliga Vettenskaps och Vitterhets Samhallet i Götheborg
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RSLC, v.1, p.xxxvi.
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1850? - 1863?
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Götheborgs Kongliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhället
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RSLC, v.1, p.xxxvi.
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1874? - 1883?
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Göteborgs Kongliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhället
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RSLC, v.9, p.xvii.
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1884? - 1906?
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Göteborgs Kongliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets-Samhället
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RSLC, v.13, p.xl establishes this name for 1884 to
1899.
This is identical to the name given in its publications from 1928 on,
except for the old spelling Kongliga;
from other Swedish societies we know that this orthographic change
occurred in 1906/1907, so we assume that transition date here.
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1907? -
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Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets-Samhället
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This name is identical to the name used in its publications from 1884 to
1899, except for the old spelling Kongliga;
from other Swedish societies we know that this orthographic change
occurred in 1906/1907, so we assume that transition date here.
Its publications establish the name from 1928 on.
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1967 -
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Regia Societas Scientiarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis
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Its publications.
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Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets-Samhället i Göteborg =
Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg
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Journals of the Society
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Years
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Full Journal Title
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Abbrev.
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1778 - 1788, 1808
(Styck 1 - Styck 4, Styck 5)
A1
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Götheborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhällets
Handlingar. Wetenskaps Afdelningen
Records in the Swedish Union Cat.
indicate that St.1 had the title
Götheborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhällets
Handlingar. Wetenskaps Afdelningen,
but St.2-4 (1780 - 1788) had the title
Kongl. Götheborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhällets
Handlingar. Wetenskaps Afdelningen,
and St.5 (1808) had the title
Kongl. Götheborgska Wettenskaps och Witterhets Samhällets
Handlingar. Wettenskaps Afdelningen.
Merged with A2 to form B.
Indexed Reuss
[Swedish Union Cat.;
Univ. Chicago cat.;
Scudder #604a]
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Götheborgska Handl. Wetensk.
[Reuss, v.6, p.31 cites St.3.]
Götheborgska Handl. Wetenskap.
[Reuss, v.4, p.18 cites St.1.]
Götheborgska Handlingar Wetenskap.
[Reuss, v.1, p.132 cites St.1;
v.1, p.57 cites St.2.]
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1778 - 1797, 1806
(Styck 1 - Styck 4, Styck 5)
A2
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Götheborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhällets
Handlingar. Witterhets Afdelningen
Records in the Swedish Union Cat.
indicate that St.1 had the title
Götheborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhällets
Handlingar. Witterhets Afdelningen,
but St.2-4 (1780 - 1797) had the title
Kongl. Götheborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhällets
Handlingar. Witterhets Afdelningen,
and St.5 (1806) had the title
Kongl. Götheborgska Wettenskaps och Witterhets Samhällets
Handlingar. Witterhets Afdelningen.
Merged with A1 to form B.
Indexed Reuss
[Swedish Union Cat.;
Univ. Chicago cat.;
Scudder #604a]
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Götheborgska Handlingar. Witterhet.
[Reuss, v.9, p.116 cites St. 2.]
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1808 - 1822
(2. följden, v.1 - v.5)
B
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Nya Handlingar af Kongl. Wettenskaps och Witterhets Samhället i
Götheborg.
Records in the Swedish Union Cat.
indicate that St.1-2 (1808 - 1817) had the title
Nya Handlingar af Kongl. Wettenskaps och Witterhets Samhället i
Götheborg,
but St.3-5 (1819 - 1822) had the title
Götheborgs Kongl. Wettenskaps och Witterhets Samhällets
Nya Handlingar.
But RSLC, v.1, p.xxxvi
gives the title as
Nya Handlingar af Kongl. Vettenskaps och Vitterhets Samhallet i
Götheborg for the run of Vols.I-V, 1808 - 1822.
Formed from a merger of A1 and A2.
Continued by C.
Indexed RSLC
[Swedish Union Cat.;
RSLC, v.1, p.xxxvi;
Scudder #603a]
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Götheborg, Nya Handl.
[RSLC, v.1, p.xxxvi]
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1850 - 1897
(Ny [i.e., 3.] tidsföljd, häft.1 - häft.32);
1898 - 1928
(4. följden, bd.1.- bd.33)
C
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Götheborgs Kongl. Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles
Handlingar
RSLC, v.1, p.xxxvi gives the title as
Götheborgs Kongl. Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles
Handlingar for the run Vols.I-VIII, 1850-1863;
RSLC, v.9, p.xvii gives the title as
Göteborgs Kongl. Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles
Handlingar for the run Vols.13-18, 1874-1883;
and RSLC, v.13, p.xl gives the title as
Göteborgs Kongl. Vetenskaps och Vitterhets-Samhälles
Handlingar for the run Vols.19-32, 1884-1897 and Vols.1-2,
1898-1899.
But records in the Swedish Union Cat.
give the title for the entire run from 1850 - 1928 as
Göteborgs Kungl. Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles
Handlingar;
this seems unlikely to have been the case, if only because the
orthographic change from Kongliga to Kungliga
appears to have happened for most other titles around or after 1906.
Continues B.
Split into D, E and F.
Indexed RSLC
[Swedish Union Cat.;
RSLC, v.1, p.xxxvi;
RSLC, v.9, p.xvii;
RSLC, v.13, p.xl;
Scudder #603a]
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Gbgs Kungl. Vetensk. o. Vitterh. Samh. Handlingar
[Geografiska Annaler, Vol. 5.
(1923), p.241 cites XIX. Göteborg, 1918.]
Göteborgs K. Vet. Vitterh. Samh. Handl.
[Micropaleontology,
Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan., 1977), p.124 cites ser. 4, vol. 4, 1900.]
Gotebergs Kungl. Vet., -och vitterhets samhalles Hand.
[Trans. Am. Microsc. Soc.,
Vol. 54, No. 2 (Apr., 1935), p.109 cites 31, 1926.]
Göteborgs Kungl. Vetensk.-och Vitterhets-samhälles
Handl.
[Am. Midland Naturalist,
Vol. 46, No. 2 (Sep., 1951), p.434 cites 31, 1926.]
Götheborg, Handl.
[RSLC, v.1, p.xxxvi]
Göteborg, Handl.
[RSLC, v.9, p.xvii; v.13, p.xl]
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1929 - 1940
(5. Följden, bd.1 - bd.7);
1941 - 1966
(6. Följden, bd.1 - bd.7)
D
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Göteborgs Kungl. Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles
Handlingar. Ser. A, Humanistiska Skrifter
Continues in part C.
Continued by F.
[Swedish Union Cat.]
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Göteborgs Vetensk. Samh. Handl. Ser. A
[Geographical Journal,
Vol. 129, No. 4 (Dec., 1963), p.448 cites V, III, 1935.]
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1928 - 1940
(5. Följden, bd.1 - bd.6);
1941 - 1966
(6. Följden, bd.1 - bd.9)
E
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Göteborgs Kungl. Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles
Handlingar. Ser. B, Matematiska och Naturvetenskapliga Skrifter
Continues in part C.
Continued by G, H, and I.
[Swedish Union Cat.]
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Gotebergs Vetensk. Samh. Handl.
[Biog. Mem. Fell. Roy. Soc.,
Vol. 10, (Nov., 1964), p.253 cites a botanical article in Feljd. 5. B. 5,
1937.]
Goteborgs K. Vet. Vitt. Samh. Handl. B.
[Ann. Rev. Ecology Syst.,
Vol. 11 (1980), p.115 cites 4, 1949.]
Göteborgs K. Vet.- & Vitt.-Samh. Handl., Ser. B
[Oikos,
Vol. 13, Fasc. 2 (1962), p.261 cites 9, 1962.]
Göteborgs Vetensk-Samh. Handl.
[J. Parasitology,
Vol. 46, No. 6 (Dec., 1960), p.685 cites 5B, 2, 1931.]
Goteborgs. Vetensk. Samh. Handl.
[Biog. Mem. Fell. Roy. Soc.,
Vol. 10, (Nov., 1964), p.254 cites Foljd. Ser. B. 1, 1941.]
Goteborgs. Vetensk. Samh. Handl. B
[Phil. Trans.,
B Vol. 249, No. 759 (Oct. 7, 1965), p.424 cites 1, 1941.]
Göteborgs. Vetensk. Samh. Handl. (B)
[Oikos,
Vol. 29, No. 3 (1977), p.416 cites 4, 1945.]
Göteborgs VetenskSamh. Handl. B
[Botanical Rev.,
Vol. 23, No. 8/9 (Oct. - Nov., 1957), p.570 cites 3 (1934), 4 (1934),
and 6 (1939).]
Goteborgs VetenskSamh. Handl. (b)
[J. Animal Ecology,
Vol. 32, No. 2 (Jun., 1963), p.299 cites 4, No. 1 (1945), No. 2 (1945)
and No. 3 (1949).]
K. Vet. Vitt. Samh. Handl. (B)
[Ecology,
Vol. 47, No. 6 (Nov., 1966), p.1065 cites 4, 1945, Göteborg.]
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1967 -
(1 - )
F
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Acta Regiae Societatis scientiarum et litterarum Gothoburgensis.
Humaniora
Continues D.
[Swedish Union Cat.]
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1967 -
(1 - )
G
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Acta Regiae Societatis scientiarum et litterarum Gothoburgensis.
Zoologica
Continues E.
[Swedish Union Cat.]
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1968 -
(1 - )
H
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Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis.
Geophysica
Continues E.
[Swedish Union Cat.]
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1972 -
(1 - )
I
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Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis.
Botanica
Continues E.
[Swedish Union Cat.]
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