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{{Short description|Scientific academy}}
'''The New Society of Letters at Lund''' ('''''Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund''''' in [[Swedish language|Swedish]]) is a scientific academy founded in 1920.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Årsbok / Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund|url=https://journals.lub.lu.se/vsl|access-date=2021-07-28|website=journals.lub.lu.se}}</ref><ref>Pettersson, Eva, and Lars Borin. "Swedish diachronic texts."</ref> The society's aim is to gather younger scientists - [[Docent#Sweden|Docents]] - in the humanities, theology and social sciences at [[Lund University]] in order "to promote scientific research in the humanities".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4LrZz92rvwC&q=Vetenskapssocieteten+i+Lund|title=Lund Studies in English|date=1933|publisher=C.W.K. Gleerup|language=en}}</ref> The founders were the [[Sanskrit]] researcher {{Interlanguage link|Herbert Petersson|lt=Herbert Petersson|sv}}, the folklore scholar [[Carl Wilhelm von Sydow]], and the linguist {{Interlanguage link|Jöran Sahlgren|lt=Jöran Sahlgren|sv}}, with the assistance of the historian [[Lauritz Weibull]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund - Uppslagsverk - NE.se|url=https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/vetenskapssocieteten-i-lund|access-date=2021-07-28|website=www.ne.se}}</ref> The name was inspired by name of the [[Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala]]
The members are divided into different categories: honorary members (maximum seven), domestic working members (maximum 100), foreign working members (maximum 35) and founding members (maximum 50). At the age of 55, the working member transfers to the seniors group.
A person who has shown a special commitment to the humanities and culture, or a person whom the Society finds capable of contributing to the Society's activities and development, may be appointed as a founding member. Founding members have the same rights as domestic working members.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Societeten {{!}} Projekt|url=https://projekt.ht.lu.se/vetenskapssocieteten/society|access-date=2021-07-28|website=projekt.ht.lu.se}}</ref>  The various categories have been slightly expanded since the society was founded.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1921|title=117-118 (Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 32. Werth - Väderkvarn)|url=https://runeberg.org/nfcl/0075.html|access-date=2021-07-28|website=runeberg.org|publisher=[[Nordisk familjebok]]|language=sv}}</ref>
== Honorary members ==
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* [[Göran Bexell]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Hilma Borelius]]<ref name=":0">Grosjean, Alexia. ''[[Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon]]'' [''[[Biographical Dictionary of Swedish Women]]''], (In [[English language|English]]). [[University of Gothenburg]]. {{ISBN|978-91-639-7594-3}}.</ref>
* [[Nils-Arvid Bringéus]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Gunnar Broberg]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Kjell Åke Modéer]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Birgitta Odén]]<ref name=":0" />
* [[Eva Österberg]]<ref name=":0" />
== See also ==
* {{Interlanguage link|Kategori:Ledamöter av Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund|lt=List of members of The Science Society in Lund|sv}}
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.vetenskapssocieteten.lu.se/ Official website]
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