List of members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences by year of election, and number, as far as known.
The members of the Academy, which total some 2800, have been elected in three categories with separate numbers:
Some half numbers have been used for corrections and when members have been moved between categories.
In the list below, the numbers of foreign and corresponding members are shown in italics with respectively an F and C in front.
Founding members
The numbers 1-5 were assigned by lottery among those five members who were present at the first meeting, while the non present member was assigned number 6.
Others
Numbers for elected members were originally, 1739-1744, assigned on the basis of when the members were introduced rather than when they were elected. In some cases, members were not even introduced the same year as when they were elected.
1740
1741
1742
1743
1744
1745
From this year the members were assigned number primarily after their date of election. From this year, foreign members were also elected (as seen from the protocols of the Academy's meetings), but did not start appearing in the list of members until 1747.
1746
1747
From this year, foreign members start appearing in the list of members.
1748
1749
1750
1751
1752
1753
1754
1755
1756
1757
1758
1759
1760
1761
1762
1764
1765
1766
1767
1768
1769
1770
1771
1772
1773
1774
1775
1776
1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
1784
1785
1786
1787
1788
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
1796
1797
1798
1799
1800
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
1806
1808
1809
1810
1812
1813
1815
1816
1817
1819
1821
1822
1823
1824
1825
1826
1827
1828
1829
1830
1831
1832
1833
1834
1835
1836
1837
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1946
1955
1986
1996
1997
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010