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Götheborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhället

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Götheborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhället =
Gothenburg Society of Sciences and Arts
Founding of the Society
Year
Authority / Notes
1778
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.

Seat of the Society
City
Authority / Notes
Göteborg
Sweden
This location is supported by the name of the society.
Name of the Society
Dates
Name
Authority
1774? - 1778? Götheborgska Witterhets och Wetenskaps Sälskapet. Eriksson, [v.1, 1978], p.14 establishes this name and latest start date. The end date is speculation.
1778? Götheborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhället. Eriksson, [v.1, 1978], p.388 establishes this start date and name. It publications establish this date.
1780? - 1797? Kongliga Götheborgska Wetenskaps och Witterhets Samhället It publications.
1806? - 1808? Kongliga Götheborgska Wettenskaps och Witterhets Samhället It publications.
1808 - 1817? Kongliga Wettenskaps och Witterhets Samhället i Götheborg Its publications.
1819? - 1822? Götheborgs Kongliga Wettenskaps och Witterhets Samhället Its publications.
1808 - 1822? Kongliga Vettenskaps och Vitterhets Samhallet i Götheborg RSLC, v.1, p.xxxvi.
1850? - 1863? Götheborgs Kongliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhället RSLC, v.1, p.xxxvi.
1874? - 1883? Göteborgs Kongliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhället RSLC, v.9, p.xvii.
1884? - 1906? Göteborgs Kongliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets-Samhället 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.
1907? - Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets-Samhället 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.
1967 - Regia Societas Scientiarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis Its publications.
No website found, as of 2004 January 26.
Journals of the Society
Years
Full Journal Title
Abbrev.
Indexed
1778 - 1788, 1808
(Styck 1 - Styck 4, Styck 5)
 
A1
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.
[Swedish Union Cat.; Univ. Chicago cat.; Scudder #604a]
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.]
Reuss
1778 - 1797, 1806
(Styck 1 - Styck 4, Styck 5)
 
A2
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.
[Swedish Union Cat.; Univ. Chicago cat.; Scudder #604a]
Götheborgska Handlingar. Witterhet.
[Reuss, v.9, p.116 cites St. 2.]
Reuss
1808 - 1822
(2. följden, v.1 - v.5)
 
B
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.
[Swedish Union Cat.; RSLC, v.1, p.xxxvi; Scudder #603a]
Götheborg, Nya Handl.
[RSLC, v.1, p.xxxvi]
RSLC
1850 - 1897
(Ny [i.e., 3.] tidsföljd, häft.1 - häft.32);
1898 - 1928
(4. följden, bd.1.- bd.33)
 
C
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.
[Swedish Union Cat.; RSLC, v.1, p.xxxvi; RSLC, v.9, p.xvii; RSLC, v.13, p.xl; Scudder #603a]
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]
RSLC
1929 - 1940
(5. Följden, bd.1 - bd.7);
1941 - 1966
(6. Följden, bd.1 - bd.7)
 
D
Göteborgs Kungl. Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar. Ser. A, Humanistiska Skrifter
Continues in part C. Continued by F.
[Swedish Union Cat.]
Göteborgs Vetensk. Samh. Handl. Ser. A
[Geographical Journal, Vol. 129, No. 4 (Dec., 1963), p.448 cites V, III, 1935.]
 
1928 - 1940
(5. Följden, bd.1 - bd.6);
1941 - 1966
(6. Följden, bd.1 - bd.9)
 
E
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.]
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.]
 
1967 -
(1 - )
 
F
Acta Regiae Societatis scientiarum et litterarum Gothoburgensis. Humaniora
Continues D.
[Swedish Union Cat.]
 
 
1967 -
(1 - )
 
G
Acta Regiae Societatis scientiarum et litterarum Gothoburgensis. Zoologica
Continues E.
[Swedish Union Cat.]
 
 
1968 -
(1 - )
 
H
Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis. Geophysica
Continues E.
[Swedish Union Cat.]
 
 
1972 -
(1 - )
 
I
Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis. Botanica
Continues E.
[Swedish Union Cat.]
 
 

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