Svenska Läkaresällskapet

Founding of the Society

Year	Authority / Notes
1807	Its website gives the founding year as 1808. The title of its centenary publication also suggests that 1808 is the official founding year: Svenska läkaresällskapets historia 1808-1908 / af F. Lennmalm (1908) (as given in a record in the Libris: Swedish Union cat.). There are, however, a significant number of websites that give the founding date as 1807. An example is http://www.ne.se/artikel/1403811 (which is an entry for the Svenska Läkaresällskapet in the Swedish Nationalencyklopedin), where we read: "Svenska Läkaresällskapet, sammanslutning grundad 1807 som en förening för diskussion av medicinska vetenskapliga publikationer." [accessed 2009-03-15] The reason for these two variant founding dates is not clear. It is possible that the Svenska Läkaresällskapet might have begun meeting informally in 1807, and was not formally constituted until 1808. We shall use the earlier of the two dates for this history page.

Year

Authority / Notes

1807

Its website gives the founding year as 1808. The title of its centenary publication also suggests that 1808 is the official founding year: Svenska läkaresällskapets historia 1808-1908 / af F. Lennmalm (1908) (as given in a record in the Libris: Swedish Union cat.).

There are, however, a significant number of websites that give the founding date as 1807. An example is http://www.ne.se/artikel/1403811 (which is an entry for the Svenska Läkaresällskapet in the Swedish Nationalencyklopedin), where we read: "Svenska Läkaresällskapet, sammanslutning grundad 1807 som en förening för diskussion av medicinska vetenskapliga publikationer." [accessed 2009-03-15]

The reason for these two variant founding dates is not clear. It is possible that the Svenska Läkaresällskapet might have begun meeting informally in 1807, and was not formally constituted until 1808. We shall use the earlier of the two dates for this history page.

Name of the Society

Dates	Name	Authority
1812 - 1833	Svenska Läkare-sällskapet	Its publications establish this name as early as 1812. Its publicationsestablish this name as late as 1833.
1837 -	Svenska Läkaresällskapet	Its publications establish this name as early as 1837.

Dates

Name

Authority

1812 - 1833

Svenska Läkare-sällskapet

Its publications establish this name as early as 1812.

Its publicationsestablish this name as late as 1833.

1837 -

Svenska Läkaresällskapet

Its publications establish this name as early as 1837.

Website of the Society

Svenska Läkaresällskapet = Swedish Society of Medicine Website = http://www.svls.se/

Journals of the Society

Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1812 - 1833 (Bd 1 - 12) A	Svenska Läkare-sällskapets Handlingar Continued by B. Indexed RSLC Indexed Reuss [Libris: Swedish Union cat.]	Stockholm, Svenska Läk. Sällsk. Handl. RSLC, v.1, p.lxx. Svenska Läkare Sällsk. Handl. Reuss, v.14, p.73 cites B. I. Häftet 2 och 3.
1837 - 1901 B	Svenska Läkaresällskapets Nya Handlingar Continues A. Continued by E. [Libris: Swedish Union cat.]
1839 - 1900 ([Bd 1], nr 1 - bd 62, nr 12); 1901 (årg. 63, nr 1 - nr 12 = N.F., årg. 1, nr 1 - nr 12); 1902 - 1907 (N.F., årg. 2, nr 1 - [årg.] 7, nr 12); 1908 - 1908 (bd 70, nr 1 - bd 71, nr 12 = N.F., [årg.] 8, nr 1 - [årg.] 9(1909), nr 12); 1910 - 1913 (bd 72, nr 1 - bd 75, nr 12); 1914 - 1938 (bd 76 - bd 100, h. 24) C	Hygiea : Medicinsk Tidskrift According to the catalogue record in the Libris: Swedish Union cat., this was known as Hygiea : Medicinsk och Farmaceutisk Månadsskrift / utgiven av Svenska Läkaresällskapet for 1900-1913, and Hygiea : Medicinsk Tidskrift / utgiven av Svenska Läkaresällskapet for 1914-1938. It is not clear what it was called from 1839 to 1899. Merged with F and several other similar publications in the Nordic countries to form G. Continued by G. [Libris: Swedish Union cat.]
1841/1843 - 1863/1864; 1865 - 1913 D	Förhandlingar vid Svenska Läkare-sällskapets Sammankomster Continued by F. [Libris: Swedish Union cat.]
1907 - 1911 (Bd 37 - bd 39); 1914 - 1937 (bd 40, h.1 - bd 63, h. 4); 1938 - 1952/1953 (bd 64 - bd 74/75); 1954/1955 (bd 76, h. 1 -h. 2); 1957 (bd 77); 1958/1959 (bd 78, h. 1 - h. 2); 1960 - 1974 (bd 79 - bd 83); 1975 (bd 84, h. 1) E	Svenska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar = Acta Societatis Medicorum Suecanae Continues B. Continued by I. [Libris: Swedish Union cat.]	Sv. Läk.-Sällsk. Handl. Quart. Rev. Biol., Vol. 5, No. 3 (Sep., 1930), p.344 cites Bd. 43, 1917. Svenska Läk. Hand. J. Hygiene, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Aug., 1927), p.325 cites 1916.
1914 - 1938 (h. 1 - h. 12) F	Svenska Läkaresällskapets Förhandlingar Continues D. Merged with C and several other similar publications in the Nordic countries to form G. Continued by G. [Libris: Swedish Union cat.]
1939 - 1959 (Bd 1 - bd 62 = nr 1 - nr 52); 1960 - 1971 (vol. 63 - vol. 86 = nr 1 - nr 52); 1972 - 1995 (vol. 87, 1 - vol. 110, 12); 1996 - 1998 (nr 1 - nr 10) G	Nordisk Medicin : Medlemstidskrift för Läkare i de Nordiska Läkarförbunden Formed through the union of several medical publications in the Nordic countries, including C and F. Continues C. Continues F. [Libris: Swedish Union cat.]	Nord. Med. Proc. Roy. Soc., B Vol. 133, No. 871 (Feb. 12, 1946), p.197 cites 12, 1941. Nord. Med. (Stockholm) Mono. Soc. Res. Child Dev., Vol. 10, No. 2, (1945), p.209 cites 1939. Nord. Medicin Biog. Mem. Fell. Roy. Soc., Vol. 31, (Nov., 1985), an unnumbered page following p.170 cites 1951, 45. Nordisk Med. Science, New Series, Vol. 159, No. 3820 (Mar. 15, 1968), p.1207 cites 17 (1955).
År 1956- H	Svenska Läkaresällskapets Förhandlingar Broke away from G. [Libris: Swedish Union cat.]
1975 - 1979 (Bd 84, h. 2 - 88, h. 5) I	Hygiea : Svenska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar = Acta Societatis Medicorum Suecanae Continues E. Continued by J. [Libris: Swedish Union cat.]
1980 - (Bd 89, h.1-) J	Svenska Läkaresällskapets Handlingar Continues I. [Libris: Swedish Union cat.]

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