Le Nord : revue internationale des Pays de Nord - 01.06.1943, Blaðsíða 33
THE ROYAL GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS ACADEMY 27
Ahnlund, Herman Geijer, Ebbe Tuneld, Hjalmar Lindroth, Curt
Weibull, Sune Lindquist, and Erik Noreen.
When Nov. 6 came, a constituent meeting was held at Upp-
sala. The participants were: Professor K. G. Westman, Mr. Edwin
Berger, Professor J. A. Lundell, Mr. J. L. Saxon, Dr. Sigurd
Wallin, Dr. Sigurd Erixon, Professor Sune Lindquist, Dr. C. W.
von Sydow, Dr. Natan Lindqvist, and Dr. Johan Götlind. I was
myself prevented from attending owing to a sudden attack of
serious illness.
Professor Westman was elected to the chair. In a welcoming
address, which was as well worded as it was inspiring, he dwelt
on the wish for a separate Academy which had long been
entertained by those whose work or interests lay in the field of
folk culture, and he stressed the fact that the study of folk
culture in all its branches covered so wide and so important a
field that it offered ample scope for such an institution. The
chairman furthermore mentioned the historical evidence which
shows how great and active an interest Gustavus Adolphus had
taken in the study of Swedish folk culture. The association
of the King with this branch of scholarship was sufficient reason
to found an Academy on the tercentenary of his death, bearing
his name and devoted to the studies which he had had so much
at heart.
After the chairman’s address, those present unanimously re-
solved to found “The Gustavus Adolphus Academy for the Study
of Folk Culture.” The rules which I had drafted were adopted
in principle. A provisional committee was elected, consisting of
K. G. Westman as President, together with J. Sahlgren, Edwin
Berger, J. L. Saxon, C. W. von Sydow, and Sigurd Erixon.
IV.
The first ordinary meeting of the new Academy was held
on March 2 6, 1933* Those present were the working members
K. G. Westman (President), Secretary of State E. Wigforss,
Professors J. A. Lundell, Otto von Friesen, Bengt Hesselman,
Herman Geijer, Nils Ahnlund, Sune Lindquist, and J. Sahlgren,
Dr. Sigurd Erixon, Dr. Gideon Danell, Dr. C. W. von Sydow,
Dr. Natan Lindqvist, Dr. Johan Götlind, and the contributory
members Mr. Edwin Berger, Dr. Gunnar Didrikson, and Mr.
Ernst Áquist, M. P.