The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is a Danish academy of science. The Royal Danish Academy was established on November 13, 1742, and was created with the purpose of strengthening the position of Science in Denmark as well as promoting interdisciplinary understanding.

The Royal Danish Academy works as a body of cooperation and a meeting place for prominent scientists from all areas of basic scientific research. Its core activities consist of organizing the biweekly meetings for the academy's members, publishing scientific works, advising, and communicating, organizing and conducting events and lectures of a scientific character as well as participating in international cooperation with other scientific academies and with scientific organizations like for example ISC and EASAC.