Swedish Academy Statutes, Amended

Hello Gentle Reader

In the latest development of the Swedish Academy’s crisis, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf, has used his patronage authority to amend the two century long historical statutes, which will allow members of the currently fragmented institution to formally resign their seats and be replaced. The amendment will also exclude members who have not been active within the institution for two years, and allow their seats to also be replaced. These amendments are being called a legal update, to help quell their current situation and to ensure the Academy is in compliance with international and domestic laws, where upon individuals can remove themselves from association of company or institution, which they no longer wish to be a part of.

However, the situation still remains complicated for the Swedish Academy. Currently there are seven inactive members:

Chair No. 1 – Lotta Lotass

Chair No. 7 – Sara Danius

Chair No. 10 – Peter Englund

Chair No. 11 – Klas Östergren

Chair No. 15 – Kerstin Ekman

Chair No. 16 – Kjell Espmark

Chair No. 18 – Katarina Frostenson

Meaning there are only eleven remaining active members within the Swedish Academy currently. In order to hold a quorum, and voted on decisions, such as: the Nobel Prize for Literature and the election of new members to the academy. The complications only become more apparent, as members do not formally take their seat on the Academy until an official ceremony on the 20^th of December, after an election is held in late summer or early autumn.

What this means for the Nobel Prize for Literature, is still unclear. If the Nobel Prize for Literature is not awarded, it will be the first time since 1943, that the Nobel Prize for Literature was not awarded. If the Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded, the prize will be shadowed and haunted by the current crisis currently taking place in the Swedish Academy. Either way, the future is uncertain, and appears a bit grim.

For now though Gentle Reader, these updates prove to be a positive start. However, there is still a lot of uncertainty at this point.

Thank-you For Reading Gentle Reader

Take Care

And As Always

Stay Well Read

M. Mary

For Further Reading - 


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-academy/swedish-king-to-change-statutes-of-nobel-awarding-academy-idUSKBN1HP25K


https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/kungen-andrar-stadgarna-i-svenska-akademien/