page_title: Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters / History
caption_attribution_description: English: P. S. Krøyer's painting of A meeting in the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
context_page_description: The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is a Danish non-governmental Science Academy, founded in 1742 for the advancement of science in Denmark. It is based in the Carlsberg Foundation's building at the corner of H. C. Andersens Boulevard and Dantes Plads in central Copenhagen.
context_section_description: The society was founded on 13 November 1742 by permission of King Christian VI, as a historical collegium antiquitatum. It was founded by secretary of state Count Johan Ludvig Holstein, and the history professor Hans Gram.
caption: Krøyer's painting in the Old Meeting Hall.
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