Organisation
Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters are divided into two divisions; Natural Sciences and Humanities and Social Sciences. The board of directors consists of nine members. Three represent the presidium, with a president, vice president and secretary general, whereas the other six represent the two divisions. President is Øyvind Østerud, vice president is Nils Christian Stenseth, and the six members representing the divisions are Anne-Brit Kolstø, John Grue, Øystein Elgarøy, Jan Terje Faarlund, Eivind Smith and Gunhild Hagestad. The secretary-general Reidun Sirevåg heads, together with the chief executive Øyvind Sørensen, the daily administration. In addition, King Harald V of Norway is honorary president.
The academy is responsible for awarding the Abel Prize in mathematics and the Kavli Prize in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience. It also represents Norway in the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Union Académique Internationale (UAI), the European Science Foundation (ESF) and the All European Academies (ALLEA).
The academy has 476 Norwegian members and 409 foreign members, totalling 882 members per 1. November 2010.
For members of the society, see List of members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (current).Read more about this topic: Norwegian Academy Of Science And Letters
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