Seat 8
- Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna, 1786–1818
- Esaias Tegnér, 1818–46
- Carl Wilhelm Böttiger, 1847–78
- Carl David af Wirsén, 1879–1912, permanent secretary from 1884
- Verner von Heidenstam, 1912–40
- Pär Lagerkvist, 1940–74
- Östen Sjöstrand, 1975–2006
- Jesper Svenbro, 2006–
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