Æmula Lauri: The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, 1760-2010

by Håkon With Andersen, Brita Brenna, Magne Njåstad

2010 marks the 250th anniversary of Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. This book is a celebration of that event. And it is with our profound respect for and gratitude towards the society s founders, Bishop Gunnerus, Gerhard Schøning and Peter Suhm, that we present, for the first time in a language accessible to an international audience, a history of our Society, written by some of Norway s finest scholars. Black and white and color illustrations.

416 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009