the Election of a new permanent secretary took place during the traditional torsdagsmötet in the exchange (Börshuset) in Stockholm.

the List of potential candidates was not long. Three people could come into question, but one of them – the lawyer Eric M Runesson – had already dropped himself from the mission.

” I can’t thank yes, I am a newly appointed judge of the Supreme court, and it is a full-time job, he said to TT.

litteraturforskaren and the author Mats Malm and language researcher Tomas Riad. The ore entered the Swedish Academy as late as december last year, but is usually described as a ”workhorse” of large capacity. The Riad has been in the Academy since 2011 and deputizing for a period as permanent secretary when Sara Danius was on sick leave.

How the members voted will not be revealed, says Anders Olsson.

” We don’t go out with any information about it, just that we have made a statutory election of the secretary.

temporary permanent secretary of the Academy during a short, but very turbulent period in the institution’s history. He took over after the Sara Danius when she left the position in april last year. On 1 June he will fill 70 years and then falls for åldersstrecket. The idea is that the new permanent secretary will take over in this mess.