Physiographiska Sällskapet i Lund Physiographic Society in Lund

Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1772	This date is supported by its website (), where we also learn that the Society received its Royal Charter from King Gustaf III in 1778. The name of the Society has remained much the same since 1772 except for the addition of the royal designation, and orthographic changes in the Swedish words for "physiographic" and "royal". The spelling Physiographiska appears to have been used as late as 1838; the spelling Fysiografiska appears to have been used as early as 1899. We find Kongliga (and Kongl.) as late as 1911 in a publication of the society entitled Eine neue Methode zur Zuckerbestimmung. It seems likely, however, that the change to Kungliga (and Kungl.) was complete by the end of World War One.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Lund Sweden	This location is supported by the Society's name.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1772 - 1838?	Physiographiska Sällskapet i Lund	Its publications.
1778 - ?	Kongliga Physiographiska Sällskapet i Lund	Its publications, and the note at its website (), where we also learn that the Society received its Royal Charter from King Gustaf III in 1778.
1899? - 1911?	Kongl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund	This is supported by an examination of the records for individual volumes of the new series of the Handlingar. We know that this name was used until at least 1911, because of a series note in the record for the following 1911 title in the Univ. Calif. cat.: Eine neue Methode zur Zuckerbestimmung.
1919? -	Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund	The general orthographic change from Kongliga to Kungliga was likely complete after the World War One.
Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund = Royal Physiographic Society in Lund

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1776 - 1786 (1 vol.?)   A	Physiographiska Sällskapets Handlingar The Libris Swedish Union cat. record gives the title as above, with publication date of 1776-????. Scudder #685a gives the society's name as Physiographiska Sälskapet, and a publication date of 1776. Scudder #674b gives the society's name as Physiographiska Sällskapet, and a publication date of 1786. The Univ. Calif. cat. record for the New Series (Ny Följd), i.e. D, which began 1899 (or 1889/90), indicates that [it] "Supersedes its Handlingar, 1776-86." Indexed Reuss [Libris Swedish Union cat.; Scudder #674b and #685a]	Physiogr. Sällsk. Handl. [Reuss, v.1, p.57 cites T.1] Physiogr. Sälsk. Handl. [Reuss, v.6, p.6 cites Delen 1. St. 3; v.6, p.13 cites Deel 1. St.3.] Physiogr. Sälskap. Handl. [Reuss, v.1, p.181 cites Delen 1. St. 1.]
1823 - 1825   B	Physiographiska Sällskapets Årsberättelse [Libris Swedish Union cat.; Scudder #674a]
1837-1838 (1 vol.)   C	Physiographiska Sällskapets Tidskrift The Univ. Chicago cat. record renders the first word as Physiografiska. Indexed RSLC [Libris Swedish Union cat.; Univ. Chicago cat.; Scudder #674d]	Lund, Phys. Sällsk. Tidskr. [RSLC, v.1, p.xlvii]
1899 - 1963 (n.f. Bd.1 - Bd.74)   D	Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Handlingar = Acta Regiae Societatis Physiographicae Lundensis According to the record in the Univ. Calif. cat., this title forms a new series (Ny Följd) continuing its Handlingar, 1776-86, i.e. A. The record in the Univ. Calif. cat. also supplies the Latin form of the title, and gives the publishing dates as: 1889/90- The records in the Libris Swedish Union cat. give the publishing dates as 1899-1963. An examination of the individual records for volumes of this title show that the title used the older spelling for "Royal" until at least 1911. That is, from 1899 to at least 1911, the title was Kongl. Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Handlingar. [Libris Swedish Union cat.; Univ. Calif. cat.]
1931 - 1963 (v.1 - v.33)   E	Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Förhandlingar = Proceedings of the Royal Physiographic Society at Lund Continued by F. [Libris Swedish Union cat.; Univ. Calif. cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.]
1964 -   F	Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Årsbok Continues E. [Libris Swedish Union cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.]