Ever since the establishment of the Fryske Akademy in 1938, new Akademy members have been appointed every year. Akademy members are persons who have positively and demonstrably made a special contribution to the scientific or social field of the Frisian language, culture and Fryslân in general.

Nomination

Donors and members of the Fryske Akademy can nominate people throughout the year for appointment as members of the Fryske Akademy. At the Akademydei, new members are appointed by the Managing Director, who is assisted by the appointment committee in assessing the nomination.

For an appointment on the Academy Day on 12 September, 2025, nominations must be submitted to the Managing Director no later than 31 March, 2025. You can send your motivated submission via this form:

When the Fryske Akademy was founded in 1938, a hundred people were appointed members. It was then the intention that these members would do work for the Fryske Akademy, but no official distinction was ever made - as was done at that time in other institutions - between ordinary and working members. Over the decades, many members have also contributed to the numerous working groups and associations of the Fryske Akademy.

Today, members are important to the Fryske Akademy as ambassadors, who are invited to actively contribute ideas in the field of scientific research and the social position of the Fryske Akademy. But above all, membership is a recognition of one's scientific or cultural merits.

The Fryske Akademy currently has about 240 members.