The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has about 880 members.

There are classes for Sciences and Letters, respectively, and also subgroups within them. The subgroups are further classified into so-called "ordinary members" and members over 70 years old, because 70 is the retirement age in Norway.

Members are elected to the society for lifetime. The maximum number of ordinary members is 140 Norwegian and 100 foreign members for the Mathematics and sciences class, and 110 Norwegian and 60 foreign members for the Letters class. Positions for new members are available when an ordinary member dies or passes the 70 years age limit.

Sciences Mathematics

Norwegian Fred Espen Benth Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio Bjørn Ian Dundas Ingrid Kristine Glad John Grue Helge Holden Nina Holden Kenneth Hvistendahl Karlsen Eugenia Malinnikova Hans Munthe-Kaas Kristian Ranestad Nils Henrik Risebro John Rognes Håvard Rue Kristian Seip Karsten Trulsen Marit B. Veierød Paul Arne Østvær Ørnulf Borgan (over 70 years old) Geir Ellingsrud (over 70 years) Steinar Engen (over 70 years) Odd Magnus Faltinsen (over 70 years) John Erik Fornæss (over 70 years) Nils Lid Hjort (over 70 years) Arnfinn Laudal (over 70 years) Knut Liestøl (over 70 years) Tom Lyche (over 70 years) Dag Normann (over 70 years) Ragni Piene (over 70 years) Sverre O. Smalø (over 70 years) Erling Størmer (over 70 years) Dag Tjøstheim (over 70 years) Ragnar Winther (over 70 years) Bernt Øksendal (over 70 years) Odd Aalen (over 70 years)

Foreign Frédéric Dias Fedor Fomin Arnoldo Frigessi Avi Wigderson Douglas N. Arnold (over 70 years old) John Ball (over 70 years) David Ross Brillinger (over 70 years) Luis Caffarelli (over 70 years) Lennart Carleson (over 70 years) Elaine Cohen (over 70 years) Alain Connes (over 70 years) Pierre René Deligne (over 70 years) Ivar Ekeland (over 70 years) Björn Engquist (over 70 years) Hillel Furstenberg (over 70 years) Mikhail Gromov (over 70 years) Masaki Kashiwara (over 70 years) Steven Kleiman (over 70 years) Donald Knuth (over 70 years) Robert Langlands (over 70 years) László Lovász (over 70 years) Gregory Margulis (over 70 years) Yves Meyer (over 70 years) John Willard Milnor (over 70 years) David B. Mumford (over 70 years) John Nicholas Newman (over 70 years) Christian Peskine (over 70 years) Richard Riesenfeld (over 70 years) Larry L. Schumaker (over 70 years) Jean-Pierre Serre (over 70 years) Melvyn A. Shapiro (over 70 years) Yakov G. Sinai (over 70 years) Dennis Parnell Sullivan (over 70 years) Endre Szemerédi (over 70 years) Michel Talagrand (over 70 years) John G. Thompson (over 70 years) Howell Tong (over 70 years) Karen Uhlenbeck (over 70 years) S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (over 70 years) Andrew Wiles (over 70 years)

Physics, astronomy and geophysics

Norwegian Arne Brataas Tor Eldevik Øystein Elgarøy Hans Kristian Kamfjord Eriksen Carmen Gaina Viggo H. Hansteen Christoph Heinze Morten Hjorth-Jensen Bodil Holst Ann-Cecilie Larsen Per Barth Lilje Anders Malthe-Sørenssen Cecilie Mauritzen Jøran Moen Knut Jørgen Måløy Alexander L. Read Bjørn Hallvard Samset Sunniva Siem Steinar Stapnes Asle Sudbø Trond Helge Torsvik Susanne Viefers Stephanie C. Werner László Pál Csernai (over 70 years) Oddbjørn Engvold (over 70 years) Arne Foldvik (over 70 years) Kristian Fossheim (over 70 years) Bjørn Gjevik (over 70 years) Alex Hansen (over 70 years)

Øystein Hov (over 70 years) Hallstein Høgåsen (over 70 years) Ola M. Johannessen (over 70 years)

Torstein F. Jøssang (over 70 years) Yngve Kristoffersen (over 70 years) Egil Leer (over 70 years) Jon Magne Leinaas (over 70 years) Johan E. Moan (over 70 years) Eivind Osnes (over 70 years) Hans Pécseli (over 70 years)

Finn Ravndal (over 70 years) John Bernhard Rekstad (over 70 years) Per Arne Rikvold (over 70 years) Svein Sjøberg (over 70 years) Arne Torbjørn Skjeltorp (over 70 years) Jan K. Trulsen (over 70 years) Jan Erik Weber (over 70 years)

Foreign Conny Aerts Michael Edwards Brown Mats Carlsson David Charbonneau Deliang Chen Bart De Pontieu Winfried Denk Maria Godinho Mike C. Gurnis Stefan Hell David C. Jewitt Jane Luu Yuri Y. Podladchikov Sara Seager Amnon Aharony (over 70 years) Jens Aage Als-Nielsen (over 70 years) Boris Altshuler (over 70 years) James Roger Prior Angel (over 70 years) Gerd Binning (over 70 years) Guy Pierre Brasseur (over 70 years) Herbert C. Carlson (over 70 years) Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard (over 70 years) Sierd Cloetingh (over 70 years) John Culhane (over 70 years) Peter A. Davies (over 70 years) Donald M. Eigler (over 70 years) Ora Entin-Wohlman (over 70 years) Andrew C. Fabian (over 70 years) Ryoichi Fujii (over 70 years) Iouri Galperine (over 70 years) Christoph Gerber (over 70 years) Lars Gottschalk (over 70 years) David Gubbins (over 70 years) Bengt Gustafsson (over 70 years) Alan H. Guth (over 70 years) Maximilian Haider (over 70 years) Thors Hans Hansson (over 70 years)

Sumio Iijima (over 70 years)

Cecilia Jarlskog (over 70 years) Ondrej Krivanek (over 70 years)

Andrei Linde (over 70 years) Ulf G. Lindström (over 70 years) Richard Lindzen (over 70 years)

Paul Meakin (over 70 years) Holger Bech Nielsen (over 70 years) Per-Åke Nordlund (over 70 years) William Richard Peltier (over 70 years) John Brian Pendry (over 70 years) Michael John Prather (over 70 years) Eric Priest (over 70 years)

Martin Rees (over 70 years) Harald Rose (over 70 years) Robert Rosner (over 70 years) Hans Thomas Rossby (over 70 years) Göran Scharmer (over 70 years) Robert F. Stein (over 70 years) Jan Olof Stenflo (over 70 years)

Kip S. Thorne (over 70 years) Roger Ulrich (over 70 years) Knut Urban (over 70 years) Ewine van Dishoeck (over 70 years) Valerii Vinokur (over 70 years) Wang Wei-Chyung (over 70 years) Christos S. Zerefos (over 70 years)

Geosciences

Norwegian Elisabeth Alve Jostein Bakke Jørn Hurum Hope Jahren Bjørn Jamtveit Andreas Max Kääb Anna Nele Meckler François Renard Trude Storelvmo John Inge Svendsen

Jemma Wadham Chong-Yu Xu Karin Andreassen (over 70 years) Knut Olav Bjørlykke (over 70 years) Anders Elverhøi (over 70 years) Jan Inge Faleide (over 70 years) Roy Helge Gabrielsen (over 70 years) Kaare Høeg (over 70 years) Eystein Jansen (over 70 years) Jan Mangerud (over 70 years) Bjørn Olav Mysen (over 70 years) Else-Ragnhild Neumann (over 70 years) Rolf Birger Pedersen (over 70 years) Ivar B. Ramberg (over 70 years) Per Aagaard (over 70 years)

Foreign Wim Spakman Bernhard Steinberger John T. Andrews (over 70 years)

William Griffin (over 70 years) Stein Bjørnar Jacobsen (over 70 years) Suzanne Lacasse (over 70 years) Kurt Lambeck (over 70 years) Stephen Larter (over 70 years) Gifford H. Miller (over 70 years) Keith O'Nions (over 70 years) Suzanne O'Reilly (over 70 years) Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir (over 70 years) Olav Slaymaker (over 70 years) Scott B. Smithson (over 70 years)

Hans Thybo (over 70 years) Peter Richard Vogt (over 70 years) Marjorie Wilson (over 70 years) Xia Jun (over 70 years)

Chemistry

Norwegian Knut J. Børve Chen De Mari-Ann Einarsrud Abhik Ghosh Tor Grande Unni Olsbye Kenneth Ruud Mats Tilset Rolf David Vogt Thomas Ebbesen (over 70 years) Helmer Fjellvåg (over 70 years) Knut Fægri, Jr. (over 70 years) Tyge Greibrokk (over 70 years) Trygve Ulf Helgaker (over 70 years) Per Hoff (over 70 years) Signe H. Kjelstrup (over 70 years) Karl Petter Lillerud (over 70 years) Elsa Lundanes (over 70 years) Truls Eivind Norby (over 70 years)

Lars Skattebøl (over 70 years) Sigurd Skogestad (over 70 years) Leiv Kristen Sydnes (over 70 years) Einar Uggerud (over 70 years)

Foreign Paul Alivisatos Jürgen Gauss Kevin C. Jones Willem M. Klopper Chad Mirkin David Lawrence Allara (over 70 years)

Odile Eisenstein (over 70 years) Hans-Heinz Emons (over 70 years) Georgiy V. Girichev (over 70 years) István Hargittai (over 70 years) Henning Hopf (over 70 years) Robert S. Langer (over 70 years)

Claus Jørgen Nielsen (over 70 years) Bengt Nordén (over 70 years) Ralph Nuzzo (over 70 years) Bo Nyström (over 70 years)

Jacob Sagiv (over 70 years) Reiner Salzer (over 70 years) Nadrian C. Seeman (over 70 years)

Barry Welch (over 70 years) George Whitesides (over 70 years)

Biology

Norwegian Dag Lorents Aksnes Inger Greve Alsos Ottar Nordal Bjørnstad Anne Krag Brysting Hugo de Boer Bente Edvardsen Anders Goksøyr Dag Olav Hessen Rolf Anker Ims Kjetill S. Jakobsen Atle Mysterud Inger Elisabeth Måren Marit Reigstad Anne Gro Salvanes Vigdis Vandvik Leif Asbjørn Vøllestad Nigel Gilles Yoccoz Lise Øvreås Ingvild Austad (over 70 years) Arnoldus Schytte Blix (over 70 years) Christian Brochmann (over 70 years) Kåre Fossum (over 70 years) Odd Halvorsen (over 70 years) Ola M. Heide (over 70 years) Per Magnus Jørgensen (over 70 years) Thor Landsverk (over 70 years) Hanna Mustaparta (over 70 years)

Inger Nordal (over 70 years) Stig William Omholt (over 70 years) Leif Ryvarden (over 70 years) Jan Raa (over 70 years)

Tore Slagsvold (over 70 years) Nils Christian Stenseth (over 70 years) Jon Swenson (over 70 years)

Bernt-Erik Sæther (over 70 years) Lauritz Sverdrup Sømme (over 70 years) Tron Frede Thingstad (over 70 years)

Foreign Hans Ellegren James Elser Winrich Freiwald Herwig Leirs Jan Mulder Göran Erik Nilsson Roger A. Pielke Jr. Loren H. Rieseberg Eörs Szathmáry Katherine J. Willis Zhang Zhibin Teuvo Tapio Ahti (over 70 years) Richard William Battarbee (over 70 years) Hilary H. Birks (over 70 years) John Birks (over 70 years)

Edward P. Cunningham (over 70 years)

Tom Fenchel (over 70 years) Else Marie Friis (over 70 years)

John G. Hildebrand (over 70 years)

Olavi Junttila (over 70 years) Charles J. Krebs (over 70 years) Yvon Le Maho (over 70 years) Björn Hadar Lindqvist (over 70 years) Walter Jami Lusigi (over 70 years) Geoffrey M. O. Maloiy (over 70 years)

David Pegler (over 70 years) Tamás Pócs (over 70 years)

Pierre Taberlet (over 70 years) Iain Thornton (over 70 years)

Cell and molecular biology

Norwegian Jan Terje Andersen Magnar Bjørås Heidi Kiil Blomhoff Vincent Eijsink Kristian Gundersen Terje Johansen Arne Klungland Vessela Kristensen James Bradley Lorens Ragnhild A. Lothe Hilde Loge Nilsen Kristian Prydz Anne Simonsen Kirsten Skarstad Harald Stenmark Kjetil Taskén Reidunn Aalen Haakon Breien Benestad (over 70 years) Trond Berg (over 70 years) Rune Blomhoff (over 70 years) Erik Boye (over 70 years) Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale (over 70 years) Stein Ove Døskeland (over 70 years) Terje Espevik (over 70 years) Anders Fjose (over 70 years) Sigbjørn Fossum (over 70 years) Odd Stokke Gabrielsen (over 70 years) Kaare Gautvik (over 70 years) Per Einar Granum (over 70 years)

Karen B. Helle (over 70 years) Anne-Brit Kolstø (over 70 years) Per Eystein Lønning (over 70 years) Ingolf Figved Nes (over 70 years) Ørjan Olsvik (over 70 years) Olav Sand (over 70 years) Inger Sandlie (over 70 years) Kirsten Sandvig (over 70 years) Per Ottar Seglen (over 70 years) Reidun Sirevåg (over 70 years)

Foreign Kristian G. Andersen Cornelia Bargmann Phillippe Collas Nancy Kanwisher Li Peifeng Aurora Martínez Jacques Neefjes Ardem Patapoutian John Donald Scott Raymond Charles Stevens Doris Ying Tsao Mark Achtman (over 70 years old) David Ian Attwell (over 70 years) Dominique Aunis (over 70 years) R. John Collier (over 70 years) Ray Dingledine (over 70 years) Ford Doolittle (over 70 years) Ann Martin Graybiel (over 70 years) Gareth Griffiths (over 70 years) Angela Gronenborn (over 70 years) Carl-Henrik Heldin (over 70 years) David Julius (over 70 years) Tomas Lindahl (over 70 years) Jean-Louis Mandel (over 70 years) Linda K. Medlin (over 70 years) Gordon Bret Mills (over 70 years) Kenneth Nilsson (over 70 years) Bjørn Reino Olsen (over 70 years) James E. Rothman (over 70 years) Richard H. Scheller (over 70 years)

Bo van Deurs (over 70 years)

Medicine

Norwegian Lars A. Akslen Mahmood Reza Amiry-Moghaddam Ole A. Andreassen Linda Hildegard Bergersen Farrukh Abbas Chaudhry Rebecca Jane Cox Niels Christian Danbolt Evandro Fei Fang-Stavem Marianne Fyhn