The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 by King Gustav III. Modelled after the Académie française, it has 18 members. It is said that Gustaf III originally intended there to be twenty members, half the number of those in the French Academy, but eventually decided on eighteen because the Swedish expression "De Aderton" – 'The Eighteen' – had such a fine solemn ring. The academy's motto is "Talent and Taste" (""Snille och Smak"" in Swedish). The academy's primary purpose is to further the "purity, strength, and sublimity of the Swedish language" (""Svenska Språkets renhet, styrka och höghet"") (Walshe, 1965). To that end the academy publishes two dictionaries. The first is a one-volume glossary called "Svenska Akademiens ordlista" ("SAOL"). The second is a multi-volume dictionary, edited on principles similar to those of the "Oxford English Dictionary", entitled "Svenska Akademiens Ordbok" ("SAOB"). The "SAOL" has reached its 14th edition while the first volume of the "SAOB" was published in 1898 and, as of 2017, work has progressed to words beginning with the letter "V".