Acta Ophthalmologica

The journal was established in 1923 as Acta Ophthalmologica (ISSN 0001-639X) and published bimonthly. It was renamed in 1995 as Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica (print: ISSN 1395-3907, online: ISSN 1600-0420) and returned to its original title in 2008, when the publication frequency was increased to 8 per year.

A supplement to the journal has also been published. From 1932 to 1984 this was entitled Acta Ophthalmologica Supplementum (ISSN 0065-1451) and from 1985 to 1994 Acta Ophthalmologica Supplement (ISSN 0065-1451). From 1995 to 2007, it was published as Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Supplement (ISSN 1395-3931), before returning to Acta Ophthalmologica Supplement (print: ISSN 1755-3776, online: ISSN 1755-375X) in 2008.

The Acta Ophthalmologica Award is given biennially in recognition of excellence in ophthalmic research to a scientist from the Nordic countries, selected by the Board of Directors of the Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Foundation.[1] It is handed out at the Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology and was initiated in 2002. The Award involves the right to give the Acta Honorary Lecture, and the recipient receives a gold medal that depicts the two skating owls associated with Acta Ophthalmologica. No award was given in 2020 because the Nordic Congress was postponed to 2022.

The Acta-EVER Award is given annually in recognition of achievements in eye and vision research to a scientist selected alternately by the Board of Directors of the Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Foundation and the Board of the European Association for Vision and Eye Research. It is handed out at the Congress of this Association and was initiated in 2006. The Award involves the right to give the Acta-EVER Honorary Lecture, and the recipient receives a silver medal that depicts professor Conrad Christian Carl Lundsgaard, the founder of Acta Ophthalmologica. No award was given in 2020 and 2021 because the Congress was changed to virtual.