The Academy was started on 2 June 1739 by naturalist Carl Linnaeus , economist Jonas AlstrÃ mer , mechanical engineer MÃ rten Triewald , civil servants Sten Carl Bielke and Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm , and politician Anders Johan von HÃ pken . The Academy was founded on 2 June 1739 by naturalist Carl Linnaeus , mercantilist Jonas AlstrÃ mer , mechanical engineer MÃ rten Triewald , civil servants Sten Carl Bielke and Carl Wilhelm Cederhielm , and politician Anders Johan von HÃ pken .