Acta Ophthalmologica is a peer-reviewed academic, medical journal of ophthalmology established in 1923.

The journal is edited by Kai Kaarniranta (University of Eastern Finland) and Einar Stefánsson (University of Iceland) and is published 8 times per year by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Foundation.

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.

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.

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.