[1][2][3][4] It is published by the Mathematics Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

The journal was conceived by Zygmunt Janiszewski as a means to foster mathematical research in Poland.

[5] Janiszewski posited that, to achieve its goal, the journal should not compel Polish mathematicians to submit articles written exclusively in Polish, and should be devoted only to a specialized topic in mathematics;[6] Fundamenta Mathematicae thus became the first specialized journal in the field of mathematics.

[1][2][3][4] Despite Janiszewski having, in a 1918 article, given the initial impetus for the creation of the journal,[7] he did not live long enough to see the first issue published, in Warsaw, as he died on 3 January 1920.

Soon after its launch, the founding editors were joined by Kazimierz Kuratowski and, later, by Karol Borsuk.