The same year the society was founded, Svanberg arranged a mock "graduation ceremony" (promotion), modelled after the academic ceremony, where he and some of his colleagues awarded themselves the master's degree (magister) and their pupils the degree of bachelor (kandidat) in swimming.
Det år selskabet blev grundlagt arrangerede Svanberg en "graduerings-ceremoni", modelleret efter den akademiske ceremoni, hvor han og nogle af hans kolleger tildelte sig selv en kandidatgrad og deres elever en ​​bachelorgrad i svømning.