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The Nobel Prize Amount

The list below shows the Nobel Prize amount in Swedish kronor (SEK) through the years.
The Nobel Prize amount for 2009 is set at Swedish kronor (SEK) 10 million per full Nobel Prize.

 

Year Comments
Amount
1901 150,782
1902 141,847
1903 141,358
1904 140,859
1905 138,089
1906 138,536
1907 138,796
1908 139,800
1909 139,800
1910 140,703
1911 140,695
1912 140,476
1913 143,010
1914 146,900
1915 149,223
1916 131,793
1917 133,823
1918 138,198
1919 133,127
1920 134,100
1921 121,573
1922 122,483
1923 Smallest amount 114,935
1924 116,719
1925 118,165
1926 116,960
1927 126,501
1928 156,939
1929 172,760
1930 172,947
1931 173,206
1932 171,753
1933 170,332
1934 162,608
1935 159,917
1936 159,850
1937 158,463
1938 155,007
1939 148,822
1940 138,570
1941 131,496
1942 131,891
1943 123,691
1944 121,841
1945   121,333
1946 The Foundation is granted tax exemption 121,524
1947   146,115
1948   159,773
1949   156,290
1950   164,304
1951   167,612
1952   171,135
1953 The Foundation's investment rules are changed 175,293
1954   181,647
1955   190,214
1956 200,123
1957   208,629
1958 214,559
1959 220,678
1960 225,987
1961 250,233
1962 257,220
1963 265,000
1964 273,000
1965 282,000
1966 300,000
1967 320,000
1968 350,000
1969 The Prize in Economics is added 375,000
1970   400,000
1971 450,000
1972 480,000
1973 510,000
1974 550,000
1975 630,000
1976 681,000
1977 700,000
1978 725,000
1979 800,000
1980   880,000
1981 1,000,000
1982 1,150,000
1983 1,500,000
1984 1,650,000
1985 1,800,000
1986 2,000,000
1987 2,175,000
1988 2,500,000
1989   3,000,000
1990   4,000,000
1991   6,000,000
1992   6,500,000
1993   6,700,000
1994   7,000,000
1995   7,200,000
1996   7,400,000
1997   7,500,000
1998   7,600,000
1999   7,900,000
2000   9,000,000
2001   10,000,000
2002   10,000,000
2003   10,000,000
2004   10,000,000
2005   10,000,000
2006   10,000,000
2007   10,000,000
2008   10,000,000
2009   10,000,000

 

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