Read Roger Tsien’s story.
A page of sketches of chemistry experiments Roger Tsien copied from a book when he was eight years old. Tsien's blossoming interest in chemistry is evident in the drawing.
Photo: Nobel Prize Museum
A page of sketches of chemistry experiments Roger Tsien copied from a book when he was eight years old. Tsien's blossoming interest in chemistry is evident in the drawing.
Photo: Nobel Prize Museum
Mahatma Gandhi laughing.
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A team of female Yazidi deminers in Iraq attempting to clear their land of mines left behind by ISIS. A team of scientists on an extraordinary mission in Mozambique to help better our understanding of climate change. A man building prosthetic legs to help victims of war walk again in South Sudan … All are inspired by Nobel Peace Prize laureates.
Read Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nobel Prize lecture.
Martin Luther King Jr. held his acceptance speech in the auditorium of the University of Oslo in Norway on 10 December 1964.
The first nomination arrived to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in January 1963. Not until 2014, the nominators were revealed.
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Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach
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Artist: Anja Richardt Krabbe Calligrapher: Marie A. Györi Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom © The Nobel Foundation 2022
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Artist: Anja Richardt Krabbe Calligrapher: Marie A. Györi Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom © The Nobel Foundation 2022
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Artist: Elisabeth Biström Calligrapher: Marianne Pettersson Soold Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom © The Nobel Foundation 2022
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Artist: Elisabeth Biström Calligrapher: Marianne Pettersson Soold Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom © The Nobel Foundation 2022
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Artist: Elisabeth Biström Calligrapher: Marianne Pettersson Soold Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom © The Nobel Foundation 2022
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Calligrapher: Susan Duvnäs Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom © The Nobel Foundation 2022
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Calligrapher: Susan Duvnäs Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2022
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Artist: Håkon Bleken Calligrapher: Christopher Haanes Bookbinder: Kristine Bekkevold/Julius Ørenberg Bokbinderi Photo reproduction: Thomas Widerberg © The Nobel Foundation 2022
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Artist: Håkon Bleken Calligrapher: Christopher Haanes Bookbinder: Kristine Bekkevold/Julius Ørenberg Bokbinderi Photo reproduction: Thomas Widerberg © The Nobel Foundation 2022
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Artist: Håkon Bleken Calligrapher: Christopher Haanes Bookbinder: Kristine Bekkevold/Julius Ørenberg Bokbinderi Photo reproduction: Thomas Widerberg © The Nobel Foundation 2022
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Artist: Gunnel Moheim Calligrapher: Marie A. Györi Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Lovisa Engblom © The Nobel Foundation 2022
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Nobel Week Dialogue 2022.
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Diana Damrau, Manfred Honeck and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra performing at the 2022 Nobel Prize Concert.
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Niklas Elmehed.
Photo: Antoine Boureau, Millennium/NTB
Illustrations: Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, The Nobel Committe for Physiology or Medicine. Ill. Mattias Karlén and Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Prize Outreach
On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will in Paris, France. The Swedish dynamite millionaire, who thought that his invention would end all wars, had now realised that it was a very deadly product. Wanting to make amends, he did what no man of such wealth had done before …
On 10 December 1901 the first Nobel Prizes were awarded, in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace. Read more about the first prizes.
Chemist, engineer and industrialist Alfred Nobel left 31 million SEK (today about 265 million dollar) to fund the Nobel Prizes. Read more about his life and work.
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The museum showcases the discoveries and creativity of the Nobel Prize laureates.
Photo: Åke Eson Lindman
The story of each peace laureate is told at the museum.
Photo: Johannes Granseth/Nobel Peace Center
K. Alexander Müller was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1987 for the discovery of new superconducting materials He passed away on 9 January, age 95.
David Trimble passed away on 25 July. He was awarded the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize together with John Hume for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland.