2018 literature laureate on what health means to her, how literature and mental health are connected, and what she learned from working as a psychologist. Before your literary career, you worked as a psychologist. What brought about your interest in psychology? – My interest in psychology came from literature. It was books, novels, that opened…

Press programme Stockholm This is the press programme for Nobel Week in Stockholm. You will need to apply for accreditation for some of the activities during the week. Spaces for the Nobel Prize award ceremony and banquet are very limited. More information and activities will be added.All times are in CET. 5 December 08:45 Press conference…

Curious about 2024 literature laureate  but unsure which of her books to pick up first? Here Steve Sem-Sandberg from the Swedish Academy gives his recommendations. The Vegetarian The Vegetarian is Han Kang’s international breakthrough novel which won the International Booker prize in 2016. It’s the story of a middle aged Korean woman who one night suddenly…

Nobel Prize laureate in literature 2023 Jon Fosse reads (in Norwegian) from his book Det andre namnet. Septologien I-II (The Other Name. Septology I-II). The video was recorded in Stockholm on 9 December 2023. Swedish Utdrag ur Det andra namnet. Septologin I-II Och jag ser mig stå och se på bilden med de två strecken, ett lila…

Nobel Prize laureate in literature 2023 Jon Fosse reads (in Norwegian) from his book Det andre namnet. Septologien I-II (The Other Name. Septology I-II). The video was recorded in Stockholm on 9 December 2023. Norwegian Ekstrakt fra Det andre namnet. Septologien I-II Og eg ser meg stå og sjå mot biletet med dei to strekane, ein lilla og…

Want to get started with 2023 literature laureate , but don’t know which book to pick up first? We spoke to Anders Olsson, Chairman of the The Nobel Committee for Literature who gave us three of his Fosse favourites. Stengd gitar My first choice is Fosse’s second novel Stengd gitar (1985), which presents us with…

Nobel Banquet at the Golden Hall of the Stockholm City Hall on 10 December 1950.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/sFJujtGULXg Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 to Abdulrazak Gurnah, presented by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 7 October 2021. After the announcement Anders Olsson, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Literature, presented the laureate in Swedish and English and answered questions from the audience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-6f1IPOm5c Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 to Louise Glück, presented by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 8 October 2020. After the announcement Anders Olsson, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Literature, presented the laureate in Swedish and English and answered questions from the audience.

Swedish Ständige sekreteraren Pressmeddelande 8 oktober 2020   Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2020 Louise Glück Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2020 tilldelas den amerikanska poeten Louise Glück ”för hennes omisskännliga poetiska röst, som med sträng skönhet gör den enskilda människans existens universell”.