Board of directors

Chairman

Professor Carl-Henrik Heldin

Vice Chairman

Professor Göran K. Hansson
Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Professor Thomas Perlmann
Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine

Professor Sara Danius
Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy

Mrs Berit Reiss-Andersen
Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Mr Tomas Nicolin, MSc

Dr Lars Heikensten
Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation

Deputy Members

Professor Gunnar Ingelman
Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Professor Gunnar von Heijne
Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physics

Previous chairmen and executive directors of the Nobel Foundation

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Nobel Prizes 2018

In 2018, 12 new laureates were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.

Their work and discoveries range from cancer therapy and laser physics to developing proteins that can solve humankind’s chemical problems. The work of the 2018 Nobel Laureates also included combating war crimes, as well as integrating innovation and climate with economic growth. Find out more.