Board of directors

Regular members

Professor Carl-Henrik Heldin, Chairman

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

Dr Lars Heikensten,
Executive Director

Professor Sara Danius
Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy

Mr Tomas Nicolin, MSc

Professor Thomas Perlmann
Secretary of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet
and of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine

Mrs Berit Reiss-Andersen
Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Deputy members

Professor Gunnar Ingelman
Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physics

Professor Gunnar von Heijne
Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry

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.