Articles by: Jenny Rydén
Nobel Week 2025
Nobel Week 2025 takes place on 6–12 December in Stockholm and Oslo. Many of the events will be streamed and possible to follow online.
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Press programme for Nobel Week 2025
Press programme Stockholm This is the press programme for Nobel Week 2025 in Stockholm. You will need to apply for accreditation for some of the activities during the week. More information and activities will be added.All times are in CET. Media contact for Nobel Week in Oslo: 5 December 08:45 Press conference for Nobel Week Meet…
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What to read: László Krasznahorkai
Curious about 2025 literature laureate but unsure which of his books to pick up first? Here members of the Swedish Academy give their recommendations. Satantango (1985) Steve Sem-Sandberg: Satantango is a debut novel unlike any other. Published in 1985 it predicted the downfall of the communist regime in Hungary four years later. Set on the plains…
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Can you imagine life without these discoveries?
From the glow of blue LEDs to the ‘miracle’ of IVF, the Nobel Prize celebrates individuals whose discoveries have changed the world. These six innovations and discoveries not only improve our daily lives, but save them and help create new ones. At a glance The discovery of blood groups enabled safe transfusions IVF helped millions…
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Nobel Prize Concert 2025
A musical highlight Spanish violinist María Dueñas and Semyon Bychkov, chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, performed at the 2025 Nobel Prize Concert on 8 December. Together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, they performed music by Bryce Dessner, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Antonín Dvořák. Watch the concert (for viewers outside of Sweden.) María Dueñas Spanish…
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Benjamin List: “Trust your own intuition and ideas”
Students meet chemistry laureate Benjamin List , Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry 2021, was joined by 10 students from all over the world and from different disciplines within science for a conversation on the topic of being a scientist. List gave his best advice for maintaining a science career, spoke about green chemistry and shared…
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David MacMillan: “Amazing doesn’t even begin to cover it”
Student meets chemistry laureate David MacMillan High school student Lucas Madrigrano Azeredo met 2021 chemistry laureate to talk about life, football and career choices. MacMillan also shared his best advice for young people that are starting university. When asked about the moment he received his Nobel Prize medal, MacMillan tells Lucas: ”Amazing doesn’t even begin…
moreKatalin Karikó: “I dreamt about doing research, not getting an award.”
Student meets medicine laureate Katalin Karikó Join Emanuelle Tavares, a biomedical student at the University of Skövde as she talks to 2023 medicine laureate , whose work led to the development of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19. She explains how despite being terminated from her position and considered ‘unsuccessful’ she always tied success to what she…
moreCarolyn Bertozzi: “If you learned something, it’s not a failure”
Student meets chemistry laureate Carolyn Bertozzi If you had the chance to meet a Nobel Prize laureate, what would you ask? Karolinska Institutet student Sofia Iskrak met 2022 chemistry laureate Carolyn Bertozzi to ask her pressing questions, including what Bertozzi was like as a student, her favourite science-themed reads, and her advice for students who…
moreFrances Arnold on fearlessness
“If you’re going to change the world, you’ve got to try really different things” PhD student Sofie Ährlund-Richter got the chance to chat with 2018 chemistry laureate . They discussed everything from fearlessness and motivation to creating a sustainable world and being persistent in pursuing long-term goals.
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