Articles by: Ulrika Royen

The Nobel Center Foundation Hanna Stjärne, chairExecutive Director, The Nobel Foundation Thomas Perlmann Professor, Secretary of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutetand of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine Stefan RänkCEO, Einar Mattson AB Fredrik WirdeniusSenior Advisory Consultant, Fredrik Wirdenius AB Tomas HermanssonCEO, Bonnier Fastigheter AB Viveka Hirdman-RyrbergSenior advisor, Board professional Sven NymanMSc, Hon.…

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The Nobel Prize Museum’s aim is to spread knowledge and create interest and discussion around the natural sciences and culture through creative learning, exhibition techniques and modern technology. The Nobel Prize Museum illustrates a century of creativity, where visitors can follow the changes of the 20th century through the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Prize…

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The Nobel Peace Center is the museum about the Nobel Peace Prize. The permanent installations tell the story of Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Peace Prize laureates and their engaged and groundbreaking work. Located in the heart of Oslo, Norway, the Nobel Peace Center is a place where you can experience and learn about the…

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Do you have questions about the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Prize laureates? You’re in the right place. Keep scrolling down to find answers to our most commonly asked questions. The Nobel Prize Nobel Prize laureates How Nobel Prize laureates are chosen The Nobel Prize award ceremonies The Nobel Prize Why is there a Nobel…

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How does the nomination process work?Nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize come in from all over the world and are submitted to the , which is responsible for selecting the laureates. Anyone who meets the nominator criteria can put forward a candidate and explain why they believe that person or organisation deserves the prize. This…

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A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria. A letter of invitation to submit is not required. The names of the nominees and other information about the nominations cannot be revealed until 50 years later. Process of nomination and selection The  is responsible for selecting…

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Nominations made by Nobel Prize laureates in literature (1901-1950) All information concerning the nominations and selections of the Nobel Prize laureates is kept a secret for 50 years. That is why we only published information about the first 50 Nobel Prizes in Literature so far. Within the time period (1901-1950) 19 of the 45 Nobel…

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The number of nominations presented here are the total number of nominations that particular year – not the number of suggested individuals, nor the number of approved nominations the particular Nobel Laureate received that year. All information concerning the nominations and selections of the Nobel Laureates is kept secret for 50 years, that’s why we have only…

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by Åke Erlandsson “Thus it [the child] grew and developed into a thinking, sentient being with an inner world of poesy that no tyranny could extinguish. The lyrics of our wonderful poets became for me entrancing and consoling echoes of the spiritual world of feeling and thought.” Beatrice Cenci in Alfred Nobel’s tragedy Nemesis Introduction…

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Swedish Jag undertecknad Alfred Bernhard Nobel förklarar härmed efter moget betänkade min yttersta vilja i afseende å den egendom jag vid min död kan efterlemna vara följande: Mina brorssöner Hjalmar och Ludvig Nobel, söner af min Broder Robert Nobel, erhålla hvardera en summa af Två Hundra Tusen Kronor; Min Brorsson Emmanuel Nobel erhåller Tre Hundra…

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