Articles by: Ulrika Royen
Nobel Prize Conversations season 4
Through their lives and work, failures and successes – get to know the individuals who have been awarded the Nobel Prize. ‘Nobel Prize Conversations’ is back with a new season featuring the 2021 Nobel Prize laureates. ‘Nobel Prize Conversations’ is a podcast with a new episode every Thursday. This new season will be the fourth.…
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Nobel Minds
Want to watch and listen to some of today’s greatest minds conversing together, hosted by a top BBC presenter? Nobel Minds, the round-table discussion programme with the current year’s Nobel Prize laureates provides a unique opportunity to do just that. Since the 1960s, during the Nobel Week, the Nobel Prize laureates have gathered for a…
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Opening address – 2021
Professor Carl-Henrik Heldin, Chairman of the Nobel Foundation, delivering the opening address at the 2021 Nobel Prize award ceremony. Speech by Professor Carl-Henrik Heldin, Chairman of the Board of the Nobel Foundation, 10 December 2021. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Esteemed Nobel Prize laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen around the world! On behalf of the Nobel…
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Try a puzzle
DISCOVERthe Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 The prize was awarded jointly to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for something that has laid the foundation of wireless electronics and have a huge everyday impact for us. What is it? Try the puzzle! Jigsaw Puzzle It is the lithium-ion battery! The illustration shows…
moreThe Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony 2021
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony takes place in Oslo City Hall on 10 December – the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. At the ceremony, the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the Nobel Peace Prize laureates. At the ceremony the laureate for 2020, World Food Programme, also attended, represented by its Executive Director,…
moreThe Nobel Prize award ceremony 2021
The Nobel Prize award ceremony takes place at the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden, on 10 December – the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. At the ceremony, the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and the prize in economic sciences are awarded to the Nobel Prize laureates. This year, the award ceremony was…
moreThe Nobel Prize award ceremonies and banquets
What happens on 10 December, the date that new laureates receive their Nobel Prize? Since 1901, the Nobel Prizes have been presented to new laureates at ceremonies on 10 December, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. As stipulated in the will of the Swedish-born inventor and international industrialist Alfred Nobel, which was opened after his…
moreNobel Prize Conversations season 3
Here we will be presenting six new episodes of the podcast ‘Nobel Prize Conversations’. In these six episodes we will be meeting six laureates – one Nobel Prize laureate from each prize category. This time we’re focusing on how our future can develop in different areas – from how our cities are developing to how…
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How many chemistry laureates can you match?
Pair the chemistry laureate with the discovery Can you pair the portrait of the Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry with the image representing the Nobel Prize awarded discovery? Drag the images from the left to the right to pair, and press check to see your result. Don’t recognise the laureates? Keep scrolling down for some…
moreHow many economic sciences laureates can you match?
Pair the research field to the economic sciences laureate Can you pair the correct research field with the recipient of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel? Drag the research field to the empty square under the laureate to pair them, and press check to see your result. Don’t recognise…
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