Nobel Prize

Tim Minchin is the composer and lyricist of smash-hit stage musicals, Matilda and Groundhog Day. He is also a writer and actor.

Tawakkol Karman, a Yemeni journalist and human rights activist, is the first Arab woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Prize Dialogue Tokyo explored the ways that science and technology, combined with a better understanding of the world around us, might change our lives in the future.

This autumn, the Nobel Prize Museum will tackle a major topic in a small exhibition. THEN, NOW, LATER will explore how some Nobel Prize laureates in physics and literature have dealt with the subject of time and have debated its nature. Visitors will also be able to experience a video work in which the artist…

In the exhibition The Echo Chamber, opening at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo on 19 September, the visitor is invited into the surreal world of Swedish star photographer Erik Johansson. The Echo Chamber is Swedish artist Erik Johansson’s first exhibition in Norway. The exhibition was a success at Fotografiska in Stockholm last year and…

Participants discussed key issues and proposed solutions which they are currently developing and implementing through a year-long collaboration.

12 December 2025 Norwegian Nobel Committee condemns the brutal arrest of Narges Mohammadi The Norwegian Nobel Committee is deeply concerned by today’s brutal arrest of Narges Mohammadi alongside a number of other activists. Ms. Mohammadi – the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate – is a staunch defender of human rights, freedom of expression and democratic…

Early in June, Swedish Nobel Prize laureate turned 100 years old. His centenary birthday was celebrated with a seminar at the Nobel Prize Museum on 17 June. He also donated a scientific instrument that he and David Hubel used in their Nobel Prize-awarded research. On Monday, the Nobel Prize Museum added an ophthalmoscope to its…

The Nobel Peace Center offers a special treat for visitors to the museum this summer: The children of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi will give special guided tours in the exhibition about their imprisoned mother. In December last year, Kiana and Ali Rahmani came to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf…

Citizens across the world will share their wishes for peace as Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree will be on display in five cities on five continents at the same time. In Oslo, people can take part in the activation outside the Norwegian Parliament on Friday 7 June. The Nobel Peace Center in Oslo and Japan Institute…