Nobel Prize

Throughout history, humans have been fascinated by fungi. They are all around us and inside us, but they often remain invisible. A new exhibition opening tomorrow at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm showcases how both art and science explore fungi.  The exhibition, entitled Fungi – In Art and Science, juxtaposes design objects, works of…

The Nobel Foundation has decided that the 2023 Nobel Prize will amount to SEK 11 million per prize category. This represents an increase of SEK 1 million per prize category compared to the previous few years. At the end of 2022, the market value of the Nobel Foundation’s total invested capital was SEK 5,799 million.…

Nobel Peace Prize laureates and will visit Stockholm in late September. They will speak at an international conference for teachers and will participate in separate conversations at the Nobel Prize Museum. The theme of these conversations is the growing threats to freedom of expression and democracy and what can reverse this trend. Their visits will…

The decision by the Nobel Foundation to invite all ambassadors to the Nobel Prize award ceremony, in accordance with previous practice, has provoked strong reactions.   The basis for the decision is that we believe that it is important and right to reach out as widely as possible with the values and messages that the Nobel…

The Nobel Foundation has decided to henceforth invite representatives of all parties that have parliamentary representation in Sweden through democratic elections to the Nobel festivities on 10 December. “It is clear that the world is increasingly divided into spheres, where dialogue between those with differing views is being reduced,” says Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of…

A theatre performance is currently emerging at the Nobel Prize Museum. Actors Katarina Krogh and Fabian Hedlund, together with director Johan Bark and Nobel Prize Museum curator Carin Klaesson, are creating a completely new production based on texts from Nobel Prize laureates in literature. 30 September marks the premiere of the performance, which has emerged…

A powerful, much-used chain, which has been employed in the struggle to draw attention to political prisons who are incarcerated in Russia, has been added to the Nobel Prize Museum’s collection. The Center for Civil Liberties ‒ one of three 2022 Nobel Peace Prize recipients ‒ donated this artefact, which will be on display at…

This year’s Nobel Prize Concert brings together world-renowned conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and acclaimed violinist Julia Fischer, together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. On 8 December, works by Boccherini, Brahms and Ravel will be performed on the Konserthuset Stockholm stage. The audience can also hear a work by the exciting young composer Gabriella Smith. Finnish-born…

Throughout history, humans have been fascinated by fungi. They are all around us and inside us, but they often remain invisible. In September, a new exhibition opening at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm will showcase how both art and science explore fungi. The visitor will be greeted by everything from Carsten Höller’s sculptures of…

Humans are facing existential challenges. On 24 September laureates and other experts will meet in Seoul, Korea to discuss how future generations can equip themselves to tackle these pressing questions – what do we need to know and how should we learn it to be able to build a better world? Students from high schools…