Nobel Prize

General Information The events during the Nobel Week are organized by the Nobel Foundation, the Nobel Museum or the prize awarding institutions. This means that there are several different institutions to contact for the various events. Please note that there is no general accreditation valid for the entire week, each organizer must be contacted separately.…

The 2017 Nobel Prize announcements will begin Monday 2 October. Time and dates for all announcements (local time in Sweden): THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE – Monday 2 October, 11:30 a.m. at the earliest THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS – Tuesday 3 October, 11:45 a.m. at the earliest THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY – Wednesday…

The Board of Directors of the Nobel Foundation decided at its meeting on September 14, 2017 that the 2017 Nobel Prize will amount to SEK 9 million per prize category. This represents an increase of SEK 1 million compared to the previous years – With the announcements of the 2017 Nobel Laureates starting next week,…

The Nobel Foundation is ultimately responsible for ensuring that the intentions of the will of Alfred Nobel are fulfilled. The main mission of the Foundation is to manage the assets left behind by Nobel, as well as the extensive intellectual property related to the Nobel Prize that has developed during more than a century. The…

Nobelstiftelsen är ytterst ansvarig för att intentionerna i Alfred Nobels testamente uppfylls. Stiftelsens främsta uppgift är att förvalta Nobels efterlämnade kapital samt de stora immateriella värden kopplade till Nobelpriset som har utvecklats under mer än ett sekel. De institutioner som Alfred Nobel i sitt testamente ger uppdraget att utse pristagare bildar Nobelstiftelsens fullmäktige. Deras viktigaste…

The prize committees are currently working carefully and independently to select the recipients of the 2017 Nobel Prize and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The Laureates will be announced starting on October 2, revealing the scientists, writers and peace workers who – in keeping with the vision of…

Just nu pågår priskommittéernas omsorgsfulla och oberoende arbete med att utse mottagarna av 2017 års Nobelpris och Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne. Från och med den 2 oktober kommer pristagarna att tillkännages. Då förmedlas namnen på de forskare, författare och fredsarbetare som i linje med Alfred Nobels vision har verkat…

The Nobel Foundation manages the assets that Alfred Nobel left behind to finance the Nobel Prize and the task of selecting Nobel Laureates. Since 2011 these assets have grown from less than SEK 3 billion to above SEK 4 billion. As Chief Investment Officer (CIO), Ulrika Bergman will play a central role in the Nobel…

Nobelstiftelsen förvaltar det kapital som Alfred Nobel efterlämnade för finansieringen av Nobelpriset och arbetet med att utse Nobelpristagare. Kapitalet har sedan 2011 vuxit från knappt tre miljarder till drygt fyra miljarder kronor. Som finanschef får Ulrika Bergman nu en central roll i Nobelstiftelsens förvaltning. Ulrika Bergman kommer närmast från SEB Investment Management och rollen som…

On 13 October, 2016, the Swedish Academy announced that this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”. This week Bob Dylan called the Swedish Academy. “The news about the Nobel Prize left me speechless”, he told Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary…