Nobel Prize

HRH Crown Prince Haakon opens a new exhibition about Fridtjof Nansen on World Refugee Day, 20 June. In 2022, it will be a hundred years since Nansen received the Nobel Peace Prize, and the Nobel Peace Center celebrates the anniversary with an exhibition on Nansen’s humanitarian legacy. “Fridtjof Nansen is best known as a polar…

At a ceremony on Thursday, 19 May, the Nobel Foundation returned a Mycenaean gold ring to a delegation from Greece’s Ministry of Culture and Sports. During the Second World War, many artefacts were stolen from the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, one of which was the Mycenaean gold ring. The ring was later bought by Nobel…

Researcher and author Emma Frans and Susanna Pettersson, Director General of Nationalmuseum, are joining the board of the Nobel Center Foundation. The Nobel Center Foundation (Stiftelsen Nobel Center) is responsible for the public activities currently being carried out by the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm’s Old Town and which in the future will move into…

This Friday, the white peace dove will again fly over Oslo City Hall square. It will carry “The Good News of the Week”, reminding us that the world is moving in the right direction, even in times of trouble. At noon on Friday 13 May, a white dove will be released from the windows of…

On Wednesday, 4 May, the Nobel Foundation announced that SEK 1.2 billion (more than USD 120 million)  has been donated by the Erling-Persson Foundation and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to build the Nobel Center − a house for science, culture and dialogue to be located at Slussen in central Stockholm. This means that…

Two years ago it was announced that the Nobel Center will be located at Slussen in Stockholm. The Nobel Foundation are now taking the next step and invite you to a press conference to find out more. We will be communicating how the building will be funded and what kind of public activities will take…

The market value of the Nobel Foundation’s total invested capital amount­ed to SEK 6,103 m (5,176) at the end of 2021. Excluding the value of the Foundation’s directly owned properties, investment capital amounted to SEK 5,720 m (4,882) at the end of the year. This generated a return of +18.4 (+8.5) per cent during 2021.…

On Thursday, the Nobel Prize Museum was visited by 2021 literature laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, who is in Stockholm this week. During his visit, he donated his dictionary and took the opportunity to sign a chair in the museum’s Bistro. He will be returning this evening Friday 29 April at 18.00 CET, for a conversation on…

‘Nobel Prize Conversations’ is back with a new season featuring our newest batch of Nobel Prize laureates from 2021. Get to know the individuals behind the prizes when the season begins on 28 April. Episode one of the new season features football fan and chemistry laureate David MacMillan. Together with podcast host Adam Smith, he…

Bringing extra star power to this year’s Nobel Prize Concert on 8 December will be German soprano Diana Damrau. Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck will lead the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at the concert, which is held in honour of the Nobel Prize laureates. “The Nobel Prize Concert is a highly appreciated feature of the Nobel…