Nobel Prize

The theme for the first Nobel Prize Dialogue in Madrid is ‘The Future of Ageing’. Nobel Laureates, key opinion leaders, policy makers, students and researchers will meet in Madrid on 22 May to discuss some of the most pressing scientific, economical and philosophical questions around ageing. “Spain is a country with a long life expectancy.…

The conductor for the 2019 Nobel Prize Concert will be Herbert Blomstedt. He will lead the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at Konserthuset Stockholm on 8 December. Herbert Blomstedt is Sweden’s most successful and respected conductor. He has been chief conductor for the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. He…

Artefacts from Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda presented to the Nobel Prize Museum. At a ceremony a book from Gabriela Mistral’s private collection and three of her personal photographs were donated to the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm. Earlier this spring, the Museum also received a pipe that belonged to Pablo Neruda. These artefacts will…

The Nobel Prize in Literature will once again be awarded, and this autumn Laureates for both 2018 and 2019 will be announced. The Nobel Foundation’s Board of Directors believes that the steps that the Swedish Academy has taken and intends to take will create good opportunities for restoring trust in the Academy as a prize-awarding…

 Erika Lanner is taking over as Museum Director at the Nobel Prize Museum. In connection with the change of Director, the Museum in Stockholm’s Old Town is taking the opportunity to change its name. The former Nobel Museum is now becoming the Nobel Prize Museum. “We are the museum of the Nobel Laureates and view…

The theme for the fourth Nobel Prize Dialogue in Tokyo is ‘The Age to Come’. Key opinion leaders, policy makers, students, researchers and the general public will meet on 17 March at Pacifico Yokohama Conference Center. Five Nobel Laureates, including Japanese Laureate Tasuku Honjo, will take part in discussions around questions such as: Why do…

After six years as Chief Executive Officer of Nobel Media AB, Mattias Fyrenius has reached an agreement with the Board of Nobel Media that he will be leaving his position. “I would like to thank Mattias Fyrenius for his successful work at Nobel Media over the past six years. The company’s public activities have grown…

How can we be inspired to learn? Can teachers nudge us to find that thrill? How much are we willing to invest in learning? These questions and more will be discussed together with Nobel Laureates, world-leading scientists, policy makers and a curious general audience when the first Nobel Prize Dialogue will be held in Santiago…

Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. © Nobel Media. Photo: Jo Straube English (pdf) © The Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, 2018. General permission is granted for the publication in newspapers in any language. Publication in periodicals or books, or in digital or electronic forms, otherwise than in summary, requires the consent of the Foundation.…

The Table of Honour at The Nobel Banquet 2018 have been released today.