The market value of the Nobel Foundation’s capital was SEK 4,902 m at the end of 2019. The total market value of investment capital (total invested capital excluding directly owned properties) amounted to SEK 4,618 m. During 2019, return on this investment capital was +16.6 per cent. The economic crisis of recent months connected to…

On Earth Day, 22 April 2020, Greta Thunberg and Johan Rockström will meet for a digital conversation about courage, solidarity and opportunities in times of crisis streamed from the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm. The call will be broadcast live for a global audience. This year marks 50 years since Earth Day was first organised…

The world-renowned pianist Igor Levit will be performing at this year’s Nobel Prize Concert on 8 December. At his side, he will have conductor Stéphane Denève leading the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Igor Levit is one of the most important pianists of his generation. He regularly performs at large concert halls across the world. Born…

Just in time for Nobel Week in December 2020, Nobel Prize Museum is opening a new exhibition about the Nobel Banquet and the important role that shared meals play in bringing people together and fostering conversation. Nobel Day is celebrated by people everywhere these days, from preschools to elderly care facilities, and of course in…

This year’s Nobel Prize announcements will take place from 5-12 October. All the announcements will be broadcast live on the official website of the Nobel Prize, www.nobelprize.org. The prize-awarding institutions have decided to announce their 2020 prize decisions as follows: PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE – Monday, 5 October, 11:30 CEST at the earliest The Nobel Assembly…

Stadsgårdskajen next to Slussen is the site where the Nobel Center will be located, the City of Stockholm and the Nobel Foundation announced at a joint press conference today. With its broad public activities, the Nobel Center will be an important piece of the puzzle in developing Slussen into a lively meeting place. “The Nobel…

This week Nobel Prize Conversations launches – a new biweekly podcast series where the listener gets the chance to know some of the individuals who have been awarded the Prize in Economic Sciences a little better. The conversations focus on motivation, creativity and choices in life – large and small. The first episode features behavioural…

The first-ever Nobel Prize Summit, Our Planet, Our Future, will bring together several Nobel Laureates and other world-renowned experts and leaders to advance new insights into global sustainable development and explore actions that need to be taken to ensure humanity’s future on a prosperous, stable, and resilient planet.  The three-day summit will be held at…

This year no fewer than 14 Nobel Laureates arrive in Stockholm for the Nobel Week. The laureates began their stay today with a visit to Nobel Prize Museum in the Old Town, where they each signed a chair at the museum’s restaurant and donated a specially selected artefact to the museum’s collections. Physics Laureate Didier…

The Nobel Week begins on 6 December as this year’s Laureates arrive in Stockholm. Their more than week-long programme will include lectures, school visits and a live conversation with astronauts in space. At the Nobel Banquet, they get to listen to Swedish soloists Lisa Nilsson and Magnus Carlson – singer in the group Weeping Willows…

Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry will talk to ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir on 6 December as the Nobel Week festivities begin in Stockholm, Sweden. Some of the brightest minds on Earth will talk to astronauts on the International Space Station about their perspective of the Universe, exoplanets and the…

What does a rock climber think about when scaling a cliff several hundred meters tall with no ropes? How can you learn to manage fear? And how do you make a film about it – when your subject runs the risk of being severely injured during filming? These questions will be discussed by professional rock climber Alex Honnold and Academy Award-winning director Elizabeth Chai…

Today Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is launching a jewellery installation at Nobel Prize Museum. The collection, which consists of jewellery pieces cast in the shape of medicines, was produced by alumni of Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm and is an effort to make the public aware that millions of people do not…

How do we live with uncertainty? What are the biggest risks facing society? Can risks be seen as opportunities? These are some of the questions to be tackled when Nobel Laureates, scientists, artists and policy makers meet on 9 December for the Nobel Week Dialogue in Gothenburg. Registration opens today for the yearly full-day event that…

How can we ensure good healthcare and a healthy life for all? How is climate change affecting our health? Ands that will be explored during the Nobel Prize Dialogue on Friday 8 November in Berlin. Five Nobel Laureates will give talks and take part in panel discussions together with other experts and researchers.  The National…

What would the world be like without penicillin? What are good examples of discoveries that will decrease our climate impact? How do we help people who have become refugees? These are some of the questions highlighted in the new exhibition ‘For the Greatest Benefit to Humankind’, which opens at Nobel Prize Museum on 5 October.  …

Live broadcasts, digital publishing and events will place the spotlight on the 2019 Nobel Prize announcements from 7-14 October. The ambitious digital publishing activities and numerous physical events will highlight the incredible achievements and discoveries behind this year’s prizes, each awarded for the greatest benefit to humankind. Time and dates for all announcements (local time…

‘Lost and Found’ is a moving, inspiring story of humanity in the world’s largest refugee camp. The film follows Kamal Hussein, a Rohingya refugee who has dedicated his life to reuniting children with their parents, with the support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. ‘Lost and Found’, from National Geographic Documentary Films, is the…

The new travelling exhibition ‘For the greatest benefit to humankind’ was inaugurated today, 11 September 2019 in Mohali, India. The world premiere is part of the Nobel Prize Series India 2019, a three-day programme that will also take place in Ludhiana and Delhi, highlighting issues related to education and learning. Nobel Laureates will give lectures…

Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm’s Old Town has appointed a new Head of Exhibitions. Clara Åhlvik has long experience of working with exhibitions at a large number of museums and has organised many highly publicised exhibitions that have been displayed around Sweden.  “I am attracted by the boundary-breaching power inherent in the Nobel Prize, which…