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…
The Table of Honour at The Nobel Banquet 2018 have been released today.
The focus is now on the discoveries and contributions this year’s Nobel Laureates have made for the greatest benefit of humankind. During the next week or so, the Laureates will participate in a number of public events. Singer-songwriter Anna von Hausswolff will be among the performers at the Nobel Banquet’s Divertissement, featuring new music by…
The world-famous artist Marina Abramović will deliver a performance lecture at the Nobel Week Dialogue in Stockholm. Next week Abramović is launching an app called Rising, letting users make active choices to take better care of the environment. The app is commissioned by Nobel Media, and is released as a countdown to her participation on 9…
On 9 December the Nobel Week Dialogue will take place. Under the slogan “every drop is precious” this year’s dialogue will be turning its attention to the topic of water. Nobel Laureates will be attending together with scientists, experts, key opinion leaders and policy makers. Registration for the general public and media will open today on…
“Today the Nobel Foundation has learned about developments made over the past 24 hours with the work of restoring the Swedish Academy. What has happened, in our assessment, is a step in the right direction,” says the Chairman of the Nobel Foundation, Carl-Henrik Heldin. The Nobel Foundation will continue to closely follow the progress of…
Joint investment in the power of ideas and the worldwide inspiration of The Nobel Prize [Stockholm] ABB and Nobel Media today announced an international partnership, bringing together two respected organizations committed to the development of innovation, education and scientific research, making ABB one of a select group of Nobel International Partners. Nobel Media, an entity…
This year’s Nobel Prize announcements will take place 1-8 October. The prize sum for 2018 has been set to 9 million SEK per prize category. All the announcements will be broadcast live on the official website of the Nobel Prize, The Swedish Academy has decided to postpone the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, with the…
The Nobel Foundation supports the Swedish Academy’s decision to postpone the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature The Swedish Academy has decided to postpone the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, with the intention of awarding it in 2019. According to the Swedish Foundations Act, the Nobel Foundation is ultimately responsible for fulfilling the intentions in the…
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…
Due to the development of events within the Swedish Academy, the Nobel Foundation’s Board met today to discuss the current situation. The Nobel Foundation follows the chain of events at the Swedish Academy with great concern, and considers the information regarding violations of Nobel Prize rules to be serious. The very foundation of the Nobel…
With firm belief that Martin Luther King, Jr.’s message of social justice and equality is as important today as ever before, the Nobel Museum and Nobel Media now launches a project on the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and his nonviolent struggle for rights and freedoms. The exhibition The Right to Freedom – Martin Luther…
Nobel Media and Ramón Areces Foundation have signed an agreement for a Nobel Prize Dialogue to take place in Madrid for the first time in May 2019. The one-day meeting will bring together Nobel Laureates, world-leading scientists, policy makers and a general audience to discuss new scientific and cultural perspectives on ageing. Nobel Prize Dialogue…