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April 2019

Press release from Nobel Prize Outreach

Nobel Laureates meet in Madrid to discuss the challenges of ageing

9 April 2019

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.…

Press release from Nobel Prize Outreach

Herbert Blomstedt to conduct the 2019 Nobel Prize Concert

2 April 2019

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…

March 2019

Press release from the Nobel Prize Museum

Artefacts from Gabriela Mistral and Pablo Neruda presented to the Nobel Prize Museum

27 March 2019

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…

Press release from the Nobel Foundation

Nobel Prize in Literature to be awarded again

5 March 2019

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…

February 2019

Press release from the Nobel Prize Museum

Erika Lanner appointed Director of Nobel Prize Museum

20 February 2019

 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…

Press release from Nobel Prize Outreach

How long will we live? Ageing in focus when Nobel Laureates meet other experts in Tokyo

10 February 2019

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…

January 2019

Press release from Nobel Prize Outreach

Mattias Fyrenius is leaving Nobel Media

10 January 2019

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…

December 2018

Press release from Nobel Prize Outreach

Nobel Laureates and other world-leading experts meet in Santiago in January

17 December 2018

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…

Press release from the Nobel Foundation

The Nobel Week to begin with the Laureates autographing chairs

5 December 2018

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…

November 2018

Press release from Nobel Prize Outreach

Marina Abramović participates in Nobel Week bringing awareness to the topic of water with a new app

22 November 2018

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…

Press release from Nobel Prize Outreach

Water to be discussed in Stockholm during Nobel Week

12 November 2018

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…

October 2018

Press release from the Nobel Foundation

Statement from the Nobel Foundation regarding today’s information about the Swedish Academy

5 October 2018

“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…

September 2018

Press release from Nobel Prize Outreach

ABB and Nobel Media announce international partnership

13 September 2018

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…

May 2018

Press release from the Nobel Foundation

The 2018 Nobel Prize Announcements

25 May 2018

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…

Press release from the Nobel Foundation

The Nobel Foundation supports the Swedish Academy’s decision to postpone the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature

4 May 2018

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…

Press release from the Nobel Foundation

The Nobel Foundation’s 2017 asset management and earnings

1 May 2018

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…

April 2018

Press release from the Nobel Foundation

The Nobel Foundation’s Board comments on the events within the Swedish Academy

10 April 2018

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…

Press release from the Nobel Prize Museum

New exhibition about Martin Luther King, Jr. opens this autumn at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm

4 April 2018

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…

March 2018

Press release from Nobel Prize Outreach

Nobel Prize Dialogue comes to Spain in 2019

26 March 2018

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…