The recently recovered patent documents belonging to Alfred Nobel have been handed over to the Nobel Foundation and will be on public display at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm throughout the summer. The documents, discovered earlier this year in a summer cottage in Blekinge, include around twenty patents and applications from the 1860s and…

The new exhibition highlights three of the crucial medical discoveries of the 20th century: insulin, polio vaccine and penicillin. Three new documentary films explore how researchers and health care professionals are building on the foundation laid by Nobel Prize laureates in medicine to prevent and treat diseases today. The exhibition opens on 16 May. Thethree…

Medicine laureate has donated a library card to the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. The card dates back to the 1970s and holds significant personal meaning for him as a symbol of science and knowledge.   The library card is from the Sunnyvale Public Library, where Andrew Fire grew up in the 1970s. “I consider this…

The market value of the Nobel Foundation’s total invested capital amounted to SEK 6,797 m (6,233) at the end of 2024. Excluding the value of the Foundation’s directly owned properties, investment capital amounted to SEK 6,600 m (6,041). This generated a return of +11.6 (+10.7) per cent during 2024. During the past five years, investment capital…

The Peace Prize exhibition “A Message to Humanity” will be on board as the cruise ship Peace Boat sets sail from Japan today. The exhibition will visit 19 different countries during the ship’s voyage around the world. Yokohama, 23 April: A unique international collaboration is now bringing the Nobel Peace Center’s exhibition about last year’s peace…

During late March, two high-profile Nobel Peace Prize laureates visited Stockholm. Filipino journalist Maria Ressa has led the fight for press freedom in the Philippines and Leymah Gbowee’s peaceful protests helped end the second Liberian civil war in 2003. During their visit, they spoke to students, teachers and a broader Stockholm audience about courage, struggle and democracy. 

The Nobel Prize Museum is adding a fountain pen to its collection of artefacts from laureates. The pen belonged to author Ivo Andrić (1892–1975), who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. At the museum in Stockholm to hand over the pen are representatives from the Belgrade City Museum, who have had this…

On 7 March, the exhibition Snow and Rain Shall Pass will open at the Nobel Prize Museum. A selection of Karin Alfredsson’s photographs as well as her short film Arctic Ocean – A Journey to the North Pole will be on display together with poems by Jon Fosse, the 2023 Nobel Prize laureate in literature.…

When visitors got to be in the picture, it became better ‒ so much better that it won the Nobel Prize Museum’s photo contest from Nobel Week Lights. And the people who took the opportunity to visit the 2024 light festival made a record-breaking number of visits. Figures from research companies Ipsos and Exquiro show…

How will our lives be lived in the future? This question and many more will be discussed from 8-10 of March. Several Nobel Prize laureates and other experts will explore how science and technology, combined with a better understanding of the world around us, might change our lives in the future. Students are invited to…

This year’s Nobel Prize announcements will take place from 6-13 October. All of the prize announcements will be broadcast live on the official digital channels of the Nobel Prize. In-depth information about the prizes will be published at .  The prize awarding institutions have decided to announce their 2025 prize decisions as follows: PHYSIOLOGY OR…

The new Nobel Peace Prize exhibition A Message to Humanity was officially opened on 11 December by representatives from this year’s laureate, . The exhibition, which shows the humanitarian consequences of the use of nuclear weapons, opens to the public today, December 12, at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo. “Open,” said Terumi Tanaka, Shigemitsu…

This year’s divertissement will be a swirling mix of music and dance. Three independent stories will celebrate the power of inspiration and the winding path that leads us humans to development and progress. Laleh will perform newly composed music together with dancers from BASE23 and solo musicians. The divertissement will also include newly composed music…

A new duo will be cooking for the laureates at the 2024 Nobel Prize banquet. At the Nobel Foundation’s press conference today, Jessie Sommarström and Frida Bäcke are talking about why it is important to choose the right ingredients and about the role of food for the climate and public health. Jessie Sommarström will be…

Epidemics, mental health, medical breakthroughs and innovative ways to improve our well-being. This year’s Nobel Week Dialogue, which will take place on 9 December in Stockholm, will explore many important aspects of global health. On site will be Nobel Prize laureates, Olympians, scientists and entrepreneurs. This year’s conference will feature three Nobel Prize laureates in…

The press programme for the Nobel Week in Oslo and Stockholm has now been published, and accreditation has been opened for media representatives who wish to apply to attend the award ceremony and banquet on 10 December. Since 1901, Nobel Laureates have received their diplomas and medals at ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo. The Nobel…

During the 2024 Nobel Week Lights Stockholm festival, you can walk through an 80-metre-long tunnel of light and sound, spin around in shining lotus flowers and watch yourself loom in a sea of flowing light. This year the façade of the City Hall will display a work that celebrates female Nobel Prize laureates. The festival’s…

Today, the Nobel Peace Center hosted an event where the new Nobel Peace Prize diploma was unveiled. The event included a lecture by Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Jørgen Watne Frydnes and a discussion with experts about the significance of the prize awarded to Nihon Hidankyo. Yesterday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel…

This year’s Nobel Prize Concert at Konserthuset Stockholm on 8 December will bring together internationally celebrated soprano Malin Byström and the new conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Petr Popelka. Together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, they will perform a programme including the final scene from the opera Salome by Richard Strauss and Sergei…

The Nobel Peace Center gathered Nobel Peace Prize laureates, activists, decision makers and experts today in Oslo for the annual Nobel Peace Conference and Festival. Oslo, September 5, 2024: The Nobel Peace Conference Woman – Life – Freedom highlighted the dangerous rollbacks of women’s rights across the world and discussed best practices to counter them,…