Olga Botner interviewed at a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Press room

Press room for the Nobel Foundation and the outreach activities of the Nobel Prize

The Nobel Foundation is a private institution established in 1900 based on the will of Alfred Nobel. The main task is to manage the assets made available through the will, and the intellectual property related to the Nobel Prize that has developed over the years. Read more about Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prize.

Several outreach organisations and activities have been developed to inspire generations and disseminate knowledge about the Nobel Prize. The entities include: Nobel Prize Outreach and the Nobel Prize Museum, all located in Stockholm, as well as the Nobel Peace Prize, the Research & Information AS and the Nobel Peace Center Foundation, all located in Oslo. You can read more about these activities here.

The Nobel Prize awarding institutions

Material

Press releases

Here you can find the latest press releases.

Press conference — © Nobel Media. Photo: Rasmus Lundgren

Pressmeddelanden

Här finns pressmeddelanden på svenska och norska.

Images

Here you can find images of Nobel Prize laureates and public events.

Strickland recieving medal — © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud

Documents

Here you can find published documents.

Alfred Nobel — © Nobel Prize Outreach, photo: Pi Frisk.

Statement from the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Nobel Peace Prize 2022

Russian authorities attempt to silence Memorial leadership

The Norwegian Nobel Committee is appalled by the news that the Russian human-rights activist Oleg Petrovich Orlov has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison, allegedly for “repeatedly discrediting” the Russian armed forces. Mr Orlov, who is co-chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize-awarded human rights group Memorial, has been a vocal critic of Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine.

Read the full statement here

News

Anna Sjöström Douagi is Acting CEO of the Nobel Foundation

Anna Sjöström Douagi is Acting CEO of the Nobel Foundation from 1 March 2024. Since last year she has had a role as Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at the Nobel Foundation. The process appointing a new Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation is ongoing and will be communicated later this spring.

Read more about Anna Sjöström Douagi here

Photo of Anna Sjöström Douagi — Anna Sjöström Douagi.

© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Clément Morin

2024 Nobel Prize announcements

This year’s Nobel Prize announcements will take place 7–14 October.

See the full schedule

Nobel Center

New Nobel Center will be a house for science, culture and dialogue

The new Nobel Center at Slussen in Stockholm will offer a broad range of public activities including exhibitions, school programmes, lectures and conversations about the major issues of the future. The public activities that are already being conducted around the world, digitally and at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm’s Old Town, will be further developed and scaled up for the opening of the Nobel Center.

Illustration of the view from inside the Nobel Center.

Illustration: TMRW.inc

Facts and figures

Nobel Prize facts

How many Nobel Prize laureates have been awarded during the years? Who’s the youngest laureate? Have anybody declined the Nobel Prize?

Find Nobel Prize facts and figures here