Alfred Nobel, famously known as the 'dynamite king,' seemed an unlikely figure to establish a peace prize. His family had a ...

The late Queen was reportedly asked whether she wanted to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her services to the ...

Unlike the other Nobel prizes that are selected and announced in Stockholm, founder Alfred Nobel decreed the peace prize be decided and awarded in Oslo by the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee.

This Nobel Peace Prize sends a powerful message. We have the duty to remember. And an even greater duty to protect the next generations from the horrors of nuclear war.”Alfred Nobel stated in ...

The Nobel Prizes, widely regarded as the most prestigious awards available in their respective fields, are six prizes awarded ...

In his will, Alfred Nobel, a 19th-century Swedish chemist ... in Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded on the same day in Oslo, Norway. The sixth and final Nobel Prize in this ...

The beginning of his life as a Nobel laureate in chemistry had to wait until morning. He was still in his pajamas when the first journalist got him on the phone. He scolded her for asking whether he ...

Each year, the Nobel Prize celebrates the most brilliant minds in the world. The 2024 Nobel Prizes highlighted significant ...

peace and economics will follow, with one announcement every weekday until October 9. The Nobel Prizes were created by Alfred Nobel, a 19th-century businessman and chemist from Sweden. He held ...

literature and peace. Sweden's central bank, Sveriges Riksbank, established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1968. Nobel Prize winners each receive a ...

Research into inequality has featured strongly in recent awards. Last year, Harvard economic historian Claudia Goldin won the prize for her work highlighting the causes of wage and labour market ...