Presentation Speech by Professor H. Pleijel, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics of , on December 10, 1933 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. This year’s Nobel Prizes for Physics are dedicated to the new atomic physics. The prizes, which the Academy of Sciences has at its disposal, have namely been…

Presentation Speech by Professor the Count K.A.H. Mörner, Rector of the , on December 10, 1901 Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The interest in medical science which was expressed in Alfred Nobel’s will must have sprung from two roots. His heart was warmly inclined towards everything which could be of use and benefit to…

  The following account of Lawrence’s work is by Professor , member of the Nobel Committee for Physics of In 1919 discovered that nitrogen can be brought to emit protons by bombardment with alpha particles, according to the nuclearreaction equation: This discovery meant the initiation of a new era in natural sciences. However, as long…

Swedish Presentationstal av professor Tore Ellingsen, utländsk ledamot av , ordförande i kommittén för Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne, 10 december 2015. Eders Majestäter. Eders Kungliga Högheter. Ärade Pristagare. Mina Damer och Herrar. Immanuel Nobel föds den 24 mars 1801. Vi vet inte mycket om hans barndom, förutom att skolgången blir…

English Presentation Speech by Professor Tore Ellingsen, Foreign Member of the , Chairman of the Committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 10 december 2015. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Esteemed Nobel Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Immanuel Nobel was born on March 24, 1801. We know very little about…

English Presentation Speech by Professor Torsten Persson, Member of the , Member of the Economics Sciences Prize Committee, 10 December 2012. Your Majesties,…

  Presentation by the Rector General of National Antiquities, Professor O. Montelius, President of , on December 10, 1910 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Academy of Sciences has resolved to award this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics to the world-famous Dutch physicist, Johannes Diderik van der Waals for his studies of…

English Presentation Speech by Professor Claes Gustafsson, Member of the ; Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, 10 December 2015. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Esteemed Nobel Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, A fertilised egg cell contains all the information needed to create a human being, and this information is stored in our genetic material, our…

Presentation Speech by Professor H. Pleijel, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics of , on December 10, 1930 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. The Academy of Sciences, has resolved to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1930 to Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman – for his work on the scattering of…

Excerpt from the Prize Award Ceremony and Banquet in Oslo The 1971 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Willy Brandt. The solemn Prize Award Ceremony took place on December 10 in the assembly hall of the University of Oslo. Their Majesties the King and Queen of Norway honored the ceremony with their presence. Mr. Willy…