1921
Nobel Banquet Menu 1921
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moreThe Nobel Peace Prize 1921
Presentation
Report of the Speech by Halvdan Koht, on December 10, 1921 Professor Koht made a long speech today on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Prize to Branting and Lange. He outlined their activities in the cause of peace, stressing Branting’s political work, starting with the Socialism which had made him a practical…
moreHjalmar Branting – Biographical
Biographical
The «father» of socialism in Sweden, Karl Hjalmar Branting (November 23, 1860-February 24, 1925) was born in Stockholm, the only child of Professor Lars Branting, one of the principal developers of the Swedish school of gymnastics. He was educated at the exclusive Beskow School in Stockholm, passing his matriculation examination at the age of seventeen,…
moreChristian Lange – Biographical
Biographical
In the first third of the twentieth century, Christian Lous Lange (September 17, 1869-December 11, 1938) became one of the world’s foremost exponents of the theory and practice of internationalism. His career from his school days to his death was closely focused on international affairs. Lange was born in Stavanger, an old city on Norway’s…
moreThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1921
Summary
No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.
moreAward ceremony speech
Award ceremony speech
Presentation Speech by Professor H.G. Söderbaum, member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry of , on December 10, 1922 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen. One of the most fruitful ideas in the chemical research of the last century was put forward in 1869, when the Russian scientist Dmitri Ivanovitch Mendeleev drew up…
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