Press release from the Nobel Prize Museum

Nobel Prize Museum and NIBE begin a multi-year partnership

24 April 2019 View in Swedish
A bust of Alfred Nobel, surrounded by a beautiful wall of flowers

A bust of Alfred Nobel, surrounded by a beautiful wall of flowers donated by the Chamber of Commerce of Imperia, Sanremo and the Town of Sanremo: carnations in various pink and wine red nuances, light pink chrysanthemums, pink amaryllis and roses in various pink hues.

© Nobel Media AB 2016. Photo: Pi Frisk

NIBE, a leading global manufacturer of heat pumps and other solutions in sustainable energy, is becoming a new main partner of the Nobel Prize Museum. This collaboration will enable more students in Swedish schools to learn about the discoveries and achievements that have been rewarded with the Nobel Prize. One element of the partnership is that the Nobel Prize Museum will display exhibitions in Markaryd, southern Sweden, aimed at the schools. In conjunction with this, the Museum will also organise evening training courses for teachers in the surrounding region.  

In his will, Alfred Nobel wrote that the prizes he was establishing should be awarded to those who had conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. Since 1901, this has been the guiding principle of the Nobel Prize. For the Nobel Prize Museum, it is important that the institutional partners that work with the Museum share the values that underlie such an ambition.

“We want to reach out to schools all over Sweden and inspire young people to join in contributing to a better world in the spirit of the Nobel Prize. Our collaboration with NIBE is entirely consistent with this. We are very pleased with this partnership,” says Erika Lanner, Director of the Nobel Prize Museum.

“For several decades, NIBE has worked very closely with the schools in the municipality of Markaryd, from first grade all the way through upper secondary school. Natural sciences and sustainability issues are genuinely close to our hearts at NIBE, so it feel very exciting to be able to initiate a long-term partnership with the Nobel Prize Museum focusing on these specific subject areas,” says Gerteric Lindquist, CEO of NIBE Industrier, which has its head office in Markaryd but operates on several continents.

In 2018 the Nobel Prize Museum opened the Experimentsexhibition at NIBE’s premises in Markaryd. This exhibition has been visited by thousands of students from all over Kronoberg County and is a collaboration between the Nobel Prize Museum, NIBE, the Municipality of Markaryd and the regional educational project Towards New Heights. The exhibition will remain on display in Markaryd until a new exhibition opens in 2020.

About NIBE

NIBE is a global Group that contributes to a smaller carbon footprint and better utilisation of energy. In our three business areas – Climate Solutions, Element and Stoves – we develop, manufacture and market a wide range of eco-friendly, energy-efficient solutions for indoor climate comfort in all types of property, plus components and solutions for intelligent heating and control in industry and infrastructure. It all started in Markaryd in the Swedish province of Småland more than 70 years ago, and from there NIBE has grown into an international company with 16,600 employees and a presence worldwide. 

Nobel Prize Museum

The Nobel Prize shows that ideas can change the world. The courage, creativity and perseverance of the Nobel Prize laureates inspire us and give us hope for the future. Films, in-depth tours, and artefacts tell the stories of the laureates and their contributions “for the greatest benefit to humankind”. Based on the Nobel Prize’s unique combination of fields – natural sciences, literature and peace – we examine the greatest challenges of our time and show how we can respond to them through science, humanism and collaboration. With our exhibitions, school programmes, lectures and conversations, we at the Nobel Prize Museum strive to engage the public in making a better world. Today we are located on Stortorget, the main square in Gamla Stan, Stockholm’s Old Town district. We are planning to create a new home for our public outreach activities at Slussen in central Stockholm.

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