That women could receive the prizes was seen as folly, not to mention that the Nobel Peace Prize would be delivered by a committee in Norway. But to Alfred, Oslo must have been seen as a natural ...

Alfred Nobel was born on October 21, 1833, and his transition from arms manufacturer to founder of the Nobel Prize is intriguing. Known as the 'dynamite king,' he emerged from a family with ties ...

The annual Nobel Prizes must “stand up” for scientific learning and free inquiry in an age when both are under growing threat, the new head of the foundation that oversees the honours has warned.

In his handwritten will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that “no consideration ... who probably inspired him to give the Prize for Peace. The inference is plain that Nobel intended his Prizes to ...

The Partiet Sentrum, a Norwegian political party, faced backlash after it nominated incarcerated former prime minister and ...

The peace prize even has its own ceremony in the Norwegian ... that insists its only mission is to carry out the will of Alfred Nobel. However, it does have links to Norway’s political system.

It said the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo is securely anchored in Alfred Nobel’s will to honor those who have performed the greatest or most outstanding activities ...

In 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace – the Nobel ...

The prize carries a cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor ($1 million) from a bequest left by the prize’s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel ... The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced ...

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is considered a frontrunner for the Peace Prize, the winner of which ... is one of five created by Alfred Nobel in his third and last will in 1895, which ...

Mr Frydnes says it is also a strong embodiment of the request left in the will by the award's founder, by Alfred Nobel, for the peace prize to be awarded to those who, during the preceding year ...