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February 14, 2012
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The following articles have been tagged with "Alfred_nobel":
Swedish agency to probe peace prize selection
National: 1 Feb 12
Stockholm officials have begun investigating claims that Alfred Nobel's last wishes are routinely sidelined by a Norwegian Nobel Committee blinded by pro-NATO sentiments when selecting its annual peace laureate.
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Tranströmer the focus of Nobel festivities
National: 11 Dec 11
Swedish Nobel laureate in literature, Tomas Tranströmer, continued to be the focus of attention during the Nobel banquet on Saturday night.
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Laureates accept Nobel prizes in Stockholm
Society: 10 Dec 11
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf handed out the Nobel prizes in medicine, literature, economics, physics and chemistry the 2011 laureates at a gala ceremony in Stockholm on Saturday.
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Two Americans share economics Nobel
National: 10 Oct 11
The 2011 Nobel prize in economics has been awarded to US-based economists Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims for “their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy”.
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Alfred Nobel’s last will and testament
Analysis & Opinion: 3 Oct 11
Swedish industrialist and scholar Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), who made a substantial fortune from his invention of dynamite in 1866, established the Nobel Prizes in his will.
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Syrian poet tipped ahead of Nobel lit prize announcement
Lifestyle: 2 Oct 11
With the winner of the annual Nobel Prizes due to be announced in the coming days, speculation is rife over who will win the prestigious literature award this year, the AFP's Igor Gedilaghine discovers.
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Ingmar Bergman to adorn new Swedish banknote
Business & Money: 6 Apr 11
Sweden's Riksbank on Wednesday announced the new faces to adorn the country's notes and coins, including a celebrated film director, a former UN secretary-general and a children's author.
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Winners accept prizes in Nobel week climax
Society: 10 Dec 10
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf handed the 2010 Nobel laureates in literature, economics, physics and chemistry their prizes on Friday at a gala ceremony in Stockholm.
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Medicine Nobel winner bows out of ceremony
National: 4 Dec 10
The 2010 Nobel laureate in medicine will not attend the December 10th Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm, the Nobel Foundation announced in a statement on Friday. China's ambassador to Sweden has also declined his invitation.
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Swedish far right not welcome at Nobel dinner
Politics: 27 Oct 10
Sweden Democrats' leader Jimmie Åkesson is the only parliamentary party leader not invited to the Nobel banquet in Stockholm City Hall in December, with the Nobel Foundation citing the values expressed in Alfred Nobel's will.
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Three share Nobel Prize in economics
Business & Money: 11 Oct 10
Three researchers were awarded the the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics "for their analysis of markets with search frictions", work which is often applied to the study of labour markets.
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Swedish activists praise Peace Prize winner Liu
National: 8 Oct 10
Swedish democracy activists praised the choice of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, but emphasised he is not the only prisoner of conscience in China that should be released.
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Peruvian author wins Nobel literature prize
Society: 7 Oct 10
The Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa has been awarded the Nobel prize in Literature 2010, it was confirmed on Thursday.
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Father of test tube babies claims Nobel in medicine
Science & Technology: 4 Oct 10
The first of the 2010 Nobel Prizes, the prize for medicine, has been awarded to British researcher Robert Edwards for his work on in-vitro fertilization.
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Alfred Nobel’s last will and testament
Lifestyle: 4 Oct 10
Swedish industrialist and scholar Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), who made a substantial fortune from his invention of dynamite in 1866, established the Nobel Prizes in his will.
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How 'merchant of death' Alfred Nobel became a champion of peace
Analysis & Opinion: 4 Oct 10
The legacy of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who made a fortune off the destructive power of dynamite, has become synonymous with peace, in large part due to a small twist of fate, writes the AFP's Marc Preel.
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Foundation seeks funds for Bergman centre
Society: 20 May 10
The Bergman foundation on the Baltic Sea island of Farö has applied to the Swedish government for 500,000 kronor ($65,700) to establish a resource centre in honour of the Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman.
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Republicans call for elk to dethrone cash king
Society: 16 Mar 10
The Swedish Republican Association has called on the central bank to ditch the royals on the country's coins and bank notes in favour of majestic beasts and giants of science and literature.
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From Silicon Valley to Stockholm: Meeting the US Ambassador, Part 1
Analysis & Opinion: 28 Dec 09
In Part 1 of a two-part interview, The Local's David Landes speaks to new US Ambassador Matthew Barzun about fundraising for Obama, adjusting to life in Sweden, Alfred Nobel's legacy, and engaging citizens in online networks.
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Pomp aplenty as winners gather for Nobel gala
Society: 10 Dec 09
Nobel season reaches its pinnacle on Thursday evening as the 2009 laureates receive their awards from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and dignitaries gather for the banquet of the year at City Hall in Stockholm.
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Nobel Week kicks off with feast and fancy
Society: 6 Dec 09
Nobel Week is once again in full swing, with the 12 Nobel laureates and their respective entourages arriving in the Swedish capital over the weekend. The week’s festivities will culminate with the Nobel Ceremony and Banquet on Thursday.
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December in Sweden: From candle-head girls to jellied veal
Lifestyle: 1 Dec 09
The Year in Sweden - December: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Americans claim Nobel economics prize
Business & Money: 12 Oct 09
Two Americans have been awarded the 2009 Nobel economics prize for their research on economic governance, including the first woman to ever receive the prize.
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October in Sweden: forest royalty, bandy, prizes from the Academy
Lifestyle: 6 Oct 09
The Year in Sweden - October: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Alfred Nobel's last will and testament
Analysis & Opinion: 5 Oct 09
Swedish inventor and scholar Alfred Nobel created the Nobel prizes in his will, written in 1895, bequeathing his fortune to a fund that would honour "those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind."
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Head of Swedish Academy to step down
National: 21 Dec 08
Horace Engdahl has announced he is stepping down as the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, the body which awards the Nobel Prize for literature.
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Nobel laureates receive prizes in Stockholm
Society: 10 Dec 08
Princess Madeleine and economics laureate Paul Krugman were among the guests at the Nobel banquet in Stockholm's City Hall on Wednesday evening.
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Top ten Swedish inventions
Lifestyle: 10 Nov 08
Nina Liljeqvist looks at ten Swedish inventions that have changed the world.
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Sweden is in the eye of the beholder
Analysis & Opinion: 15 Oct 08
Sweden means many different things to many different people. Just ask the United States Secret Service, writes Olle Wästberg, director-general of the Swedish Institute.
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American wins Nobel Prize for Economics
Society: 13 Oct 08
US economist and columnist Paul Krugman has been awarded the 2008 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
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Bildt calls Ahtisaari's 2008 Nobel Peace Prize 'well-deserved'
National: 10 Oct 08
Sweden’s foreign minister Carl Bildt offered his congratulations to former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari for being named the recipient of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize.
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What’s on in Sweden: August 8 - 14
Lifestyle: 7 Aug 08
What’s on: Culture and city pride in Stockholm, Culture and jazz in Gothenburg, Deep Purple near Malmö and Reggae nights in Uppsala.
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Nobel winners take prizes in Stockholm
National: 10 Dec 07
The winners of the 2007 Nobel prizes for medicine, physics, chemistry and economics received their awards from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf in a ceremony on Monday.
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'The y-chromosome is the biggest threat to humanity'
Science & Technology: 10 Dec 07
Nobel Prizewinner Oliver Smithies talks to Majsan Boström about Alfred Nobel, stem cell research and the problem with boys.
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What is Nobel Week really about?
Analysis & Opinion: 10 Dec 07
As Nobel laureates, foreign media and a host of other dignitaries descend on Stockholm, Charlotte West recalls her conversations with two of last year’s winners about the real significance of Nobel Week.
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Nobel Banquet: the feast of feasts
Lifestyle: 10 Dec 07
Serving a banquet to over 1,400 people is no mean feat, and when the event is the Nobel Banquet, the stakes are high. Charlotte West goes behind the scenes at the grandest event in Sweden's calendar.
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Oldest laureates absent
Society: 8 Dec 07
The glittering Nobel prize festivities Monday will be a little less luminous without the presence of some of the older laureates.
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Al Gore and IPCC share Nobel Peace Prize
Science & Technology: 12 Oct 07
Former US Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are to share the Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has announced.
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The drawn-out birth of the Nobels
Lifestyle: 8 Oct 07
The will of Alfred Nobel led to the creation of some of the most sought-after international prizes in science, politics and literature. But many of his contemporaries were puzzled by his idea.
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No jokes please, we're the Nobel Prize Committee
Lifestyle: 3 Oct 07
Sweden's literati-glitterati are whispering the names of the candidates for this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. As Jeanne Rudbeck writes, jokes and vulgarity don't go down well at the academy that bypassed Joyce and Wodehouse.
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Genius meets royalty on Nobel Day
Science & Technology: 10 Dec 06
Sunday saw the Swedish party of the year: the Nobel banquet. And as usual, genius and royalty took centre stage at the Stockholm celebrations.
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Turkish writer wins Nobel literature prize
National: 12 Oct 06
The Turkish author, journalist and social commentator Orhan Pamuk has been awarded the world's most prestigious literature prize - and a cool 10 million kronor.
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Nobel economics prize goes to Edmund Phelps
National: 9 Oct 06
US economist Edmund S. Phelps has won the Nobel economics prize - or the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, to give the award its full title.
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American follows father to Nobel glory
National: 4 Oct 06
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to American Roger D Kornberg for his discoveries about how information in genes is copied. Kornberg's father also won a Nobel.
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Big Bang scientists win Nobel Physics Prize
National: 3 Oct 06
American scientists John C. Mather and George F. Smoot have won the Nobel Physics Prize, the Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced. The pair are honoured for their work on the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.
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Digitally digging for Stockholm graves
Lifestyle: 5 Apr 06
Wondering where your distant Swedish relatives are buried? Or perhaps where Ingrid Bergman was laid to rest? Well, now you can dig through over half a million graves in the Swedish capital - digitally.
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Swedish king presents Nobel prizes
Smörgåsbord: 10 Dec 05
The great and the good - and the jolly clever - gather in Stockholm for the academic world's Oscars. The winners are ten million kronor better off - and they might even get to meet Princess Madeleine.
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Opinion: An ignoble prize?
Analysis & Opinion: 7 Dec 05
It is the world's most recognizable distinction of honour, but in elevating laureates to god-like status, does the Nobel Prize do humanity a disservice?
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Stockholm theatre to premiere unknown Nobel play
Lifestyle: 23 Nov 05
A previously unknown play written by Alfred Nobel, the creator of the prestigious Nobel prizes, will premiere in Stockholm on the same day this year's awards are distributed.
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Harold Pinter wins Literature Nobel
Lifestyle: 13 Oct 05
Nobel Prize in Literature: the last twenty winners
British playwright Harold Pinter has been awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy described him as "the foremost representative
of drama in post-war Britain" and said he had restored theatre to its basic elements.
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Game theorists share economics Nobel
National: 10 Oct 05
There's a peace theme behind this year's economics Nobel, which goes to Robert Aumann and Thomas Schelling "for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis".
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Peace prize awarded to IAEA
National: 7 Oct 05
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize to the International Atomic Energy Agency and its Director General Mohamed ElBaradei.
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A Nobel Calling
National: 5 Oct 05
Jean-Paul Sartre turned one down, Marie Curie was the first woman to win one, and many doubt that Henry Kissinger should ever have been awarded his Nobel Prize. And we won't find out why he was for fifty years.
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Nobel descendant slams Economics prize
National: 28 Sep 05
A week before this year's Nobel laureates are annonunced, the great great nephew of Alfred Nobel reiterates his criticism of the Nobel Economics Prize, calling it "a PR coup by economists to improve their reputation".
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Nobel Special: the Americans are coming to Stockholm
National: 11 Oct 04
America's science department gets a pat on the back as this year's laureates are commended for discovering potential cancer treatments and a new natural force, explaining the sense of smell and getting to grips with business cycles. All this - plus farting herring - in our Nobel special.
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20 things to know before moving to Sweden
As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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