The Abel Prize is awarded annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians. It is named after the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802–1829) and directly modeled after the Nobel Prizes. It comes with a monetary award of 7.5 million Norwegian kroner.
The prize is awarded in the aula of the Domus Media building of the University of Oslo Faculty of Law, where the Nobel Peace Prize was formerly awarded
Image: Jean Pierre Serre 2003
Image: Isadore Singer 1977 (re scanned 2; border less) (cleaned) (cropped)
Image: Peter Lax in Tokyo
The Norwegian monarch is the head of state of Norway, which is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system. The Norwegian monarchy can trace its line back to the reign of Harald Fairhair and the previous petty kingdoms which were united to form Norway; it has been in unions with both Sweden and Denmark for long periods.
Monarchy of Norway
King Harald receives Norway out of his father's hands in this illustration from the 14th-century Flateyjarbók.
King Frederick III
The Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.