The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is one of the royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility
Main building of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm
Nobel Chemistry Prize, news conference (2008)
Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens handlingar, volume XI (1750)
Anders Johan von Höpken, the first Secretary
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The Nobel Prizes are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
…To disseminate and popularize scientific information in various forms. Every year, the academy awards the Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, the Crafoord Prize, the Sjöberg Prize and several…
One story says that Alfred Nobel had the unpleasant surprise of reading his own obituary, which was titled "The Merchant of Death Is Dead", in a French newspaper
Alfred Nobel's will, which stated that 94% of his total assets should be used to establish the Nobel Prizes
Wilhelm Röntgen, who received the first Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the X-ray
The committee room of the Norwegian Nobel Committee