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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has as its aim to promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society.

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The focus of this seminar is to look at the ways that plastic can potentially break down in the ocean and what science knows about toxicity, for example.
Leif G. Anderson, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
– Sweden is falling behind in scientific competitiveness and decisive measures are required to make sure that the country remains at the scientific cutting edge. If the country’s most prominent, young researchers are given the possibility to develop into successful, top scientists, Sweden may well remain a scientific nation in the future
Staffan Normark, Permanent secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The prize money will primarily go towards financing further studies of MDS stem cells, for instance, studies carried out after stem cell transplants.Transplantation of stem cells is currently the only therapy able to cure MDS, but the relapse frequency after transplant is still very high. Although we now know which cells cause the development of MDS and later on leukaemia, we still do not understand why these stem cells are so good at resisting various kinds of treatment. If we can identify new “therapeutic targets” in the MDS stem cells, we hope to be able to find a cure for MDS.
Professor Sten Eirik W. Jacobsen
In total, the program will provide funding for 24 Swedish postdoctoral researchers to go abroad. Additionally, by means of international recruitment, 35 foreign postdoctoral researchers and 25 guest professors will be given the opportunity to come to Swedish institutions. The program also includes SEK 40 million in support to the Institut Mittag-Leffler
Göran Sandberg, Executive director of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
A broad and comprehensive endeavour is called for in order to recover a position at the top. For instance, more Swedish postdoctoral researchers will be given the opportunity to work abroad. Being part of a dynamic environment that spans all fields of mathematics will give them a broader view of the subject. They will also develop an international network that will be beneficial to them for the duration of their careers
Staffan Normark, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The aim of the endeavour is for Sweden to recover a position at the international cutting edge. Mathematics is one of the largest subjects at Swedish universities. It is also a subject of utmost importance for the future development of Sweden since it constitutes the basis for many medical and virtually all scientific and technical applications
Peter Wallenberg Jr., Vice-chairman of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS shall promote the sciences and strengthen their influence in society
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS promotes the sciences and strengthen their influence in society.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
The RSAS promotes the sciences and strengthen their influence in society.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS)
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Reminder: Press Conference with Laureates in Physics, Chemistry and Economic Sciences

During the Nobel Week, on Monday 6 December at 16.00 CET, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will host a digital press conference with three of this year’s Laureates in Physics, Chemistry and Economic Sciences. The Laureates will participate via video link.It´s a tradition that the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences hosts a press conference with the Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry and the Laureates in Economic Sciences during the Nobel Week. Due to the pandemic the Laureates will not come to Stockholm this year. Instead, we are planning for a digital press conference where the

Academy report proposes an independent expert unit for pandemics

Sweden should establish an independent expert unit with a high level of scientific expertise for advising decisionmakers during pandemics. This is one of the actions proposed in the final report by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ Expert Group on COVID-19. It also states that decisive measures at an early stage, as well as clear information, are critical factors in controlling the spread of infection and reducing the number of hospitalisations and deaths during a pandemic.Continued monitoring and effective vaccination programmes are vital at Sweden’s current stage in the pandemic.

Press Conference with Laureates in Physics, Chemistry and Economic Sciences

During the Nobel Week, on Monday 6 December at 16.00 CET, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will host a digital press conference with three of this year’s Laureates in Physics, Chemistry and Economic Sciences. The Laureates will participate via video link.It´s a tradition that the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences hosts a press conference with the Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry and the Laureates in Economic Sciences during the Nobel Week. Due to the pandemic the Laureates will not come to Stockholm this year. Instead, we are planning for a digital press conference where the

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2021: Natural experiments help answer important questions for society

This year’s Laureates – David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens – have provided us with new insights about the labour market and shown what conclusions about cause and effect can be drawn from natural experiments. Their approach has spread to other fields and revolutionised empirical research.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2021 with one half to David Card, University of California, Berkeley, USA “for his empirical contributions to labour economics” and the other half

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021: An ingenious tool for building molecules

Building molecules is a difficult art. Benjamin List and David MacMillan are awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction: organocatalysis. This has had a great impact on pharmaceutical research, and has made chemistry greener.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 to  Benjamin List, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany and   David W.C. MacMillan, Princeton University, USA   “for the development of asymmetric

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021: Physics for climate and other complex phenomena

Three Laureates share this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for their studies of chaotic and apparently random phenomena. Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann laid the foundation of our knowledge of the Earth’s climate and how humanity influences it. Giorgio Parisi is rewarded for his revolutionary contributions to the theory of disordered materials and random processes.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 “for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems” with one half jointly to Syukuro Manabe,

Studies of RNA rewarded with the Aminoff Prize

This year’s Aminoff Prize is awarded to researchers Elena Conti and Patrick Cramer in Germany and Seth Darst in the US, who have investigated cellular systems for the production, transport and quality control of RNA.RNA, a macromolecule found in all living organisms, reads and interprets the information in the genome. It is vital that this process works properly.Transcription occurs when selected parts of the genome’s DNA are copied, forming RNA. Complicated enzymes are responsible for this; these are called RNA polymerases. The transcription of DNA, transferring its information to RNA,

New knowledge about a cancer pharmaceutical led to the Sjöberg Prize

Benjamin L. Ebert, USA, receives this year’s Sjöberg Prize, worth one million US dollars, for his research into how lenalidomide works as a treatment for blood cancer. His discovery of the mechanism that promotes protein breakdown in cancer cells may be vitally important to the future development of new pharmaceuticals.The story of this pharmaceutical begins with a tragedy as, in the 1950s and 1960s, pregnant women with severe morning sickness were sometimes given thalidomide. This caused a range of birth defects and the medication was removed from the market. Years later, thalidomide

Digital press conference with Laureates

During Nobel week, wednesday 9 December 16.00 PM CET, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will host a digital press conference with three of this year’s Laureates in Physics, Chemistry and Economic Sciences. The Laureates will participate via video link.During Nobel week, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences usually hosts a press conference with the Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry and the Laureates in Economic Sciences. Due to the pandemic the Laureates are not able to travel to Stockholm this year. Instead, we are planning for a digital press conference where the Laureates will

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2020: Their theoretical discoveries have improved auctions in practice

This year’s Laureates, Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson have studied how auctions work. They have also used their insights to design new auction formats for goods and services that are difficult to sell in a traditional way, such as radio frequencies. Their discoveries have benefitted sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 to Paul R. Milgrom, Stanford University, USA and Robert B. Wilson, Stanford University, USA, “for improvements to

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020: Genetic scissors – a tool for rewriting the code of life

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna share this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry. They have discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. Using these, researchers can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision. This technology has had a revolutionary impact on the life sciences, is contributing to new cancer therapies and may make the dream of curing inherited diseases come true.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 to Emmanuelle Charpentier, Max

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020: Black holes and the Milky Way's darkest secret

Three Laureates share this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the black hole. Roger Penrose showed that the general theory of relativity leads to the formation of black holes. Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez discovered that an invisible and extremely heavy object governs the orbits of stars at the centre of our galaxy. A supermassive black hole is the only currently known explanation.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 to Roger Penrose, University of Oxford, UK,

Aminoff Prize rewards explosive studies of biological macromolecules

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Gregori Aminoff Prize 2021 to Henry Chapman, University of Hamburg, Germany, Janos Hajdu, Uppsala University, Sweden, and John Spence, Arizona State University, USA, “for their fundamental contributions to the development of X-ray free electron laser based structural biology”.Proteins are large molecules, macromolecules, that control most processes in cells and organisms, making them the target of nearly all therapeutic drugs. The crystals that are formed by proteins can diffract X-rays, allowing detailed, atomic-level

Press invitation: Announcements of Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry and Prize in Economic Sciences

Every year, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry, and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. This year, the number of press accreditations to the announcements will be very limited but it will also be possible to follow the event online and interview experts afterwards via phone or videolink.The press conferences at which the laureates will be announced are held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. The press conferences are open only for media representatives covering this year's prizes.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' Annual Meeting and seminars cancelled

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting on 31 March and all the seminars in conjunction with this will be cancelled due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus. The prizes that should have been presented this year will instead be awarded at next year’s Annual Meeting.Every year the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' holds its Annual Meeting which normally takes place on 31 March, the anniversary of the Crown's adoption of the Academy´s Rules in 1741. At this meeting the Academy welcomes new members and presents some of its biggest prizes. However, this year's Annual Meeting

The Schock Prizes reward the creation of theories, art and music

Rolf Schock saw beauty in logic and philosophy, as well as mathematics, art and music. This year, his prizes are being awarded to two Swedish logicians, a Russian mathematician, a Belgian artist and architect and a Hungarian composer. The prize is worth 400,000 kronor per category, a total of 1.6 million Swedish krona.The Rolf Schock Prizes have an unusually large breadth. The foundation that was created after the death of Rolf Schock decides who will receive the prizes, in partnership with no fewer than three Swedish academies, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Royal Academy of

Sjöberg Prize awarded for decisive discoveries about cell growth

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sjöberg Prize 2020 of one million US dollars to Michael Hall and David Sabatini. The two researchers have radically changed ideas about cell growth, an important factor in the development of cancer. In doing so, they laid the foundation for new forms of cancer treatment.When cells divide and grow uncontrollably, it results in cancer. Using a toxin that originates from Easter Island, Rapamycin, Michael N. Hall, from Biozentrum, Universität Basel, Switzerland, and David M. Sabatini, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),

Press Conference with the 2019 Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry and the Laureates in Economic Sciences

On 7 December, we open Nobel Week with a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, where we gather this year’s Laureates in Physics and Chemistry, as well as the Laureates for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Individual interviews with the Laureates will be possible after the press conference.December’s Nobel Week contains numerous fascinating and celebratory elements. At the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, it has become traditional to start this week with a unique opportunity for media representatives to meet and ask questions

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2019  – Their research is helping us fight poverty

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019 to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer. The research conducted by this year’s Laureates has considerably improved our ability to fight global poverty. In just two decades, their new experiment-based approach has transformed development economics, which is now a flourishing field of research.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019 to

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 – They created a rechargeable world

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries. This lightweight, rechargeable and powerful battery is now used in everything from mobile phones to laptops and electric vehicles. It can also store significant amounts of energy from solar and wind power, making possible a fossil fuel-free society.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 to John B. Goodenough, The University of Texas

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 – New perspectives on our place in the universe

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 to James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz. This year’s prize rewards new understanding of the universe’s structure and history, and the first discovery of a planet orbiting a solar-type star outside our solar system.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 to James Peebles, Princeton University, USA, Michel Mayor, University of Geneva, Switzerland and Didier Queloz, University of Geneva, Switzerland and University of Cambridge, UK. “for

Studies of enzyme systems rewarded with the Aminoff Prize

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is now recognising outstanding research into two enzyme systems that are of vital importance to life on Earth. Jian-Ren Shen has studied a photosynthesis enzyme in plants and bacteria, while Douglas Rees has studied nitrogenases, which fix nitrogen. The two researchers are to receive this year’s Gregori Aminoff Prize for their work.Enzymes are protein molecules that drive the chemical reactions found in all living things. They are the foundation for the chemistry of life. Jian-Ren Shen has studied a photosynthesis enzyme in plants and photosynthetic

Press invitation: Announcements of the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and the Prize in Economic Sciences 2019

Applications are now open for press accreditation to the announcements at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Every year, the Academy awards the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry, and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.The press conferences at which the laureates will be announced are held at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. The press conferences are open only for journalists and photographers covering this year's prizes. Please note that granted applications and valid press credentials are obligatory. Applications must be

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