Sweden – Becoming a World Leader in Mathematics

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:00:00 GMT

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has decided in collaboration with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to support Swedish research in mathematics. The aim is for Sweden to recover its position at the international cutting edge by giving the best young researchers international experience and by recruiting young as well as more experienced mathematicians to Sweden.

Academy statement on the L’Aquila-verdict

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:28:00 GMT

On 18 January the reasons for the verdict of the L’Aquila process were made public. The scientists were sentenced to four years imprisonment for having communicated the risk so defectively that they are believed to be partly responsible for the death of more than 300 citizens of L’Aquila in the earthquake on 6 April 2009. The scientific community worldwide has reacted against the verdict, and now the Academy announces a statement.

The Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2013

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:50:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2013 to
Peter K. Gregersen,The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA,
Lars Klareskog, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden and
Robert J. Winchester, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA,

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2012

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2012 to
Alvin E. Roth, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, and Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA, and
Lloyd S. Shapley, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2012

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2012 to
Robert J. Lefkowitz, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA, and
Brian K. Kobilka, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2012

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2012 to
Serge Haroche, Collège de France and Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France, and
David J. Wineland, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA

The Aminoff Prize 2013

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 07:50:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS) has awarded the Gregori Aminoff Prize in Crystallography 2013 to Carlo Gatti, Institute of Molecular Sciences and Technology, Italian National Research Council (CNR-ISTM), Milan, Italy and Mark Spackman, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

PRESS CONFERENCES for the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the Prize in Economic Sciences 2012

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Welcome to the announcements of this year’s Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry, and of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Barbara Cannon elected as new President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:54:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS) has appointed Professor Barbara Cannon as President, starting on 1 July 2012 for a period of three years.

The Crafoord Prize in Mathematics 2012 and The Crafoord Prize in Astronomy 2012

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:30:00 GMT

In 2012 the Crafoord prizes in Mathematics and Astronomy are for the first time awarded simultaneously as two separate prizes with a prize amount of SEK 4 million each.

Statement by the Academy: Sweden needs bold, creative and pioneering basic research

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:45:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has delivered a statement to the Ministry of Education and Research ahead of the forthcoming 2012 Research and Innovation Policy Bill. It emphasises that Sweden needs bold, creative and pioneering basic research in order to safeguard the country's future prosperity and tackle the huge global challenges humanity is facing. It is the Academy's view that the government should:

Press activities during the Nobel week 2011 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

NB! Further information and registration to all press activities is available at http://kva.se/en/pressroom Last day for registration to all press activities: SUNDAY 4 DECEMBER 2011. The press activities are only for the media. Please bring your press ID (or similar) and a photo ID.

Largest initiative ever for Sweden’s future research leaders

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:25:00 GMT

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has decided to set up a unique career programme for young researchers. Wallenberg Academy Fellows, as it will be called, represents assured long-term resources for the country’s most promising young researchers in all disciplines. The programme will be the Foundation’s largest initiative ever. The plan is to provide funding of SEK 1.2 billion, over five years, for a total of 125 young researchers.

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2011

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2011 to Thomas J. Sargent, New York University, New York, NY, USA, and Christopher A. Sims, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA,

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2011

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 to Dan Shechtman, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel “for the discovery of quasicrystals”.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2011 with one half to
Saul Perlmutter The Supernova Cosmology Project
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, and the other half to
Brian P. Schmidt The High-z Supernova Search Team
Australian National University, Weston Creek, Australia, and
Adam G. Riess The High-z Supernova Search Team
Johns Hopkins University and Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA,

The Aminoff Prize 2012

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:00:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded The Gregori Aminoff Prize in crystallography 2012 to Marat Yusupov and Gulnara Yusupova, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, France, and Harry F. Noller, University of California Santa Cruz, USA,

PRESS CONFERENCES for The Nobel Prize in Physics, The Nobel Prize in Chemistry and The Prize in Economic Sciences 2011

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Welcome to press conferences with the announcements of this year’s Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry, and of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

New Academy for young researchers in Sweden

Fri, 27 May 2011 12:59:00 GMT

A new academy of sciences is founded today: the Young Academy of Sweden.
– Finally, young researchers will have their own forum. We will work interdisciplinary with both scientific and structural issues. We promise to take an active part in public debate, says Professor Helene Andersson Svahn, the first chairman of the Young Academy of Sweden.

A founding moment: New Swedish Academy of Sciences for outstanding young researchers

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:00:00 GMT

At the initiative of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, RSAS, the Young Academy of Sweden will be founded on 27 May 2011.
– By gathering young researchers of the highest academic excellence and giving them their own dedicated platform, we wish to create a dynamic climate for research, says Staffan Normark, Permanent secretary at the RSAS.

Michael Aschbacher is being awarded The Rolf Schock Prize in Mathematics

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:00:00 GMT

The Rolf Schock Prize in Mathematics 2011 is being awarded to Michael Aschbacher

Hilary Putnam is being awarded The Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy 2011

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:00:00 GMT

The Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy 2011 is being awarded to Hilary Putnam

Crafoord Prize in Biosciences 2011

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences for 2011 to Ilkka Hanski, University of Helsinki, Finland,

LAST CALL: Press activities during the Nobel week 2010 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:00:00 GMT

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Last day for registration to all press activities: FRIDAY 3 DECEMBER 2010
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The Prize in Economic Sciences 2010

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2010 to Peter A. Diamond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, Dale T. Mortensen, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA and Aarhus University, Denmark, and Christopher A. Pissarides, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK,

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2010 to Richard F. Heck, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, Ei-ichi Negishi, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA and Akira Suzuki, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan,

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2010

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2010 to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, both at University of Manchester, UK,

The Aminoff Prize 2011

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:20:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded The Gregori Aminoff Prize in crystallography 2011 to Professor Lia Addadi and Professor Stephen Weiner, both at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel,

Fast-tracking Swedish Environmental Researchers into International Networks

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:54:00 GMT

In cooperation with several Swedish funders of scientific research, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is establishing a new secretariat – the Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Sciences (SSEESS) – in order to facilitate Swedish researchers’ participation and leadership in international research programmes about sustainable development.

Press invitation to the Crafoord Days 2010: Meet the legendary Walter Munk

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:00:00 GMT

Welcome to meet “the father of oceanography”, Walter Munk, who comes to Sweden to receive the Crafoord Prize in Geosciences, “for his pioneering and fundamental contributions to our understanding of ocean circulation, tides and waves, and their role in the Earth’s dynamics”. The Crafoord Days 2010 begin in Stockholm and end in Lund.

Staffan Normark elected new Permanent Secretary of the Academy

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:00:00 GMT

On 14 April the Academy decided to appoint Professor Staffan Normark as new Permanent Secretary from 1 July 2010. He will succeed Professor Gunnar Öquist who has held the position since 2003.

Statement on wind power

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:59:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy’s Energy Committee expects a massive expansion of wind power in the decades ahead. Globally, it looks set to rise from 260 TWh of electricity in 2008 to an estimated 5,000 TWh in 2050. This represents an annual average increase of 8%.

The Crafoord Prize in Geosciences 2010

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Crafoord Prize in Geosciences 2010 to Walter Munk, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA,

The Crafoord Prize 1985 – one of the largest prizes ever – in astronomy to professor Lyman Spitzer, Jr., USA.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:16:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Crafoord Prize of ca. 135 000 US dollars to Professor Lyman Spitzer, Jr. , Princeton, USA, for his “fundamental pioneering studies of practically every aspect of the interstellar medium, culminating in theresults obtained using the Copernicus satellite”.

The Crafoord Prize 1989 Awarded to magnetospheric physics

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:12:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Crafoord Prize 1989 of SEK 1,6 million to Professor James A. Van Allen for his pioneering exploration of space, in particular the discovery of the energetic particles trapped in the geomagnetic field which form the radiation belts – the Van Allen belts – around our planet Earth.

Award of the Crafoord Prize for 1983 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, on September 28, 1983.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:07:00 GMT

The Crafoord prize for 1983, amounting to 400 000 SEK, will be awarded jointly to Pofessor Edward N. Lorenz and Professor Henry Stommel, both from the United States. They will receive the prize for their fundamental contributions to the field of geophysical hydrodynamics which in a unique way have contributed to a deeper understanding of the large scale motions of the atmosphere and the sea. Each winner will receive a prize and a Crafoord medal in gold from His Majesty, the King of Sweden.

THE CRAFOORD PRIZE 1984 - in ecology

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:51:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards 1,2 million Swedish crowns to ecological research. The Prize, which amounts to 850 000 crowns, in one of the largest prizes in ecology ever awarded. Grants totaling 370 000 crowns are awarded to Swedish scientists within the same field (see page 3).

The Crafoord Prizewinners 1987 Eugene P. Odum and Howard T. Odum

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:47:00 GMT

Ecologists are receiving 355 000 USD froom the Crafoord Fund of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to research on dynamics of nature.

The Crafoord Prize 1990 for fundamental contributions to Population Biology and the Conservation of Biological Diversity

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:41:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded Paul R. Ehrlich, Professor of Biology, Stanford University, USA and Edward O. Wilson, Professor of Biology, Harvard University, USA the 1990 Crafoord Prize, SEK 1,5 million.

THE CRAFOORD PRIZE 1986

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:33:00 GMT

Of 1 340 000 SEK in isotope geology to Claude Allègre, Paris, France and Gerald J. Wasserburg, Pasadena, USA. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Crafoord Prize 1986 of 1 340 000 SEK to professor Claude J. Allègre, Universitè de Paris, France and professor Gerald J. Wasserburg, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA, for their pioneering work in isotope geology.

The Crafoord Prize 1982

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:27:00 GMT

The Crafoord Prize will be awarded at a ceremony at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday, September 29th 1982. Professor V. I. Arnold, Moscow and Louis Nirenberg, New York will share the Prize of 350 000 Swedish crowns for their achievements within the field of mathematics “Non-linear differential equations”. The Prize and the Crafoord gold-medal will be presented by His Majesty the King.

The Crafoord Prize 1988

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:24:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards 423 000 USD (2,5 million SEK) to research in mathematics from the Anna-Greta and Holger Crafoord Fund. 1,6 million SEK is shared between two mathematics, working within algebraic geometry, and 900 000 SEK is awarded to Swedish research within the same field.

The 1995 Crafoord Prize

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:17:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards The 1995 Crafoord Prize for pioneering contributions that have increased our knowledge of climatic changes during the Quaternary period, i.e. during the past 2,5 million years.

The Crafoord Prize 1992

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:10:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Crafoord Prize for 1992 to Professor Adolf Seilacher for his innovative research concerning the evolution of life in interaction with the environment as documented in the geological record.

The Crafoord Prize 1993

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:26:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Crafoord Prize for 1993 to: Professor Seymour Benzer, California Institute of Technology, USA, for his pioneering genetical and neuropsychological studies on behavioral mutants in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster; and Professor William D Hamilton, University of Oxford, England, for his theories concerning kin selection and genetic relationship as a prerequisite for the evolution of altruistic behavior. The Crafoord Prize (SEK 2,6 million, divided equally between the prizewinners) will be awarded on the Crafoord Day, September 28, 1993.

The Crafoord Prize 1991 For fundamental contributions to Extragalactic Astronomy including Observational Cosmology

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:19:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded Dr. Allan R. Sandage, The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Pasadena, USA the 1991 Crafoord Prize, SEK 1,5 million. The Prize Ceremony will take place on the Crafoord Day, 25 September 1991.

The Crafoord Prize 1997

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:51:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the 1997 Crafoord Prize in astronomy with particular emphasis in stellar physics to Professor Fred Hoyle, Bournemouth, England and professor Edwin E. Salpeter, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., USA, for their pioneering contributions to the study of nuclear processes in stars and stellar evolution

The Crafoord Prize 2000

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:46:00 GMT

Research leading to new treatments for rheumatoid arthritis rewarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences with the 2000 Crafoord Prize.

The Crafoord Prize 1999

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:39:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 1999 Crafoord Prize for biology jointly to Professor John Maynard Smith, University of Sussex, England, Professor Ernst Mayr, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, and Professor George C. Williams, State University of New York, USA.

The Crafoord Prize 1998

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:33:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is to award the 1998 Crafoord Prize in geosciences with special emphasis upon "the dynamics of the deeper parts of the Earth" to Don L. Anderson, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA and Adam M. Dziewonski, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA "for their fundamental contributions to our knowledge of the structures and processes in the interior of the Earth"

The 1999 Rolf Schock Prizes

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:55:00 GMT

Four international prizes in logic and philosophy, mathematics, the visual arts and in music are awarded by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts and The Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

The Rolf Schock Prizes 1997 were awarded:

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:41:00 GMT

In logic and philosophy to Professor Dana S. Scott, Pittsburgh, USA, for his conceptually oriented logical works, especially the creation of domain theory, which has made it possible to extend Tarski’s semantical paradigm to programming languages as well as to construct models of Curry’s combinatory logic and Church’s calculus of lambda conversion.

Jörgen Weibull receives 1999 Söderberg Prize

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:36:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has chosen JÖRGEN W. WEIBULL as the winner of the 1999 Söderberg Prize. The value of the prize is SEK 500 000.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards The 1994 Crafoord Prize to differential geometry

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:21:00 GMT

The Prize is awarded to Simon Donaldson, University of Oxford, England, for his fundamental investigations in four-dimensional geometry through application of instantons, in particular his discovery of new differential invariants: And Shing-Tung Yau, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, for his development of non-linear techniques in differential geometry leading to the solution of several outstanding problems.

The Crafoord Prize 1996

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:14:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the 1996 Crafoord Prize in the biosciences with particular emphasis on ecology to Professor Sir Robert M. May, University of Oxford, U.K., for his pioneering ecological research concerning theoretical analysis of the dynamics of populations, communities and ecosystems.The value of the 1996 Crafoord Prize is USD 500,000. The prizewinner will receive the prize at the Academy on 19 September 1996.

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2000

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:16:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided that the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 2000 will be shared between James J. Heckman, University of Chicago, USA, and Daniel L. McFadden, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2000

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:07:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2000 jointly to Alan J. Heeger, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA, Alan G. MacDiarmid, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA and Hideki Shirakawa, University of Tsukuba, Japan "for the discovery and development of conductive polymers".

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2000

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:56:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2000 to scientists and inventors whose work has laid the foundation of modern information technology, IT, particularly through their invention of rapid transistors, laser diodes, and integrated circuits (chips).

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2009

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2009 to Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, “for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons”, and Oliver E. Williamson, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, “for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm”.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:45:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2009 jointly to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK, Thomas A. Steitz, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA and Ada E. Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel “for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome”.

Nobel Prize in Physics 2009

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:45:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2009 with one half to Charles K. Kao, Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, UK, and Chinese University of Hong Kong “for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication”, and the other half jointly to Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA “for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit – the CCD sensor”.

Master of the creation of protein crystals receives the Aminoff Prize 2010

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:30:00 GMT

The Gregori Aminoff prize in crystallography 2010 is awarded Prof. So Iwata, Imperial College, London,

Many new members elected to the Academy

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:12:00 GMT

At the General meeting on 11 February seven prominent researchers in mathematics, astronomy, physics and biology were elected members of the Academy. Their research reaches from geometry and systematic botany to stars and black holes.

Serious assault on research freedom

Thu, 07 May 2009 10:30:00 GMT

The Israeli company Nemesysco has used threats of legal actions to prevent the publication of a scientific article in International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law that was critical of their products.

The Crafoord Days in Stockholm and Lund 11–13 May 2009

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:16:00 GMT

Meet the Crafoord Prize laureates, awarded “for their pioneering work to isolate interleukins, determine their properties and explore their role in the onset of inflammatory diseases”. The three Crafoord Days will begin in Stockholm and continue in Lund.

The Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2009

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:30:00 GMT

The Crafoord Prize 2009 is awarded to Charles Dinarello, USA, Tadamitsu Kishimoto, Japan and Toshio Hirano, Japan,

Webcasted press conferences and interviews with the Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry, and the Laureate in Economic Sciences

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:00:00 GMT

Welcome to press conferences and interviews with the Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry, and the Laureate in Economic Sciences for 2008.

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2008

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:00:00 GMT

This year's Laureate is awarded the Prize for his research on international trade and economic geography. He has shown the effects of economies of scale on trade patterns and on the location of economic activity.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT

The remarkable brightly glowing green fluorescent protein, GFP, was first observed in the beautiful jellyfish, Aequorea victoria in 1962. Since then, this protein has become one of the most important tools used in contemporary bioscience.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2008

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Why is there something instead of nothing? Why are there so many different elementary particles? The Laureates in Physics have presented theoretical insights that give us a deeper understanding of what happens inside the tiniest building blocks of matter.

The Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry and the Prize in Economic Sciences 2008

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:30:00 GMT

Welcome to press conferences with the announcements of this year’s Nobel Laureates in Physics and Chemistry, and for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Europeans awarded the Aminoff Prize 2009 for the development of revolutionary programme systems

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:30:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS) has decided to award the Gregori Aminoff Prize in crystallography 2009 to George M. Sheldrick, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany and Gérard Bricogne, Global Phasing Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom

The Rolf Schock Prizes 2008

Mon, 12 May 2008 08:30:00 GMT

The philosopher Thomas Nagel, New York University, NY, USA, the mathematician Endre Szemerédi, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, NJ, USA, the artist Mona Hatoum and the musician Gidon Kremer have been awarded the Rolf Schock Prizes 2008.

The Crafoord Prize in Mathematics and Astronomy 2008

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:30:00 GMT

This year’s prize has been awarded to Maxim Kontsevich, Edward Witten and Rashid Alievich Sunyaev. It rewards mathematical discoveries that are significant for the fundamental laws of nature and research on black holes and the early Universe.

The Crafoord Prize 2008: Mathematics and Astronomy

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:30:00 GMT

On Thursday morning 17 January, at 08.00 am (Swedish time, GMT +1 hour) the Crafoord Prize for 2008 will be announced. This year’s disciplines are Matematics and Astronomy. A press release and a popular science article will be sent out and scientific experts are available on telephone.

Pioneer in the protein crystallography field is awarded the Aminoff Prize 2008

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:30:00 GMT

The Aminoff Prize in crystallography 2008 is awarded to Hans Eklund, “for his crystallographic studies of ribonucleotide reductase. The studies contribute to a detailed understanding of function and activity of an enzyme with a central biological role”.

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2007

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:00:00 GMT

The prize is awarded to Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin, and Roger Myerson for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory. It has among other things helped economists identify efficient trading mechanisms, regulation schemes and voting procedures.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT

This year's chemistry laureate Gerhard Ertl has succeeded in providing a detailed description of how chemical reactions take place on surfaces and has in this way laid the foundation of modern surface chemistry.

Der Nobelpreis für Chemie 2007

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:43:00 GMT

Dem diesjährigen Chemiepreisträger Gerhard Ertl ist es gelungen, den Ablauf mehrerer wichtiger chemischer Reaktionen auf Oberflächen im Detail zu beschreiben, er hat damit die Grundlagen für die moderne Oberflächenchemie geschaffen.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2007

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT

This year's Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg for their discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance. Applications of this phenomenon have revolutionized techniques for retrieving data from hard disks.

Le Prix Nobel de Physique 2007

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:18:00 GMT

Le prix Nobel de physique 2007 est attribué à Albert Fert et Peter Grünberg pour leur découverte de la magnétorésistance géante. Les applications de ce phénomène ont révolutionné les techniques permettant de lire l'information stockée sur disque dur.

Der Nobelpreis für Physik 2007

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:06:00 GMT

Der Nobelpreis für Physik 2007 wird Albert Fert und Peter Grünberg verliehen für ihre Entdeckung des Riesenmagnetowiderstandes. Anwendungen dieses Phänomens haben die Technik revolutioniert, mit der Computer-Festplatten die Information auslesen.

Pioneer in Nanotube Research awarded the Aminoff Prize

Mon, 07 May 2007 11:12:00 GMT

The Gregori Aminoff Prize in crystallography for 2007 is awarded to Sumio Iijima for his structural studies of carbon nanotubes. The prize will be presented at the symposium “Carbon Nanotubes – with an eye on the nanoworld” at the Academy on 13-14 June.

The Crafoord Prize in Geosciences 2006

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:00:00 GMT

The Crafoord Prize in Geosciences 2006 is awarded to Wallace Broecker. With his innovative research on the interaction between atmosphere, oceans, ice and living organisms, he has contributed greatly to our knowledge of climate change and its mechanisms.

The Crafoord Prize in Biosciences 2007

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 06:00:00 GMT

The Crafoord Prize in Biosciences 2007 is awarded to Robert Trivers. His pioneering ideas on the evolution of the social behaviour of animals form the basis of much of sociobiology and its research on how cooperation and conflict arise in the animal world.

The Sea Urchin genome shows surprising relationship to man

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:32:00 GMT

Research just released shows that 70 % of the genes and proteins found in the sea urchin are also in humans. Among these are the Neurotrophins that are involved in constructing complex nervous systems. This means that sea urchins will be very valuable models in which to study e.g. repair and regeneration following injury or disease.

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2006

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:27:00 GMT

The Prize in Economic Sciences goes this year to Edmund Phelps. His work has deepened our understanding of the relation between short-run and long-run effects of economic policy. These contributions have had a decisive impact on research as well as policy.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 09:44:00 GMT

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2006 is awarded to Roger Kornberg. He has studied how the genetic information stored in our genes is copied so that the body can make use of it. This is a process central to all life - if it stops the organism soon dies.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2006

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:56:00 GMT

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2006 is awarded to John Mather and George Smoot. They have made measurements looking back into the infancy of the Universe and attempted to gain some understanding of the origin of galaxies and stars.

New transdisciplinary institute receives 22 million Euros

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:08:00 GMT

New decision by The Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (Mistra) today: Stockholm University receives 22 million Euros for a new world-class transdisciplinary research institute. The Beijer Institute at the Academy is also involved.

Joint statement on the teaching of evolution

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:51:00 GMT

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences endorses a joint statement on the teaching of evolution, together with 66 other national science academies.

Lennart Carleson awarded the Abel Prize

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 15:53:00 GMT

The Academy member Prof. em. Lennart Carleson who is a former director of its mathematical research institute, the Institute Mittag-Leffler, has been awarded one of the world's most prestigious prizes in Mathematics - the Norwegian Abel Prize.

Large donation to save the Baltic Sea

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:19:00 GMT

The Swedish financier Björn Carlson has donated SEK 500 million (more than 52 million Euro) from his private funds to alleviate the environmental problems of the Baltic Sea. The money will be administered by a new foundation at the Academy.

The Prize in Economic Sciences 2005

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:03:00 GMT

The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel goes this year to Robert Aumann and Thomas Schelling. Through the application and development of game theory they have increased our understanding of both conflict and cooperation.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 08:53:00 GMT

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year goes to Yves Chauvin, Robert Grubbs and Richard Schrock. They have developed an efficient and environmentally-friendly method of building new molecules, with applications in, e.g., the pharmaceuticals industry.

Le Prix Nobel de Chimie 2005

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 08:23:00 GMT

L’Académie Royale des Sciences de Suède a décidé d’attribuer le Prix Nobel de Chimie pour l’année 2005 conjoitement à Yves Chauvin, Institut Français du Pétrole, Rueil-Malmaison, France, Robert H. Grubbs, California Institute of Technology (Caltech),

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 09:20:00 GMT

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005 is about light. Roy Glauber, who is considered “the father of quantum optics”, shares the Prize with John Hall and Theodor Hänsch, who have managed to develop a never previously attainable precision in laser spectroscopy.

Der Nobelpreis für Physik 2005

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 09:19:00 GMT

Die Königlich Schwedische Akademie der Wissenschaften hat beschlossen, den Nobelpreis für Physik des Jahres 2005 zu verleihen zur einen Hälfte an Roy J. Glauber, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA,

The Aminoff Prize for research at high pressures

Mon, 30 May 2005 09:16:00 GMT

The Gregori Aminoff price for 2005 is awarded to Dr Ho-Kwang Mao, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington DC, USA, 'for his pioneering research of solid materials at ultrahigh pressure and temperatures'. On June 8 he receives his prize at the academy.

The Rolf Schock Prizes 2005

Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:35:00 GMT

The logician Jaakko Hintikka, the mathematician Luis A. Caffarelli, the architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, Japan and the composer Mauricio Kagel, Germany, are awarded the Prizes for 2005.