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The Nobel Foundation
Sturegatan 14
SE-102 45 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel. +46-8-663-09-20
Fax +46-8-660-38-47

Type: Private - Foundation
On the web: http://www.nobel.se

Created for a noble cause, The Nobel Foundation manages assets left by the will of Alfred Nobel. The foundation, established in 1900, awards the prestigious Nobel Prize each year for achievements in areas that were of interest to Nobel: physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and peace. The field of economics was added in 1968 by the Bank of Sweden. The Nobel Foundation also arranges activities associated with the presentation of the prize and administers Nobel symposia in the prize areas. Born in 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden, Nobel invented dynamite in 1866. Before his death in 1896, he had established companies and laboratories in countries worldwide.

Officers:
Executive Director: Michael Sohlman
Deputy Executive Director, Finance and Accounting: Åke Altéus
Manager Public Relations: Annika Pontikis

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The Nobel Foundation (Swedish: Nobelstiftelsen) is a private institution founded on 29 June 1900 to manage the finances and administration of the Nobel Prizes.[1] The Foundation is based on the last will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.[2]

It also holds Nobel Symposia on important breakthroughs in science and topics of cultural or social significance.

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Nobel Symposia

In 1965, the Foundation initiated the Nobel Symposia, a program that holds symposia "devoted to areas of science where breakthroughs are occurring or deal with other topics of primary cultural or social significance."[3] The symposia has covered topics such as prostaglandins, chemical kinetics, diabetes mellitus, string theory, cosmology, and the Cold War in the 1980s.[4] The Nobel Symposium Committee consists of members from the Nobel Committees in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine; the Prize Committee for Economics; the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation; and the Wallenberg Foundation.[3]

Michael Nobel Energy Award

In 2007 Dr Michael Nobel (born as Michael Oleinikoff), a great grand nephew of Alfred Nobel, attempted to start a prize called the "Michael Nobel Energy Award" that would award innovations in alternative energy technology.[5][6] The plan was announced at nanoTX 07. The Nobel Foundation quickly reacted by threatening legal action for "clear misuse of the reputation and goodwill of the Nobel Prize and the associations of integrity and eminence that has been created over time and through the efforts of the Nobel Committees"[7]. The Director, Michael Sohlman, of the Nobel Foundation and the elected Head of the Nobel Family disapproved to the institution of the so called 'Dr. Michael Nobel Award' as well as the Nobel Charitable Trust and Nobel Family Benevolent society.[8] Michael has (as of June 2008) not abided to the advice of the Nobel foundation and the Nobel family head, but continues his efforts to establish a new prize in his own (taken) name. [9]

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  1. ^ Lemmel, Birgitta (2007-06-29). "The Nobel Foundation: A Century of Growth and Change". Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobelfoundation/history/lemmel/index.html. Retrieved 2007-10-30. 
  2. ^ "The Nobel Foundation". Nobel Foundation. 2007-09-24. http://nobelprize.org/nobelfoundation/index.html. Retrieved 2007-10-28. "The Nobel Foundation is a private institution established in 1900 based on the will of Alfred Nobel. The Foundation manages the assets made available through the will for the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace. It represents the Nobel Institutions externally and administers informational activities and arrangements surrounding the presentation of the Nobel Prize." 
  3. ^ a b "Nobel Symposia". Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobelfoundation/symposia/index.html. Retrieved 2007-10-28. 
  4. ^ "Complete List of Nobel Symposia from 1965 - present". Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobelfoundation/symposia/complete-list.html. Retrieved 2007-10-30. 
  5. ^ Nobel, Philip (2007-10-09). "Michael Nobel Energy Award". PRBuzz.com. http://www.prbuzz.com/michael-nobel-energy-award-9423.html. Retrieved 2007-10-18. 
  6. ^ Nobel, Philip (2007-10-09). "Statement from the Nobel Charitable Trust Foundation regarding the Michael Nobel Energy Award". I-Newswire.com. http://www.i-newswire.com/pr125464.html. Retrieved 2007-10-18. 
  7. ^ nanoPRwire (2007-09-24). "Michael Nobel Relieved of nanoTX'07 Activities After Protest from Nobel Foundation and Family Society". Nano Science and Technology Institute. http://www.nsti.org/press/PRshow.html?id=2335. Retrieved 2007-10-18. 
  8. ^ Feder, Barnaby J. (2007-10-18). "The Nobel Prize That Wasn’t". The New York Times. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/the-nobel-prize-that-wasnt/. Retrieved 2007-10-18. 
  9. ^ New set of Noble prizes for energy in offing - Yahoo! India News

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