Qualla: Nobel Foundation https://qualla.com/nobel-foundation en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:05 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/u/6/s/c/nobel-foundation-wp/annika-pontikis-frida-backe-an.jpg Qualla: Nobel Foundation https://qualla.com/nobel-foundation Nobel Foundation: Introduction https://qualla.com/nobel-foundation/ Photo credit Photograph: Prolineserver (talk)Document: Alfred Nobel, Public domain. Alfred Nobel spent his life perfecting explosives that would reshape warfare and construction alike. Yet in his final will, signed at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris on November 27, 1895, the dynamite inventor made a decision that stunned his family and the world: ninety-four percent of his vast fortune would fund prizes celebrating peace, literature, and scientific discovery. The Nobel Foundation, established in Stockholm on June 29, 1900, became the unlikely guardian of this transformation from merchant of death to patron of humanity's highest achievements.

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]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/6/s/c/nobel-foundation-wp/u6sc-nobel-foundation-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Nobel Foundation: The Inventor's Redemption https://qualla.com/nobel-foundation/ Photo credit Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0. Nobel was born in Stockholm in 1833 into a family of engineers and inventors. He held 355 patents, owned Bofors (a major armaments manufacturer), and amassed enormous wealth through his inventions. When his brother Ludvig died in 1888, a French newspaper mistakenly published Alfr...

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]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/6/s/c/nobel-foundation-wp/u6sc-nobel-foundation-the-inventors-redemption.mp3 0:06 2 full Nobel Foundation: Building an Institution https://qualla.com/nobel-foundation/ Photo credit John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0. The executors of Nobel's will, Ragnar Sohlman and Rudolf Lilljequist, faced enormous challenges. The will was vague in places, legally contested, and required coordinating with institutions across Sweden and Norway. They established the Nobel Foundation as a private organization ...

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]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/6/s/c/nobel-foundation-wp/u6sc-nobel-foundation-building-an-institution.mp3 0:06 3 full Nobel Foundation: Guardians of Excellence https://qualla.com/nobel-foundation/ Photo credit Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0. The Foundation does not choose laureates itself. Instead, it coordinates with prize-awarding institutions: the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences handles Physics and Chemistry, the Karolinska Institute awards Physiology or Medicine, the Swedish Academy determines Literature, and t...

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]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/6/s/c/nobel-foundation-wp/u6sc-nobel-foundation-guardians-of-excellence.mp3 0:06 4 full Nobel Foundation: Symposia and Legacy https://qualla.com/nobel-foundation/ Photo credit Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0. Beyond the annual prizes, the Nobel Foundation hosts Nobel Symposia on topics ranging from prostaglandins and string theory to the Cold War. These gatherings bring together leading minds to address breakthroughs in science and matters of cultural significance. The Foundation vigo...

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