https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed In today's Advent Calendar, The Local is sharing the story behind Sweden's Nobel Prize Dinner. https://www.thelocal.se/20191210/adventcalendar-the-dinner-that-proves-sweden-is-anything-but-lagom Tue, 10 Dec 2019 07:59:59 +0100 adventcalendar-the-dinner-that-proves-sweden-is-anything-but-lagom US scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian on Monday won the Nobel Medicine Prize for discoveries on receptors for temperature and touch. https://www.thelocal.se/20211004/us-duo-win-nobel-for-work-on-how-temperature-and-touch-spark-signals-to-the-brain Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:42:34 +0200 us-duo-win-nobel-for-work-on-how-temperature-and-touch-spark-signals-to-the-brain Sweden's most lavish party of the year – the Nobel Prize banquet – will not go ahead this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.thelocal.se/20200722/swedens-nobel-banquet-cancelled-for-first-time-in-decades Wed, 22 Jul 2020 09:28:47 +0200 swedens-nobel-banquet-cancelled-for-first-time-in-decades An ambitious but controversial new centre for activities surrounding the Nobel Prizes has found a new home in Stockholm, the Nobel Foundation said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20200207/sweden-nobel-centre-controversial-nobel-center-finds-new-home-in-stockholm Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:12:36 +0100 sweden-nobel-centre-controversial-nobel-center-finds-new-home-in-stockholm It's time to hand out the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, and here's what the winner's profile usually looks like. https://www.thelocal.se/20191014/who-will-win-the-nobel-prize-in-economics-its-relatively-easy-to-predict Mon, 14 Oct 2019 09:41:47 +0200 who-will-win-the-nobel-prize-in-economics-its-relatively-easy-to-predict The Swedish Academy on Thursday announced two Nobel Prize winners after last year's scandal, but one of the choices quickly sparked new controversy for the body. https://www.thelocal.se/20191010/swedish-academy-sparks-new-criticism-with-controversial-nobel-winner-peter-handke Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:52:01 +0200 swedish-academy-sparks-new-criticism-with-controversial-nobel-winner-peter-handke Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose school strike for climate has inspired protests around the world, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is handed out in Norway. https://www.thelocal.se/20190314/swedish-climate-activist-greta-thunberg-nominated-for-norways-nobel-peace-prize Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:15:41 +0100 swedish-climate-activist-greta-thunberg-nominated-for-norways-nobel-peace-prize For the first time in 70 years the Nobel Literature Prize-awarding body, the Swedish Academy, has postponed the award, after a #MeToo scandal left it in ruins. https://www.thelocal.se/20180929/five-things-to-know-about-the-nobel-literature-prize-swedish-academy-scandal Sat, 29 Sep 2018 16:29:03 +0200 five-things-to-know-about-the-nobel-literature-prize-swedish-academy-scandal The Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has asked for his nomination for the 'New Nobel Prize’ to be withdrawn, so that he can concentrate on his writing. https://www.thelocal.se/20180916/japanese-novelist-pulls-out-of-swedens-alternative-nobel Sun, 16 Sep 2018 17:21:53 +0200 japanese-novelist-pulls-out-of-swedens-alternative-nobel Readers around the world have nominated four writers for a new award created as a reaction to a series of scandals which prompted the Swedish Academy to postpone this year's Nobel Literature Prize. https://www.thelocal.se/20180829/four-writers-nominated-for-swedens-new-nobel-literature-prize-neil-gaiman-haruki-murakami-kim-thuy-maryse-conde Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:33:15 +0200 four-writers-nominated-for-swedens-new-nobel-literature-prize-neil-gaiman-haruki-murakami-kim-thuy-maryse-conde What do you do when this year's Nobel Literature Prize, the world's most prestigious accolade of its kind, is postponed because of a sexual assault scandal? You create your own award. https://www.thelocal.se/20180707/swedish-intellectuals-form-new-literature-prize-in-nobel-protest Sat, 07 Jul 2018 10:40:00 +0200 swedish-intellectuals-form-new-literature-prize-in-nobel-protest Elaborate ice sculptures, an even more elaborate dress, and an abundance of royalty: it can only be the Nobel Banquet. https://www.thelocal.se/20171211/a-dress-with-a-message-steals-the-show-at-the-2017-nobel-prize-banquet-alice-bah-kuhnke Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:25:01 +0100 a-dress-with-a-message-steals-the-show-at-the-2017-nobel-prize-banquet-alice-bah-kuhnke Florists, lighting designers and cooks have been rushing around Stockholm's Blå Hallen (Blue Hall) transforming the bare brick interior into the stylish venue for Sunday's annual Nobel banquet, while keeping all the preparations top secret. https://www.thelocal.se/20171210/behind-the-top-secret-scenes-of-stockholms-nobel-banquet Sun, 10 Dec 2017 11:54:15 +0100 behind-the-top-secret-scenes-of-stockholms-nobel-banquet One of the members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences explains to The Local why research about human behaviour won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics. https://www.thelocal.se/20171009/why-behavioural-economics-can-protect-you-against-marketing-tricks-nobel-prize-in-economics-explained Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:13:27 +0200 why-behavioural-economics-can-protect-you-against-marketing-tricks-nobel-prize-in-economics-explained British-Japanese author Kazuo Ishiguro has won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. https://www.thelocal.se/20171005/blog-swedens-nobel-prize-in-literature-2017 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 13:39:32 +0200 blog-swedens-nobel-prize-in-literature-2017 British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel 'The Remains of the Day', won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the Swedish Academy said. https://www.thelocal.se/20171005/were-thrilled-kazuo-ishiguro-has-won-the-nobel-prize Thu, 05 Oct 2017 15:51:20 +0200 were-thrilled-kazuo-ishiguro-has-won-the-nobel-prize The winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced later today, and there are plenty of rumours. https://www.thelocal.se/20171005/nobel-speculations-who-will-win-the-literature-prize Thu, 05 Oct 2017 09:30:09 +0200 nobel-speculations-who-will-win-the-literature-prize Who has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry? Read our live blog to find out. https://www.thelocal.se/20171004/blog-swedens-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2017 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 12:22:34 +0200 blog-swedens-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-2017 Why the Swedish Nobel Committee thinks this year's Chemistry Prize is likely to have very big practical consequences. https://www.thelocal.se/20171004/moving-beyond-blobology-the-2017-nobel-chemistry-prize-explained Wed, 04 Oct 2017 14:50:21 +0200 moving-beyond-blobology-the-2017-nobel-chemistry-prize-explained The winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics have been announced in Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20171003/blog-swedens-nobel-prize-in-physics-2017 Tue, 03 Oct 2017 12:30:09 +0200 blog-swedens-nobel-prize-in-physics-2017