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The Nobel Foundation

Establishment: 1900
Nation: Sweden
Donor: Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Total Fund: SEK 185,1 million(approx. ¥5.0 billion)(1984)
Chairman: Dr. Sune Bergström

The Nobel Prizes, international awards first given in 1901, were initiated as the final request of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist. Originally the prizes were established in the five fields of physics, chemistry, medicine and physiology, literature and peace. The Nobel Prizes symbolize the dignity of intellect of modern humankind in the 20th century as the ultimate standard for academic awards.

Fields of the Nobel Prizes
 
Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Economic Sciences, and Physiology or Medicine

Cash Award

 
SEK 1.8 million each (approx. ¥49 million) (1985)

Awarding of the First Prizes
 
1901

Prize Awarding Institutions
 
The Royal Academy of Sciences (Physics, Chemistry and Economic Sciences)
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute (Physiology of Medicine)
The Swedish Academy (Literature)
The Norwegian Nobel Committee (Peace)