What do the Nobel Laureates receive?
A. They receive a diploma and a medal. The medals are made from 18 carat gold plated with 24 carat gold. Laureates also receive a cash prize. The Nobel Prize amount for 2009 is set at Swedish kronor (SEK) 10 million per full Nobel Prize. This is about $1.4 million in U. S. dollars. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medals/index.html Q. Why is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded in Oslo and all the other Nobel Prizes in Stockholm? A. Alfred Nobel left no explanation as to why the prize for peace was to be awarded by a Norwegian committee while the other four prizes were to be handled by Swedish committees. In the will he wrote: “The prizes for physics and chemistry shall be awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences; that for physiology or medical works by the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm; that for literature by the Academy in Stockholm, and that for champions of peace by a committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Storting.” Q. What did Alfred Nobel invent? A. In 1867 No
