{"id":23902,"date":"2022-05-20T11:53:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T09:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/?p=23902"},"modified":"2023-09-01T15:43:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T13:43:16","slug":"new-nobel-center-takes-the-next-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/en\/new-nobel-center-takes-the-next-step\/","title":{"rendered":"New Nobel Center takes the next step"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"school_subject":[],"school_grade":[],"class_list":["post-23902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press"],"acf":{"page_navigation_title":"","page_navigation_links":false,"visa_som_tips":false,"ingress":"On Wednesday, 4 May, the Nobel Foundation announced that SEK 1.2 billion (more than USD 120 million) has been donated by the Erling-Persson Foundation and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to build the Nobel Center \u2212 a house for science, culture and dialogue to be located at Slussen in central Stockholm. This means that funding has been secured and the project will now move forward. At the same time, the Nobel Foundation unveiled its plans for the Center's public activities, which will inspire Stockholm residents, school children and tourists to participate in solving the challenges of the future and helping create a better world.","main_image":{"ID":23667,"id":23667,"title":"Mindre Visionsbild NobelCenter Copyright.tmrw (kopia)","filename":"Mindre-Visionsbild-NobelCenter-Copyright.tmrw-kopia.jpg","filesize":970184,"url":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Mindre-Visionsbild-NobelCenter-Copyright.tmrw-kopia.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/en\/menus\/mindre-visionsbild-nobelcenter-copyright-tmrw-kopia-2\/","alt":"","author":"9","description":"","caption":"Visionsbild Nobel Center. Det nya huset f\u00f6r vetenskap, kultur och dialog ska byggas l\u00e4ngs Stadsg\u00e5rdskajen vid Slussen i Stockholm. Illustration: TMRW.inc","name":"mindre-visionsbild-nobelcenter-copyright-tmrw-kopia-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":31000,"date":"2022-05-04 11:55:17","modified":"2023-09-12 08:29:56","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1200,"height":675,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Mindre-Visionsbild-NobelCenter-Copyright.tmrw-kopia-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Mindre-Visionsbild-NobelCenter-Copyright.tmrw-kopia-300x169.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":169,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Mindre-Visionsbild-NobelCenter-Copyright.tmrw-kopia-768x432.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Mindre-Visionsbild-NobelCenter-Copyright.tmrw-kopia-1024x576.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":576,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Mindre-Visionsbild-NobelCenter-Copyright.tmrw-kopia.jpg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":675,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Mindre-Visionsbild-NobelCenter-Copyright.tmrw-kopia.jpg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":675,"380x305":"https:\/\/wp.nobelprizemuseum.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Mindre-Visionsbild-NobelCenter-Copyright.tmrw-kopia.jpg","380x305-width":570,"380x305-height":321}},"must_be_portrait":false,"info":[{"title":"Press release from the Nobel Foundation","link":""},{"title":"4 May 2022","link":""}],"post_block":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text_content","text_block":"

\u201cWe live in a time of war in Europe. Human rights are being violated. Free speech is being attacked, and we are seeing campaigns against facts and science. The Nobel Center will stand for the opposite. There we will tell the stories of pioneering, creative and courageous laureates, who for more than a century have contributed to the greatest benefit to humankind \u2013 making solid contributions that have changed the world, that give us hope and also strongly influence our future,\u201d says Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation.<\/p>\n

One of the most important prerequisites for turning the vision of a new house for science, culture and dialogue into a reality is donations totalling SEK 1.2 billion from the Erling-Persson Foundation and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The rest of the funding, SEK 200 million, will be the responsibility of the Nobel Foundation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nobel Center will offer people both in Sweden and internationally a place for knowledge, inspiration and exciting encounters. The Nobel Prize is well established in the world and shows the importance of science, culture and peace efforts as driving forces for positive global development. The Nobel Center will make all of this accessible to a larger audience. For us at the Erling-Persson Foundation, it thus feels important \u2212 together with the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation \u2013 to contribute to the implementation of this initiative,\u201d says Stefan Persson<\/strong>, Chairman of the Erling-Persson Foundation.<\/p>\n

The Nobel Center will be a venue for Nobel Prize laureates, Stockholm residents, tourists, students and their teachers. The goal is for all students in Sweden to visit the Center at some point during their school years. Teachers will be offered lesson materials and continuing education. There will also be extensive programme and exhibition activities at the Nobel Center based on the laureates, their discoveries and their works. A preview can be seen as early as this autumn, when the Nobel Prize Museum opens an exhibition entitled Life Eternal<\/em> at the Liljevalchs art gallery in Stockholm. The entire area that usually houses the Liljevalchs spring salon will display a mix of science, art and cultural history that demonstrates different approaches to eternity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that the establishment of the Nobel Center will increase interest in science and persuade more children and youth to dream of becoming researchers. This will be needed if Swedish research is to continue developing and to help find smart solutions to major societal problems. The Swedish government, together with the City of Stockholm, has a positive view towards contributing to the activities at the future Nobel Center,\u201d says Anna Ekstr\u00f6m<\/strong>, Minister for Education.<\/p>\n

\u201cStockholm is the hometown and Sweden is the home country of the Nobel Prize. Located at Slussen, in the heart of Stockholm, the Nobel Center will be easily accessible to both Stockholmers and the millions of tourists who visit our city every year. The Nobel Center will enable more people to become knowledgeable about one of the world’s most famous and prestigious academic prizes, and Stockholm will strengthen its position as a top-ranking, innovative city of science,\u201d says Anna K\u00f6nig Jerlmyr<\/strong>, Mayor of Stockholm.<\/p>\n

At today\u2019s press conference Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation, also announced that the intention is to hire David Chipperfield Architects Berlin to design the new Nobel Center. This is one of the world’s most renowned architectural firms, which also became quite familiar with the public activities surrounding the Nobel Prize during the previous project.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor research and education at Swedish institutions of higher education, the Nobel Prize is incredibly important \u2212 for the broader image of Sweden as an advanced scientific nation but also for its powerful role in attracting researchers and graduate students to our country. We believe that a Nobel Center that is accessible to everyone, in the heart of the city \u2212 filled with inspiring content and providing a place for dialogue across national, disciplinary and societal boundaries \u2212 will be highly valuable to our country. We are therefore pleased to join with the Erling-Persson Foundation to make the establishment of a Nobel Center possible,\u201d says Peter Wallenberg Jr<\/strong>, Chairman of the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.<\/p>\n

For further information, please contact
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Here you can find press images: <\/span>https:\/\/nobelprize.org\/press-images-nobel-foundation<\/a>
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