Reward those scientists and scholars who have made outstanding contributions to the happiness and progress of mankind. To this end, Sweden established the Nobel Foundation, 1900, on June 29th, and the board of directors managed and distributed the prize money.
There are six Nobel Prizes, among which there are three natural sciences: physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology. The other three are literature, peace and economics.
199 1 year, the Nobel Prize reached 6 million Swedish kronor, which is equivalent to the actual value when the Nobel Prize was awarded for the first time exceeding 190 1.
Since then, the Nobel Prize has increased year by year. The Nobel Prize of 1992 is 6.5 million Swedish kronor, and that of 1993 is 6.7 million Swedish kronor. In 2000, the prizes of five individual Nobel Prizes and Nobel Prize in Economics reached 9 million Swedish kronor (1 10,000 US dollars), far exceeding the nominal value of the whole original fund and the actual value of the original prize.
On the centennial birthday of the Nobel Prize in 200 1 year, the amount of the Nobel Prize reached 6.5438+million kronor (about 6.5438+0.4 million US dollars), and it has remained at this level ever since.