Marcus Wallenberg Prize

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Marcus Wallenberg Prize
Awarded forOutstanding contributions in forestry
Presented by
  • Selection Committee of international eminent forestry researchers
First award
  • 1981;44 years ago (1981)
No. of prize winners40 Prizes to 70 Laureates as of 2024
Website http://mwp.org   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Marcus Wallenberg Prize is the highest award in the field of forestry. [1] [2] Established in 1981, the award is modeled on the Nobel Prize, and colloquially called the "Nobel Prize for Forestry". The award is named after the Swedish Industrialist Marcus Wallenberg Jr. who was managing director and subsequently chairman of Stockholms Enskilda Bank and later chairman and honorary chairman of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, as well as chairman and honorary chairman of a number of Swedish and international organisations and companies. The Marcus Wallenberg Prize was instituted by Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags AB at its annual meeting in 1980 [3] to commemorate the services rendered by Dr. Marcus Wallenberg during his long term as member and chairman of the board of directors. Every year a selection committee decides on the recipient from nominations [4] received from academics and research organisations. The award is awarded in the autumn of each year in Stockholm, Sweden, at a symposium consisting of lectures from the recipient and invited speakers. The 2020 Award ceremony was postponed [5] due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Recipients

NameCountryYear
Harry Hutchinson HoltonCanada1981
Ricardo O FoschiCanada1982
Bruno Andersson, Egon Höglund, Bertil Johansson and Bengt ThöressonSweden1983
Leopoldo G Brandão, Edgard Campinhos Jr, Ney M Dos Santos and Yara K IkemoriBrazil1984
Karl-Erik Eriksson and T. Kent KirkSweden and USA1985
Johan Gullichsen Finland1986
Derek Barnes and Mark T. ChurchlandCanada1987
Bernhard UlrichGermany1988
Torsten IngestadSweden1989
Donald H. MarxUSA1991
Nils Hartler and Ants TederSweden1993
Gene NamkoongCanada1994
Lennart Eriksson, Gerdt Fladda and Thorulf PetterssonSweden1995
Erkki TomppoFinland1997
Keith Miles and Donald MayCanada1998
Pekka Eskelinen, Raimo Virta and Vesa VuorinenFinland1999
Robert H. LeicesterAustralia2000
Robert EvansAustralia2001
Melvin TyreeUSA2002
Johanna Buchert, Maija Tenkanen, Tapani Vuorinen and Anita Teleman [6] Finland and Sweden2003
Paul Olof MeinanderFinland2004
Tom Kjelgaard, Katarina Magnusson and Ulf RingdahlSweden2005
Antoine KremerFrance2006
Ove NilssonSweden2007
Bjarne Holmbom and Christer EckermanFinland2008
Jouni Ikäheimo, Vesa Kajander and Bengt WelinFinland2009
Hans Joachim BlassGermany2010
Erik NæssetNorway2011
Mika Viljanmaa [7] Finland2012
Derek Gray [8] Canada2013
Magnus Berggren [9] Sweden2014
Akira Isogai, Tsuguyuki Saito and Yoshiharu Nishiyama [10] Japan and France2015
Alexander Katsevich and Federico Giudiceandrea [11] USA and Italy2016
Ronald R. Sederoff [12] USA2017
Torgny Näsholm [13] Sweden2018
Gerhard Schickhofer [14] Austria2019
Joseph J Landsberg, Richard H. Waring and Nicholas Coops [15] [16] [17] [18] Australia, USA and Canada2020
Ilkka Kilpeläinen and Herbert SixtaFinland and Austria2022
Darius M. Adams, Joseph Buongiorno and Richard HaynesUSA2023
John Ralph and Wout BoerjanUSA and Belgium2024
Gerald TuskanUSA2025

References

  1. ↑ "Marcus Wallenberg Prize" . Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  2. ↑ "Marcus Wallenberg Prize" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  3. ↑ "Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2017" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  4. ↑ "MWP Call for nominations" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  5. ↑ "The Marcus Wallenberg Prize postponed to autumn 2021" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  6. ↑ "Award, The Marcus Wallenberg prize" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  7. ↑ "METSO'S Viljanmaa awarded Marcus Wallenberg Prize" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  8. ↑ "Announcement of the 2013 Marcus Wallenberg Prize" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  9. ↑ "The King presents the Marcus Wallenberg Prize to Professor Magnus Berggren" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  10. ↑ "Report on Marcus Wallenberg award" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  11. ↑ "The King presents the Marcus Wallenberg Prize" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  12. ↑ "Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2017: Geneticist Ron Sederoff takes top forestry award" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  13. ↑ "Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2018: Torgny Näsholm honoured for research on organic nitrogen uptake by trees" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  14. ↑ "The Marcus Wallenberg Prize Announcement at World Wood Day 2019 Symposium" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  15. ↑ "The Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2020 announced" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  16. ↑ "Prestigious prize for forestry researchers" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  17. ↑ "OSU'S Waring shares Marcus Wallenberg Prize" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
  18. ↑ "Nicholas Coops receives the Marcus Wallenberg Prize" . Retrieved 2021-10-03.
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