The Karolinska Institute is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden and one of the foremost medical research institutes globally. The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The assembly consists of fifty professors from various medical disciplines at the university. The current vice-chancellor of Karolinska Institute is Annika Östman Wernerson,who took office in March 2023.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee selects the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize each year on behalf of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel's estate,based on instructions of Nobel's will.
Geir Ellingsrud is professor of mathematics at the University of Oslo,where he specialises in algebra and algebraic geometry.
Trygve Wyller is a Norwegian theologian.
Dag Kavlie is a Norwegian shipping engineer. He was a professor and rector (1984–1990) at the Norwegian Institute of Technology,and later worked for the Research Council of Norway.
Ole Hartvig Nissen was a Norwegian philologist and educator. He founded Nissen's Girls' School in Christiania in 1849. In 1865 he became director-general in the Ministry of Education,while remaining one of three joint headmasters of Nissen's Girls' School until 1872. In 1873 he was appointed to the prestigious position as rector of Oslo Cathedral School.
Ole Didrik Lærum was a Norwegian professor of medicine.
Dag Rune Olsen is a Norwegian cancer researcher,professor of biomedical physics at the University of Bergen,and the current rector of the University of Tromsø,where he was hired in 2021. He was the elected rector of the University of Bergen from 2013-2020.
Ruth Eldbjørg Vatvedt Fjeld is a Norwegian linguist. She is a Professor of Lexicography and Dialect Research at the University of Oslo.
Andres Salumets is an Estonian biologist,biochemist,and international infertility expert. He currently is Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the Karolinska Institute.
Mouna Esmaeilzadeh is an Iranian medical doctor,neuroscientist,entrepreneur and TV personality. She has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Stockholm Brain Institute at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. Her expertise and know-how has been covered on Swedish national television where she's invited to talk about science,technology,neuroscience and investments/entrepreneurship. The previous secretary of the Nobel Committee Alf Lindberg,said that Esmaeilzadeh is one of the leading authorities within the "future of health". She was awarded the "MENSA award of the Year" as well as the "Fact-based Optimist of the Year Award" which was handed out in partnership with Google by Warp Institute,amongst many other awards and recognitions.
Curtis Calvin Rice is an American-born Norwegian linguist. He was the rector of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences from 2021 to 2023. Until 2021,he was the rector of Oslo Metropolitan University and formerly of its predecessor institution,Oslo and Akershus University College. Rice was the first rector of Oslo Metropolitan University who was not elected. He began his rectorship at Oslo Metropolitan University on 1 August 2015. A major issue of his tenure as rector has been the question of whether HiOA should apply for the status of a university to become one of Norway's new universities;it received this status on 12 January 2018. Rice is known for controversial views on the status of the Norwegian language in academia,having called for a ban on research papers in Norwegian.
Per Svenningsson is a neurologist specializing in the neuropharmacology of movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease. He is a professor of neurology at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at the Karolinska Institutet and in the Department of Neurology at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm,Sweden. He is the team leader of a research group that studies the underlying pathogenic process of PD. Svenningsson is also a member of many research councils and committee,including the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology.
Inga Bostad is a Norwegian philosopher,writer and educator. She served as prorector of the University of Oslo from 2009 to 2013 and as director of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights from 2014 to 2017.
Ragnhild Helene Hennum is a Norwegian jurist,academic administrator and women's rights leader. She is Professor of Public Law at the University of Oslo Faculty of Law and Director of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights. Hennum served as Pro-Rector of the University of Oslo,the university's second highest official,2014–2017. She previously served as the university's Vice-Rector 2009–2014. Hennum's research fields are criminal law,criminal procedure and sociology of law,and she is a specialist on child sexual abuse,sexual violence in general and forced marriage. She is President of the Norwegian Women's Lobby,the umbrella organisation for the Norwegian women's movement.
Ole Kiehn is a Danish-Swedish neuroscientist. He is Professor of Integrative Neuroscience at the Department of Neuroscience,University of Copenhagen,Denmark,and professor of neurophysiology at Karolinska Institute,Sweden.
The Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education is an award bestowed biennially to "recognise and stimulate high-quality research in the field and to promote long-term improvements of educational practices in medical training”. This award has been presented by the Karolinska Institute since 2004 and entails a prize amount of 50,000 Euro.
Rikard Holmdahl is a Swedish physician and immunologist. He was appointed as a full professor and the head of Medical Inflammation Research (MIR) unit at Lund University in 1993. In 2008,Rikard and his whole research group were recruited to Karolinska Institute. His team was the first to discover and positionally clone a single nucleotide polymorphism at the Ncf1 gene causing susceptibility to autoimmune diseases in rat models. Rikard was an adjunct member of the Nobel Committee for physiology or medicine between 2016 and 2021,and was ranked 2nd among the top immunology scientists in Sweden in 2021.
Hugo Zeberg is a Swedish physician and academic. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Karolinska Institutet.
