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In 1968, The Bank of Sweden (Sveriges Riksbank) establishes The Prize in Economic Sciences which is technically not considered a Nobel Prize.
Interesting facts about the Nobel Prize
• Individuals and organizations awarded a Nobel Prize are called Laureates which refers to laurel wreath. In ancient Greece they were given to victors as a symbol of honor.
• Since 1901 there have been 830 Laureates and 23 organizations who have been awarded the Nobel Prize
• Only 40 women have received this high honor.
Marie Curie: In 1903 her discovery of radioactivity earned her the Nobel Prize in physics. In 1911, she won it for chemistry.
Portrait of Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum (1979).
Gabriela Mistral: Nobel Literature Prize (1945).
1979’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner Mother Teresa.
Shirin Ebadi, an Ira- nian lawyer and human rights activist, who
was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003.
The Aesir 115 Norse Mithology