Nobel - Definition and Overview

Nobel, (Swedish pronuncaition: nou´bell ), can mean:

• Nobel Prize - awarded annually since 1901, from the bequest of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel
  • Nobel Prize in Physics
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  • Nobel Prize for Literature
  • Nobel Peace Prize
• Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel - awarded annually since 1968

• Alfred Nobel - the inventor of dynamite, instituted the Nobel Prizes
• Emmanuel Nobel - the father of Alfred Nobel

• Nobel Industries - a corporation founded by Alfred Nobel
• Nobel Biocare - a bio-tech company, formerly a subsidiary of Nobel Industries
• Akzo Nobel - the result of the merger between Akzo and Nobel Industries in 1994

• nobel (coin), a medieval coin

• possible misspelling of noble.