Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are solely the opinion of the writer and not the Daily Journal. My wife and I share Swedish ancestry, so we knew from the time we were young that the Nobel Peace Prize is ...

Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist who invented dynamite and other powerful explosives. In 1888, a French newspaper mistakenly reported Alfred's death, writing, "The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. A bust of Swedish chemist, inventor and businessman Alfred ...

On 27 November 1897 the multi-millionaire Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament establishing a foundation to honour, among others “champions of peace”, ...