Alfred Nobel

laureate

Celebrated achievement recipient

• awardHonor given for merit
• medalMetal honor token
• recognitionPerceiving something as known

ceremony · Stockholm · Oslo · physics · chemistry · medicine · literature · peace · economics · nomination

nitroglycerin

Explosive compound, cardiac drug

• blastingExplosive material removal
• detonationExplosive ignition event
• explosiveProne to sudden detonation

patent · gelignite · blasting cap · mining · quarrying · demolition · stabilization · smokeless powder · armaments · munitions

benefactor

One who gives aid

• endowmentPermanent donated fund
• foundationUnderlying support structure
• willFaculty of deliberate choice

testament · legacy · fortune · bequeath · donation · generosity · altruism · humanitarian · charity · giving

patents

Exclusive rights to inventions

• innovationCreating something original
• synthetic rubberMan-made flexible polymer
• engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically

laboratory · experimentation · discovery · prototype · industrialist · pioneer · researcher · breakthrough · chemistry · transfusion

pacifism

Antiwar moral stance

• peace movementCampaign advocating nonviolent resolution
• disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
• armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities

irony · redemption · conscience · antiwar · reconciliation · diplomacy · humanitarian ideals

• ScandinaviansEdvard Munch, Edvard Grieg, Henrik Ibsen, Hans Christian Andersen, Ingmar Bergman
• Nordic ScholarsCarl Linnaeus, Linnaeus, Niels Bohr, Bohr, Celsius
• Nobel Prizelaureate, Stockholm, Oslo, peace prize, prize winner
• Famous SwedesAstrid Lindgren, Carl Linnaeus, Greta Garbo, Ingmar Bergman
• Swedish HistoryViking Age, Great Northern War, Thirty Years War, constitutional monarchy, Peace of Westphalia
• Swedish LeadersChristina