SSE and the Nobel Prize
The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) has close and long-standing ties to the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Our faculty contribute to the selection process, the School hosts hosts Nobel-related events, discussions and visits, and students help carry forward traditions linked to Nobel celebrations in Stockholm.
Faculty and the prize process
Over the years, several SSE professors have served on the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences, the body that prepares reports and recommendations for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The committee’s work is central to the process leading to the selection of Nobel Laureates and requires a deep understanding of the many fields that make up modern economics.
SSE’s presence on the committee reflects the School’s strong academic tradition and the breadth of expertise within its faculty. It also highlights how research at SSE contributes to the international conversation in economics and to the recognition of new ideas that shape the discipline.
Nobel Calling Stockholm
When the Nobel Prizes are announced in October, Stockholm becomes a meeting place for knowledge and ideas. Nobel Calling Stockholm, coordinated by the Nobel Prize Museum, is a program of public events that turns the spotlight on research and dialogue at universities, museums, and cultural institutions across the city.
As a partner, SSE contributes lectures, dialogues, and panel discussions that invite the public to engage with economics and related fields. These events reflect the School’s mission to connect research with society and to foster conversations about how knowledge can address today’s challenges.
Meeting the Nobel laureates
Each December, SSE hosts an open discussion with that year’s Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences. The event gives faculty, students, staff, and invited guests the opportunity to hear directly from the laureate about their research and the ideas recognized by the prize.
The discussion is designed to be accessible and engaging, offering insights into how cutting edge research develops and why it matters for society. For students, it provides a chance to meet leading scholars and to see how theories taught in the classroom connect with real-world questions. Over time, these conversations have become a valued tradition at SSE and a way to deepen the School’s connection to the global research community.
Students’ Nobel NightCap
The official afterparty for the Nobel Banquet is organized by student associations at four Stockholm universities, which take turns hosting the event. The event brings together laureates, students, and guests in a festive conclusion to the Nobel celebrations.
Every four years, the Student Association at SSE (SASSE) hosts the event. The next time SSE will host the party is in 2026. Students who are interested in working with the Students’ Nobel NightCap can contact the organizing team directly.
Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
The Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is responsible for proposing candidates for the prize.
Current members
Anna Dreber Almenberg
Professor of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
Anna Dreber Almenberg is the Johan Björkman Professor of Economics and a member of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. She is a Wallenberg Scholar, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA), and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).
Richard Friberg
Professor of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
Richard Friberg is the Jacob Wallenberg Professor of Economics and a member of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. His research focuses on imperfectly competitive markets (industrial organization), with an emphasis on firms’ responses to uncertainty and risk, particularly exchange rate risk.
Tommy Andersson
Affiliated Professor of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
Tommy Andersson is an Affiliated Professor of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics and a member of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He is also a board member and president-elect of the Society for Economic Design (board member since 2014; president from 2023) and an editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Economics (since 2020).
Former members
Tore Ellingsen
Professor of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
Tore Ellingsen, holder of the Ragnar Söderberg Chair in Economics, is a former chair of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He is also chair of the Social Sciences Class at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and an adjunct professor at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen.
Per Strömberg
Professor of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics
Per Strömberg is the SSE Centennial Professor of Finance and Private Equity at the Stockholm School of Economics and a former member of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Bertil Ohlin: Nobel Laureate and SSE professor
Bertil Ohlin was a professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965. He was awarded the Prize in Economic Sciences in 1977 for his research on international trade. With a lecture hall and a street named in his honor, as well as a statue outside of the main building, his legacy is still present at SSE today.
Shortly after taking up his professorship at SSE, Ohlin published Interregional and International Trade. The book outlined what is now known as the Heckscher–Ohlin model and helped establish him as a world-renowned economist.
At the same time, Ohlin combined his academic work with an active political career. He served as leader of the Liberal People’s Party from 1944 to 1967.
He received the Prize in Economic Sciences in 1977 together with James E. Meade “for their pathbreaking contribution to the theory of international trade and international capital movements.”
Ohlin later reflected on his career: “I have found it all to be a fascinating business.”
His legacy has been solidified at SSE through a lecture hall and a street named in his honor, as well as a statue on the corner of Bertil Ohlins gata and Kungstensgatan.
Read Bertil Ohlin's full biography on the Nobel Prize website.
The Ohlin Lectures
In order to honor the significant scientific achievements of Bertil Ohlin, the Stockholm School of Economics arranges the annual Ohlin Lectures.
The lectures are devoted to important economic problems in areas close to Ohlin’s heart. and are subsequently published in book form by the MIT Press, Cambridge, MA and London, in a series that has gained a wide readership.