Prize announcement

Announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry by professor Hans Ellegren, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on 8 October 2025.

Interview about the awarded work

“They have taken basic principles of chemistry and have been able to build remarkable materials.”

Olof Ramström, professor of organic chemistry and member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, was interviewed by Sharon Jåma.

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