This a selection of standard works about the life and work of Alfred Nobel.
Alfred Nobel. Networks of Innovation
by U. Larsson
Nobel Museum Archives; 10, published by the Nobel Museum, Stockholm, 2008, distributed in the USA and Canada by Science History Publications, USA
ISSN 1404-7586
ISBN N-0-88135-399-X
In English
Alfred Nobel
by T. Frängsmyr
Published by the Swedish Institute, 2004
Translation by Judith Black
Presents the life of Alfred Nobel, not only tracing his
scientific and entrepreneurial achievements from the
earliest days, but also focusing on the private
individual behind them.
ISBN 91-520-0417-I |
Alfred Nobel
by Thomas Hellberg and Lars Magnus Jansson
Publisher: Alno Production, KB, Stockholm, 1984
1986 updated edition; Publisher: Lagerblads Förlag, AB,
Karlshamn, English version.
The authors have researched Alfred Nobel's life for more than ten
years, primarily for material for a drama-documentary TV film.
This richly illustrated book about Alfred Nobel's inventions,
career and personal life was published to commemorate the 150th
anniversary of Alfred Nobel's birth.
ISBN 91-7260-977-X
141 pages
The Legacy of Alfred
Nobel
by Ragnar Sohlman
Authorized by the Nobel Foundation
Publisher: The Bodley Head, London, 1983
Translation by E. Schubert
First published in Swedish (Ett Testamente) in 1950 and
tells the full, dramatic story of the establishment of the Nobel
Foundation. Written by Ragnar Sohlman, Alfred Nobel's secretary
and assistant whom Alfred Nobel appointed as one of the executors
of his will. The English translation was published in 1983, in
association with the Nobel Foundation, to mark the 150th
anniversary of Alfred Nobel's birth.
ISBN 0-370-30990-I
144 pages
Ett Testamente. Hur Alfred
Nobels dröm blev verklighet
by R. Sohlman, published by
Bokförlaget Atlantis AB, Stockholm, 2001, in Swedish,
ISBN 917486-529-3 (originally published as Ett Testamente.
Nobelstiftelsens tillkomsthistoria och dess grundare by R.
Sohlman, published by P.A. Norstedt & Söners
Förlag, Stockholm, 1950. Out of print).
Translations:
- Zaveshchanie Alfreda Nobelja, translated
by D. E. and E. M. Leykin, published by MIR Publishers, Moscow,
1993, in Russian.
Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prizes
Published by the Nobel Foundation
Brochure containing information about Alfred Nobel - his life and work; Nobel's will and estate; the Nobel institutions; nomination and selection of the Nobel Laureates and the presentation of the Nobel Prizes. 12 pages |
Nobel. The Man and His Prizes
by Schück, H. et al.
Edited by the Nobel Foundation
Publishers: Solhmans Förlag, Stockholm, 1950
University of Oklahoma Press, 1951
Third revised, updated and enlarged edition published by American
Elsevier Company, Inc., New York, N.Y. 1972
First published in 1950 to commemorate the
50th anniversary of the Nobel Foundation. Contains a summary of
Alfred Nobel's life and work; an account of the establishment of
the Nobel Foundation; and surveys of outstanding achievements in
the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine,
literature and peace.
The third revised edition brings the history of the awards up to
1970. It contains a sketch of Alfred Nobel's life, an account of
the initial difficulties and later development of the Nobel
Foundation, and an extensively revised description of seventy
years' progress in the five Prize categories, viewing in
historical perspective the work of the Nobel Laureates.
ISBN 0-444-00117-4
659 pages
Translations:
- Los Premios Nobel y su Fundador,
authorized by the Nobel Foundation, published by Aguilar S.A. de
Ediciones, Madrid, 1959, in Spanish.
- Nobel, l’uomo e i
suoi Premi (abbreviated), authorized by the Nobel Foundation,
published by Fratelli Fabbri Editori, Milano, 1963, in
Italian.
- Nobel, o homen e seus Prèmios
(abbreviated), authorized by the Nobel Foundation, published by
Editóra Delta, Rio de Janeiro, 1964, in
Portuguese.
- Nobel, l'homme et ses Prix (abbreviated), authorized by the Nobel Foundation, published by Presses du Compagnonnage, Paris, 1965, in French. Abbreviated Japanese version published by Shufunutomo Co., Tokyo, 1972.
- Alfred Nobel, der Mann und seine Preise (abbreviated) authorized by the Nobel Foundation, published by Coron Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart/Zürich, 1972, in German.
Alfred Nobel. Mannen, Verket,
Samtiden
by Sigvard Strandh
Publisher: Natur och Kultur, 1983
The author expounds on how Alfred Nobel
built up his industrial empire as well as his enormous wealth,
and views his inventions in the light of industrial, historical
and political perspectives. The book is peopled with strong
personalities - from Alfred Nobel's brothers to his co-workers,
competitors, friends and relatives.
ISBN 91-27-01283-2
340 pages
In Swedish
The Russian Rockefellers. The Saga of the
Nobel Family and the Russian Oil Industry
by R. W. Tolf
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford CA, 1976
Contains the first fully documented history of the Nobel family and the first comprehensive survey of the oil industry in pre-Bolshevik Russia.
ISBN 0-8179-6581-5
269 pages
Alfred Nobel och hans
släkt
by H. Schück and R. Sohlman, published by Almqvist &
Wiksells Boktryckeri AB, Uppsala, 1926, in Swedish. Out of
print.
Alfred Nobel
by E.
Bergengren, published by Gebers Förlag, Stockholm, 1960, in Swedish.
Translations:
- Alfred Nobel. The Man and his Work,
authorized by the Nobel Foundation and published by Thomas Nelson
& Sons Ltd., Edinburgh, 1962, in English.
- Alfred Nobel, authorized by the Nobel Foundation, published by Bechtle Verlag, Munich, 1963, in German.
- Alfred Nobel,
authorized by the Nobel Foundation, published by Hakusuisha Publ.
Co., Tokyo, 1968, in Japanese.
- Alfred Nobel. L'homme et son oeuvre,
authorized by the Nobel Foundation, published by
Sequoia-Elsevier, Paris- Brussels, 1970, in French.
Nobel
by S. Tjerneld,
published by Albert Bonniers boktryckeri, Stockholm, 1972, in
Swedish, ISBN 91-0-037341-1.
Alfred Nobel som internationell
företagare
by R. Lundström, thesis at Uppsala
University 1974, printed by Tofters Tryckeri AB,
Östervåla 1974, in Swedish, ISBN
91-554-0197-X.
Nobel a Sanremo
by G.
Lotti, published by Officina Grafica della Sagep S.p.A., Genoa,
1980, in Italian.
Nobel och hans
tid. Fem
essayer
by G. Brandell, T. Browaldh, G. Eriksson, S. Strandh and
S.Tägil, edited by P. Sörbom, published by
Bokförlaget Atlantis AB, Stockholm, 1983, in Swedish,
ISBN 91-7486-315-0.
Alfred Bernhard Nobel
by K. Fant, published
by Norstedts Förlag AB, Stockholm, 1991, in Swedish,
ISBN 91-1-919072-7.
Translations:
- Alfred Nobel, published by
Arcade Publishing Inc., New York, 1993, in English, ISBN
1-55970-222-2.
- Alfred Nobel, published by Birkhäuser Verlag AG, Basel, 1995, in German, ISBN 3-7643-5059-8.
- Also translations by Estonian (Vilnius), Latvian (Tallin), Bulgarian (Sofia), Japanese and Swiss publishers.
Chère Baronne et
Amie. Cher monsieur et ami. Der Briefwechsel zwischen Alfred
Nobel und Bertha von Suttner
by Edelgard Biedermann,
published by Georg Olms
Verlag, Hildesheim (Germany), 2001, in German, ISBN
3-487-11492-5.