Mr Dynamite at Ö2 Scenkonst Södermalm

We all know his name and the revolutionary prize that has driven global progress. But who was the man Alfred Nobel, and why did he establish these prizes? How did it come about that the man who invented the most feared weapons was also a close friend of the renowned pacifist Bertha von Suttner? Why did he never marry or have children, as he had wished? Nobel also harbored a secret passion—poetry—and one of his great literary idols was the pacifist and reformer Percy Bysshe Shelley. How did this align with his life and his creations? We present the multifaceted Alfred Nobel, whose final wish was nearly thwarted because his family, the authorities, and even King Oscar II opposed the prize—the Nobel Prize that continues to shape our world today.