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ID-nummer

2025.004.000

Titel

Calendar and pen

Publik beskrivning

Bengt Samuelsson noted all his travels and meetings in his calendar by hand. The calendar had to be very small, with not much space for entries, because it was important for him to have time for his own research.

Samuelsson had many assignments, especially after being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1982. He was involved in multiple research collaborations and boards. He was also the president of Karolinska Institutet in 1983–1995 and chair of the Nobel Foundation in 1993–2005. When this calendar was in use in 2006, he was still active in research, and he remained with the Karolinska Institutet until his death in 2024.

The spread for May shows a few of Samuelsson's commitments and interests. He travelled to La Jolla, California, for a meeting on lipidomics, a field of research where Samuelsson's contributions have been seminal. One meeting concerned the research-based pharmaceutical company Biolipox, of which Samuelsson was a board member. A meeting with the food society Måltidsakademien reveals his passion for gastronomy. A conference in Stockholm organised by the scientific journal Nature is also scheduled.

For his wife Karin, the calendar and pen are intimately associated with memories of her husband. She donated the items to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2025.

Pristagare

Bengt I. Samuelsson