The Marcus Wallenberg Prize

The 2023 Marcus Wallenberg Prize

Groundbreaking economic models for integrated analysis of the forest sector The 2023 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Drs Darius M. Adams, Joseph Buongiorno and Richard Haynes for their development of the original and groundbreaking forest economic models TAMM and PAPYRUS and its extension to the global forest products model GFPM. The prize will be presented by HM the King of Sweden at a ceremony in Stockholm in November this year.

The Purpose

The purpose of the Prize is to recognize, encourage and stimulate pathbreaking scientific achievements which contribute significantly to broadening knowledge and to technical development within the fields of importance to forestry and forest industries

News

October 11, 2022

The 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize

The 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize of SEK 2 million is awarded to Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen and Professor Herbert Sixta for the development and use of novel ionic liquids to process wood biomass into high-performance textile fibres. King Carl XVI Gustaf presented the prize on Monday 11 October in Stockholm.

September 30, 2022

MWP Symposium 2022 invitation

We are proud to invite you to the 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize Symposium, that will be held online as well as on premises in Stockholm, to celebrate the MWP 2022 Laureates..

April 7, 2022

Sustainable concept for wood-based textile fibres

The 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen and Professor Herbert Sixta for the development and use of novel ionic liquids to process wood biomass into high-performance textile fibres.