Nobel Prize Teacher Summit
Health – A global concern
On 20 March 2026, teachers from around the world gathered in Stockholm for the 2026 Nobel Prize Teacher Summit. Throughout the day, Nobel Prize laureates, scientists, psychologists, and educators offered various perspectives on global health.
Together they confronted urgent questions about access, equity, and shared responsibility.
The 2026 theme
Viruses know no borders, inequalities persist despite available solutions, and the neglect of one child’s education may reverberate across the world. Why do millions still die from malaria when there are ways of preventing it? Why are lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic so quickly forgotten?
In Health – A global concern, health was explored from multiple perspectives – scientific, social, and educational. The summit highlighted how education may serve as a bridge between science and society; between individual lives and collective futures, between the local classroom and the global village.
Global health is everyone’s business. The choices we make in education and policy today will determine the well-being of generations tomorrow. Today, more than ever, health is not a private matter or a local issue – it is a global concern.
Highlights from the summit
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Morten Meldal about education
Morten Meldal was a speaker at the 2026 Nobel Prize Teacher Summit. Here he shares his thoughts about education in natural sciences and memories from teachers who have inspired him.
The summit, recorded
Watch the full recording of the 2026 summit below.
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Speaker presentations, main stage
Speaker presentations, breakout sessions
Images from the summit
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Queue outside Münchenbryggeriet.
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Stefan Swartling Peterson.
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Stefan Swartling Peterson.
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Karin Tegmark Wisell and Isak Petersson.
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Otto Cars.
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Morten Meldal.
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Morten Meldal and Gustav Källstrand.
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Dancers at Nobel Prize Teacher Summit 2026.
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Isak Petersson and Alexander Norén.
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Anders Hansen and Carin Klaesson.
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Morten Meldal.
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Participants at the 2026 summit.
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Johan von Schreeb and Carin Klaesson.
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Shepherd Urenje and Carin Klaesson.
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Jazz performance to end the summit.
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Bonus material from our speakers
Listen to interviews with some of the speakers from the 2026 summit.
Stefan Swartling Peterson
Anna Mia Ekström
Anders Hansen
Voices from the day
Listen to interviews with some of the teachers that attended the 2026 summit.