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Hanna Stjärne
Hanna Stjärne is the Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation since January 2025. She is tasked with strengthening the finances and position of the Nobel Prize in the long term, and further developing the public activities surrounding the Nobel Prize in Sweden, Norway and globally.
Stjärne is one of Sweden’s best-known journalists and media executives. She started her journalistic career as a reporter, news anchor and foreign correspondent at Swedish Radio, moving on to various management positions at the company. She was then appointed CEO and Editor in Chief at Upsala Nya Tidning, and during her leadership the newspaper was awarded several prizes, among them as the best newspaper in the country, and recognitions for investigative reporting and digital cultural journalism.
In 2014 Stjärne was appointed CEO at Swedish Television. Her leadership has focused strongly on digitalization, strong Swedish content and creating a modern public service company that engages all of Sweden.
Stjärne has served on numerous boards in the media sector in Sweden and internationally. Since 2025 she is chair of the board at the University of Gothenburg and appointed member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).