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  • Professor Torgny Näsholm, Umeå, Sweden, will receive the 2018 Marcus Wallenberg Prize of SEK 2 million on Monday 24 September.

    Rewarded for the discovery of sustainable fertilizers

    Professor Torgny Näsholm, Umeå, Sweden, is awarded the 2018 Marcus Wallenberg Prize of SEK 2 million for having documented how organic nitrogen dominates the nutrition of trees in boreal forests. The findings have resulted in new types of fertilizers. Monday 24 September Torgny Näsholm will receive his diploma from the hands of King Carl XVI Gustaf at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.