The Rolf Schock Prizes were established and endowed by bequest of philosopher and artist Rolf Schock (1933–1986). The prizes were first awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1993 and have been awarded every two years since. Each recipient currently receives SEK 400,000 (ca. US $60,000). A similar prize is the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, established by the Inamori Foundation.

The Prizes are awarded in four categories and decided by committees of three of the Swedish Royal Academies:

• Logic and Philosophy (decided by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
• Mathematics (decided by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
• Visual Arts (decided by the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts)
• Musical Arts (decided by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music)

  Laureates in Logic and Philosophy

Year	Name(s)	Country
1993	Willard V. Quine	United States
1995	Michael Dummett	United Kingdom
1997	Dana S. Scott	United States
1999	John Rawls	United States
2001	Saul A. Kripke	United States
2003	Solomon Feferman	United States
2005	Jaakko Hintikka	Finland
2008	Thomas Nagel	Yugoslavia /  United States
2011	Hilary Putnam	United States

  Laureates in Mathematics

Year	Name(s)	Country
1993	Elias M. Stein	United States
1995	Andrew Wiles	United Kingdom
1997	Mikio Sato	Japan
1999	Yurij Manin	Russia
2001	Elliott H. Lieb	United States
2003	Richard P. Stanley	United States
2005	Luis Caffarelli	Argentina
2008	Endre Szemerédi	Hungary /  United States
2011	Michael Aschbacher	United States

  Laureates in Visual Arts

Year	Name(s)	Country
1993	Rafael Moneo	Spain
1995	Claes Oldenburg	Sweden /  United States
1997	Torsten Andersson	Sweden
1999	Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron	Switzerland
2001	Giuseppe Penone	Italy
2003	Susan Rothenberg	United States
2005	Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa	Japan
2008	Mona Hatoum	Lebanon /  United Kingdom
2011	Marlene Dumas	South Africa /  Netherlands

  Laureates in Musical Arts

Year	Name(s)	Country
1993	Ingvar Lidholm	Sweden
1995	György Ligeti	Romania /  Austria
1997	Jorma Panula	Finland
1999	Kronos Quartet	United States
2001	Kaija Saariaho	Finland
2003	Anne Sofie von Otter	Sweden
2005	Mauricio Kagel	Argentina
2008	Gidon Kremer	Latvia
2011	Andrew Manze	United Kingdom

  See also

• Nobel Prize
• Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy
• Right Livelihood Award
• Polar Music Prize
• Fields Medal
• Nevanlinna Prize
• Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
• List of prizes, medals, and awards

  External links

• "Rolf Schock Prizes". (brief history of the prize; nomination procedure). The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/en/Prizes/Rolf-Shock-prizes/. Retrieved 2010-06-17. 

• "The Rolf Schock Prizes 2003: From the philosophy of mathematics to the artistry of music". (press release). The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. http://www.kva.se/en/pressroom/press-releases-2008-2001/The-Rolf-Schock-Prizes-2003-From-the-philosophy-of-mathematics-to-the-artistry-of-music/. Retrieved 2010-06-17.