Swedish initiator of international prizes (5)

I believe the answer is:

nobel

(Other definitions for nobel that I've seen before include "Giver of many prizes" , "Alfred --, international prize founder" , "Prize giver" , "6 24 113 [SCAN-DIN-AVIAN] chemist" , "Alfred -, Swedish dynamite inventor" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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