Alfred Nobel's Request To Humanity is an event that can happen to 
Sweden (but not 
Scandinavia). It signifies the creation of the world famous Nobel Prizes.
It can happen anytime between 1898 and 1905, and the only other requirement is that Sweden is at peace.
It has a mean time to happen of 1 year, which is reduced by 10% after 1899 and another 5% after 1900.
It gives a staggering 50 prestige, which is one of the highest amount of prestige one can gain in one go in the entire game. It also opens the possibility for other nations to win various Nobel prizes, which also gives prestige.
The Ingame text The Last Will of the recently deceased Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel has has reserved his entire fortune to the establishment of a foundation to award prizes each year to meritorious researchers in the field of chemistry, physics and psychology or medicine as well as authors of groundbreaking litterature and activist whose work best promote international peace and cooperation.
The only option states: Yes, it is an excellent opportunity to show our nation's progress.
Note that the event is not in the Swedish event file, but in the one for Nobel Prizes