The 2026 Nobel Prize announcements run from 5 to 12 October: Medicine on 5 October, Physics on 6 October, Chemistry on 7 October, Literature on 8 October, Peac…
On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his final will at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, directing most of his fortune toward annual prizes in five fields: Physic…
Alfred Nobel died on 10 December 1896. Every Nobel ceremony since has been held on that date — the anniversary of his death — to formally present the medal, diploma and…
Nobel's unusual will needed a working institution behind it. The Nobel Foundation was established in 1900 to manage the fund and coordinate the four awarding institution…
In 1901, the first laureates were named: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (Physics), Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (Chemistry), Emil von Behring (Medicine), Sully Prudhomme (Litera…
Sweden's central bank, Sveriges Riksbank, established the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1968. It was first awarded in 1969 to…
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet opens 2026's announcement week on Monday 5 October, 11:30 CEST at the earliest. As of 17 September 2026, no laureate has been…
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces Physics on 6 October and Chemistry on 7 October 2026, both 11:45 CEST at the earliest — the same academy that later annou…
The Swedish Academy announces the Literature laureate on Thursday 8 October 2026, 13:00 CEST at the earliest — the latest scheduled time of the six 2026 announcements.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announces the Peace Prize on Friday 9 October 2026, 11:00 CEST — in Oslo, not Stockholm, per Alfred Nobel's own 1895 will, which assigned t…
After a weekend gap following the Peace Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences closes 2026's announcement week with the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Science…
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