Press Release

Announcements of the 2007 Nobel Prizes and
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

August 17, 2007

The Nobel Foundation wishes to inform you that the Nobel Prize-Awarding Institutions have set the following dates for their announcement of the respective Nobel Laureates for 2007:

Monday, October 8 11:30 a.m. at the earliest	The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Wallenbergsalen, Nobel Forum, Nobels väg 1, Stockholm
Tuesday, October 9 11:45 a.m. at the earliest	The Nobel Prize in Physics The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sessionssalen, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm
Wednesday, October 10 11:45 a.m. at the earliest	The Nobel Prize in Chemistry The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sessionssalen, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm
Friday, October 12 11:00 a.m.	The Nobel Peace Prize The Norwegian Nobel Committee, The Norwegian Nobel Institute, Store Sal, Henrik Ibsens gate 51, Oslo
Monday, October 15 1:00 p.m. at the earliest	The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sessionssalen, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm

In keeping with tradition, the Swedish Academy will set the date for its announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature later.

The announcements will also be made on the official website of the Nobel Foundation:
http://nobelprize.org

Each 2007 Nobel Prize will amount to 10.0 million Swedish kronor (2006: MSEK 10.0). In other words the sum of the Nobel Prizes (Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace) will be MSEK 50.0. In addition, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel will amount to MSEK 10.0.

For further information, please contact Jonna Petterson, phone: +46 8 663 27 65 or e-mail: jonna.petterson@nobel.se.

Stockholm, August 17, 2007

THE NOBEL FOUNDATION