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This year’s Nobel Week Dialogue will delve into the critical subject of our health.
This year’s divertissement at the Nobel Prize banquet will be a swirling mix of music and dance. Laleh, one of Sweden’s biggest artists, will perform newly composed music together with dancers from BASE23 and solo musicians.
Laleh.
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1 (of 17) Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, arriving in Oslo, Norway, for the Nobel Prize celebrations.
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2 (of 17) Han Kang meeting people after her literature lecture at the Swedish Academy on 7 December.
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3 (of 17) John J. Hopfield delivering his Nobel Prize lecture in physics on 8 December 2024 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University.
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4 (of 17) Han Kang delivering her Nobel Prize lecture in literature at the Swedish Academy on 7 December.
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5 (of 17) David Baker in front of a dress inspired by the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, made by Jane Elliotte Svahn and Alvaro Sanchez, and shown in the exhibition ‘Nobel Creations 2024’ at the Nobel Prize Museum.
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6 (of 17) Victor Ambros talking to a student after his Nobel Prize lecture at Karolinska Institutet.
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7 (of 17) Nobel Prize lecture at Karolinska Institutet by Gary Ruvkun, Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine 2024.
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8 (of 17) Nobel Week Lights 2024: ‘Leading Lights’ by Les Atelier BK is a luminous tribute to the brilliance of female pioneers. Drawing inspiration from extensive scientific and historical research, the piece is a grand celebration of their groundbreaking contributions to humanity.
Photo: Benoît Derrier. Artist: Les Atelier BK
9 (of 17) Like many laureates before him, physics laureate Geoffrey Hinton signed a chair at the laureates’ get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2024.
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10 (of 17) Like many laureates before her, literature laureate Han Kang signed a chair at the laureates’ get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2024.
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12 (of 17) Economic sciences laureate James A. Robinson with his signed chair at the Nobel Prize Museum on 6 December 2024.
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13 (of 17) Eight of the 2024 laureates assembled at the Nobel Prize Museum, 6 December 2024. Back row: Victor Ambros, Han Kang, David Baker and Demis Hassabis. Front row: James A. Robinson, Simon Johnson, John Jumper and Gary Ruvkun.
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14 (of 17) Chemistry laureate John Jumper (right) arriving at the laureates’ get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2024.
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15 (of 17) Chemistry laureate Demis Hassabis arriving at the laureates’ get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2024.
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16 (of 17) Chemistry laureate David Baker arriving at the laureates’ get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2024.
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17 (of 17) Medicine laureate Gary Ruvkun speaking in Sveriges Riksdag (Parliament of Sweden), 4 December 2024.
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Swedish soprano Malin Byström and conductor Petr Popelka performed together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at the Nobel Prize Concert in Konserthuset Stockholm on 8 December. They performed a programme of dance-inspired music by Vítezslava Kaprálová, Richard Strauss and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Soprano Malin Byström, conductor Petr Popelka and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra performed at the Nobel Prize Concert 2024.
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Watch the 2024 literature laureate Han Kang deliver her Nobel Prize lecture at the Swedish Academy on 7 December.
Transcript of Han Kang’s Nobel Prize lecture in Korean
Transcript of Han Kang’s Nobel Prize lecture
Transkribering av Han Kangs Nobelföreläsning
Han Kang delivering her Nobel Prize lecture in literature on 7 December 2024 at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.
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Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun. Watch the lectures
John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton. Watch the lectures
David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper. Watch the lectures
James A. Robinson, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson. Watch the lectures
The 2024 Nobel Prize banquet chef Jessie Sommarström and pastry chef Frida Bäcke highlight seasonal ingredients such as beets and apples – and surprise with a luxurious version of a breakfast favourite.
Frida Bäcke and Jessie Sommarström are the Nobel Prize banquet chefs 2024.
Photo: Dan Lepp
Stockholm
Nobel Week Lights is a festival lighting up Stockholm during the darkest time of the year – a free cultural experience for everyone.
This artwork is in conversation with Nobel Prize laureate Rabindranath Tagore’s play, The Waterfall, where themes of nature versus artifice and control versus freedom are deeply explored.
Photo: Benoît Derrier Artist: Studio UxU
Oslo
At this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Forum, three former Nobel Peace Prize laureates and leading experts on global nuclear politics will discuss strategies to mitigate the risk of nuclear war and advance toward nuclear disarmament.
NUKES – How to counter the threat. Nobel Peace Prize Forum 2024.
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Read the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s statement on the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi‘s temporary release from prison.
Do you want to know more about the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Prize laureates? Find answers to the most commonly asked questions in the FAQ.
Benjamin List receiving his Nobel Prize medal.
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All guests assembled for the Nobel Prize banquet inside the glimmering Blue Hall.
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Each diploma is a unique work of art, created by leading Swedish and Norwegian artists and calligraphers. Read more about the diplomas here.
Artist: Lars Eje Larsson Calligrapher: Marianne Pettersson Soold Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Dan Lepp © The Nobel Foundation 2023
The front of the gold Nobel Prize medals depict Alfred Nobel. The image on the reverse varies according to the institution awarding the prize. Read more about the medals.
Drew Weissman showing his Nobel Prize medal during a visit to the Nobel Foundation on 11 December 2023.
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The current amount is at SEK 11 million per full Nobel Prize. A Nobel Prize can be awarded to up to three laureates who share the prize sum. Find out more about the prize amounts throughout history.
Laureates Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier at the Nobel Prize award ceremony, 10 December 2023.
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Alfred Nobel signed his last will in Paris on 27 November 1895. He specified that the bulk of his fortune should be divided into five parts and to be used for prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace to “those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.”
This year’s laureates used tools from physics to construct methods that helped lay the foundation for today’s powerful machine learning.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 is about proteins, life’s ingenious chemical tools.
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun discovered microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene regulation.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 is awarded to the South Korean author Han Kang, “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.”
The grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.
This year’s laureates have provided new insights into why there are such vast differences in prosperity between nations.
Discover more about the Nobel Prizes with the easy-to-use Nobel Prize Lessons. Watch the videos, look through the manual and slides, print the texts for students and start the class.
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This fast-paced game relies on a keen knowledge of food containing vitamin B1.
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Physicist Leon N. Cooper passed away on 23 October 2024. He was awarded the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics “for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory”.
Endocrinologist Andrew V. Schally died on 17 October 2024. He was awarded the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain”.
Tsung Dao Lee passed away on 4 August, age 97. He was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics for his “penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles.”
J. Robin Warren passed away on 23 July 2024. He was awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease
