Nobel Week Dialogue 2024: The Future of Health 

Nobel Prize Concert 2024

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.

Listen to the concert on Swedish Radio

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Soprano Malin Byström, conductor Petr Popelka and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra performed at the Nobel Prize Concert 2024.

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Upcoming livestreams

Watch the livestreams during Nobel Week 2024.

Nobel Prize lecture in literature

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Han Kang delivering her Nobel Prize lecture in literature on 7 December 2024 at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.

© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Anna Svanberg

Nobel Prize lectures

Meet this year’s banquet chefs

What’s on – Nobel Week

Stockholm

Nobel Week Lights is a festival lighting up Stockholm during the darkest time of the year – a free cultural experience for everyone.

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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. 

Illustration of nuclear threat

NUKES – How to counter the threat. Nobel Peace Prize Forum 2024.

Ill: Norwegian Nobel Institute

Statement on Narges Mohammadi’s release

Questions and answers

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.

Benjamin List receiving his Nobel Prize medal.

© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Bernhard Ludewig

All guests assembled for the Nobel Prize banquet inside the glimmering Blue Hall.

© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Anna Svanberg.

What do the laureates receive?

Each diploma is a unique work of art, created by leading Swedish and Norwegian artists and calligraphers. Read more about the diplomas here.

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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

Drew Weissman showing his Nobel Prize medal during a visit to the Nobel Foundation on 11 December 2023.

© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Dan Lepp.

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.

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Laureates Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier at the Nobel Prize award ceremony, 10 December 2023.

© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Nanaka Adachi

Alfred Nobel – Established the Nobel Prize

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.”

Read more about the founder of the Nobel Prize

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Nobel Prizes 2024

Discover Nobel Prize Lessons

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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In memoriam

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”.

Biography

Leon Neil Cooper

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”.

Biography

Andrew V. Schally

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.”

Biography

Tsung-Dao (T.D.) Lee

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

Biography

Robin Warren