Nobel Prize award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, 10 December 2018.

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Programme for Nobel Week 2022

Press programme Stockholm

This is the press programme for the Nobel Week in Stockholm. You need to apply for accreditation for some of the activities during the week. For the Nobel Prize award ceremony and the banquet the spaces are very limited.

More information and activities will be added.
All times are in CET.
The press program for Oslo is to be found here:  https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/

5 December

13:30 and 14:15
Meet the chef and the pastry chef for the Nobel Prize banquet
On 5 December the tradition to meet the chef and the pastry chef for the Nobel Prize banquet will take place at the City Hall. The presentation will take place in the City Hall where the menu for the evening on 10 Decemberwill be served.
(13:30 in Swedish and 14:15 in English)
Location: City Hall (Stadshuset)
Accreditation for media: [email protected]

16:00 – 17:00
Guided tour for media in Nobel Week Lights

Meeting point: Nobel Prize Museum, the tour ends at the City Hall
Nobel Week Lights is an annual light festival in Stockholm. We offer a guided tour to visit the light installations around the city center.
Accreditation for media: [email protected]
More information: https://nobelweeklights.se/

6 December

11:30–12:30
Guided tour for media in the exhibition ‘Life Eternal’
Location: Liljevalchs, Djurgårdsvägen 60, Djurgården
Accreditation for media: [email protected]
More information: https://evigtliv.nobelprizemuseum.se/en/

13:00
Press conference – literature laureate
Location: The Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien), Börssalen, Källargränd 4, Stockholm
More information: https://www.svenskaakademien.se/press/nobelinformation-for-press-2022

15:00
Press conference – medicine laureate

Location: The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 1, Solna
More information and accreditation for media

15:00–16:00
Artefacts from laureates and signed chairs at display
Location: Nobel Prize Museum, Stortorget 2, Old Town
On the morning of 6 December laureates meet up at the Nobel Prize Museum for a get-together. They donate artefacts and sign chairs. These items are shown for media in the afternoon.
Accreditation for media: [email protected]
NOTE: No laureates will be present at the display.

18:00
Laureate talk at the Nobel Prize Museum
Physics laureate (2020) Andrea Ghez talks about black holes
Location: Nobel Prize Museum, Stortorget 2, Old Town
More information: https://nobelprizemuseum.se/en/physics-laureate-andrea-ghez-talks-about-black-holes/
Accreditation for media: [email protected]

7 December

9:30
Press conference – laureates in physics, chemistry and economic sciences
Location: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien, KVA), Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm
More information: https://www.kva.se/en/news/press-conference-with-the-2022-nobel-laureates-in-physics-and-chemistry-and-the-laureates-in-economic-sciences/

15:00
Nobel Prize lecture in physiology or medicine
Location: The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 1, Solna
More information: https://www.nobelprizemedicine.org/press-accreditation-for-the-nobel-lecture-december-7/

17:00
Nobel Prize lecture in literature
The Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien), Börssalen, Källargränd 4, Stockholm
More information: https://www.svenskaakademien.se/en/node/4505

17:30
Laureate talk at the Nobel Prize Museum
Economic sciences laureate (2021) Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens about measuring what is difficult to measure
Location: Nobel Prize Museum, Stortorget 2, Old Town
More information: https://nobelprizemuseum.se/en/economic-sciences-laureate-joshua-angrist-about-measuring-what-is-difficult-to-measure/
Accreditation for media: [email protected]

19:00–20:00
Guided tour for media in Nobel Week Lights
Meeting point: Nobel Prize Museum, the tour ends at the City Hall
Nobel Week Lights is an annual light festival in Stockholm. We offer a guided tour to visit the light installations around the city center.
Accreditation for media: [email protected]
More information: https://nobelweeklights.se/

8 December

09:00–10:55
Nobel Prize lectures in physics
Location: Aula Magna, Stockholm University, Frescativägen 6, Stockholm
More information: https://www.kva.se/en/event/the-nobel-lectures-2022-2/

11:20–13:10
Nobel Prize lectures in chemistry

Location: Aula Magna, Stockholm University, Frescativägen 6, Stockholm
More information: https://www.kva.se/en/event/the-nobel-lectures-2022-2/

14:00–15:50
Prize lectures in economic sciences

Location: Aula Magna, Stockholm University, Frescativägen 6, Stockholm
More information: https://www.kva.se/en/event/the-nobel-lectures-2022-2/

19:00
Nobel Prize Concert

Location: Konserthuset Stockholm/ Stockholm Concert Hall
More information: https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-concert-2022/
Accreditation for media: [email protected]

9 December

9:00–12:30
Nobel Minds
Since the 1960s, during the Nobel Week the laureates have gathered for a round-table discussion for television, Nobel Minds. The programme has a popular science approach and examines general questions related to science, research and literature. The programme will be videotaped on 9 December before an invited audience. Nobel Minds is a production of Swedish Television and BBC World News. The discussion will be moderated by Zeinab Badawi of the BBC.
All questions please contact: [email protected]

9:30–16:00
Nobel Week Dialogue 2022 ‒ The future of Life
At this year’s Nobel Week Dialogue, we will be looking towards our future in the hope of making life better, for everyone.
Location: Stockholm Waterfront Congress Center
More information: https://www.nobelprize.org/events/nobel-week-dialogue/stockholm-2022/
Accreditation for media: [email protected]

14:00–16:00
Student project “Help a Scientist” and talk by chemistry laureate David MacMillan
The project “Help a Scientist” bring high school students in Sweden in contact with authentic ongoing research projects and researchers. The concluding conference for the project is on 9 December. Winning students in a poster competition will be welcomed to the Nobel Prize award ceremony. Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry David MacMillan will give a speech to the students.
Location: Nobel Prize Museum, Stortorget 2, Old Town
More information about the project: https://nobelprizemuseum.se/en/education/about-help-a-scientist/
Accreditation for media: [email protected]

17:00
Laureates talk at the Nobel Prize Museum
Pioneering genetic scissors and beautiful molecular constructions with Jennifer Doudna and Benjamin List. 
Location: Nobel Prize Museum, Stortorget 2, Old Town
More information: https://nobelprizemuseum.se/en/pioneering-genetic-scissors-and-beautiful-molecular-constructions/
Accreditation for media: [email protected]

10 December

16:00
Nobel Prize award ceremony

Location: Konserthuset Stockholm/Stockholm Concert Hall
Application deadline is 4 November

19:00
Nobel Prize banquet
Location: Stockholm City Hall
Application deadline is 4 November

During all Nobel Week

Nobel Week Lights
Nobel Week Lights is an artistic tribute to this year’s Nobel Prize laureates. The light installations will be shown outdoor in Stockholm during the Nobel Week.
More information: https://nobelweeklights.se

Exhibition about the Nobel Prize banquet
The Nobel Prize Museum is open during the Nobel Week. There you can find an exhibition about the Nobel Prize banquet. Opening hours: Tuesday 17-20. Wednesday-Thursday 11-20. Friday 11-21. Saturday 11-18. Sunday 11-17.
Location: Nobel Prize Museum, Stortorget 2, Old Town
More information: https://nobelprizemuseum.se/en/the-nobel-prize-banquet/
Free to attend for media

Exhibition Life Eternal
The Nobel Prize Museum’s exhibition entitled ‘Life Eternal’ is to be found at Liljevalchs art gallery in Stockholm. The exhibition – which brings together science, art and cultural history – shows different approaches to eternity, explores the crucial issues of our era and offers hope for the future.
Opening hours: Monday–Wednesday: 11–17. Thursday–Sunday 11–20
Location: Djurgårdsvägen 60, Djurgården, Stockholm.
More information: https://evigtliv.nobelprizemuseum.se/en/
Free to attend for media

Media contacts for the Nobel Week in Stockholm

Inquiries regarding the Nobel Prize award ceremony and banquet in Stockholm, the Nobel Foundation and the Nobel Prize Museum please contact:

Rebecka Oxelström
Head of Press, Nobel Foundation
[email protected]

Inquiries regarding licensing, usage of texts, photos and videos: 
[email protected]

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Eva Nevelius Press Secretary
+ 46 70 878 67 63
[email protected]

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet
Ann-Mari Dumanski
+ 46 8 524 878 00
[email protected]

The Swedish Academy
Louise Hedberg
+ 46 8 555 125 02
[email protected]

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