Nobel Prize

On 5 March fact, fiction and the future of democracy will be discussed at the Nobel Prize Dialogue, the first ever to take place in Brussels. Democratic societies rely on fact-based world views and science, but also on narratives that can bring together large, diverse communities. At a time when democracies are straining to cope…

This year’s Nobel Prize announcements will take place from 7-14 October. All of the prize announcements will be broadcast live on the official digital channels of the Nobel Prize. In-depth information about the prizes will be published at .  The prize-awarding institutions have decided to announce their 2024 prize decisions as follows: PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE…

During the Nobel Week Lights festival in December 2023, a photo contest was held for the third time. Over 400 entries were received, and now a winner has been chosen. Lebanese-born photographer Mohamad Assaad won the contest with his image of an artistic light installation that was inspired by the activity inside scientists’ computers. Meanwhile…

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to human rights activist Narges Mohammadi. On Wednesday, 13 December, the Nobel Prize Museum was visited by her two 17-year-old children, Ali and Kiana Rahmani, who had accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf in Oslo on the Nobel Day, 10 December. They donated four artefacts and…

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Today is the beginning of the Nobel Week. This year’s laureates are meeting for the first time at the Nobel Prize Museum, where they will each hand over an artefact and sign a chair in the museum’s Bistro. At the same time, the Nobel Prize banquet chef and pastry chef will be introduced. This year’s…

Two of the 2023 Nobel Prize laureates in physics and chemistry will talk to ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen on 11 December during Nobel Week and simultaneously – through space and time – liaise with their fellow laureates Niels Bohr and Selma Lagerlöf. The live conversation will take place at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm,…

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize exhibition tells the story about and her courageous fight for freedom and human rights in Iran. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has written some of the texts exclusively for the exhibition. The Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition: WOMAN – LIVE – FREEDOM will be officially opened by the laureate’s family the…

This year’s divertissement at the Nobel Prize banquet on 10 December was inspired by Stockholm City Hall’s centenary celebrations and by all the music that has echoed between the walls of its Blue Hall over the past century. There will also be several other occasions during the Nobel Week to enjoy music, such as at…

The exhibition YOKO ONO – PEACE is POWER opens at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo on 1 December. In the weeks before, the world-famous artist’s messages of peace will light up Norwegian cities. For the first time since 2005, the world leading artist and peace activist Yoko Ono, is exhibiting in Norway. YOKO ONO…