Press release from the Nobel Foundation

The 2026 Nobel Prize announcements

2 February 2026 View in Swedish
Nobel Medal

The Nobel Prize Medal.

Photo: Alexander Mahmoud

This year’s Nobel Prize announcements will take place from 5-12 October. All 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 www.nobelprize.org.

The prize-awarding institutions have decided to announce their 2026 prize decisions as follows: 

PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE

Monday, 5 October, 11:30 CEST at the earliest 
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Wallenbergsalen, Nobel Forum, Nobels väg 1, Solna 
www.nobelprizemedicine.org 
[email protected] 

PHYSICS

Tuesday, 6 October, 11:45 CEST at the earliest 
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien), Session Hall, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm 
www.kva.se/pressroom 
[email protected] 

CHEMISTRY

Wednesday, 7 October, 11:45 CEST at the earliest
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Session Hall, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm
www.kva.se/pressroom 
[email protected] 

LITERATURE

Thursday, 8 October, 13:00 CEST at the earliest
The Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien), Börssalen, Källargränd 4, Stockholm
www.svenskaakademien.se/en
[email protected] 

PEACE

Friday, 9 October, 11:00 CEST
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, The Norwegian Nobel Institute (Norska Nobelinstitutet), Store Sal, Henrik Ibsens gate 51, Oslo
www.nobelpeaceprize.org
[email protected] 

SVERIGES RIKSBANK PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES IN MEMORY OF ALFRED NOBEL

Monday, 12 October, 11:45 CEST at the earliest 
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Session Hall, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm
www.kva.se/pressroom 
[email protected] 

Media wishing to attend the announcements should apply to the respective prize-awarding institution in the early fall. 

Nobel Foundation

The Nobel Foundation is a private foundation established in 1900 on the basis of the will of Alfred Nobel and the founding statutes promulgated in connection with the will. Its primary purpose is to ensure that the intentions of the will of Alfred Nobel are fulfilled. The Foundation is responsible for ensuring that the assets made available for awarding the Nobel Prize are managed in such a way as to safeguard the economic base of the Prize in a long-term perspective and guarantee the independence of the prize-awarding institutions in their work of selecting Laureates. The Nobel Foundation is also entrusted with managing and carefully developing the trademarks and intangible assets that have been built up during the more than century-long history of the Nobel Prize.

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