Nobel Week highlights
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Anna von Hausswolff is performing at the Nobel Banquet, including 1,300 guests, held at the Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall. © Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
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Donna Strickland receives her Nobel Prize medal from the King of Sweden. © Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
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Conductor Karina Canellakis led the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at the 2018 Nobel Prize Concert where violinist Lisa Batiashvili was the soloist. © Nobel Media. Photo: Niklas Elmehed
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Gérard Mourou walks up to receive his Nobel Prize medal at the award ceremony in Stockholm, 10 December 2018. © Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
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At the Nobel Week Dialogue, a full-day event with the theme ´Water Matters´ that was held on 9 December 2018, Marina Abramović performed with focus on water. © Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
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Jan Eliasson, Beatrice Fihn, Gary White and Maude Barlow participates in a panel discussion at the Nobel Week Dialogue. © Nobel Media. Photo: Anna Svanberg
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Nobel Banquet
Nobel Banquet starter
Lightly baked Arctic char with crayfish broth, dill seed-infused onion, lightly smoked trout roe, crispy potato and watercress foam. Chef Tom Sjöstedt uses the season's ingredients and Swedish flavours. He works to build expectations by introducing small surprises during the meal, which guests will experience as the meal unfolds .
Nobel Peace Prize 2018
Denis Mukwege
Denis Mukwege's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
Nadia Murad
Nadia Murad's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
Read more about the 2018 Peace Prize.
Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege signing the guestbook before the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, 10 December 2018.
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Nobel Week Events
The forum 2018 invites international dialogue on “How to solve the climate crisis?” Keynote speaker is Al Gore, former U.S. Vice-President and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. Watch the event here.
The Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine and Literature and the Prize in Economic Sciences are awarded at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Watch the ceremony here.
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The Nobel Banquet takes place in the Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall.
See the 2018 Nobel Banquet menu
Donna Strickland's banquet speech
Frances H. Arnold's banquet speech
Tasuku Honjo's banquet speech
William D. Nordhaus's banquet speech
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The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded on 10 December in a formal ceremony at the Oslo City Hall. Watch the 2018 ceremony here.
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Nobel Laureates, world-leading scientists, policy makers and the general public joined in an inspiring discussion about "Water matters". Watch a video of the event here.
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Violinist Lisa Batiashvili, praised for her virtuosity and profound sensitivity, was the soloist at the 2018 Nobel Prize Concert. Conductor Karina Canellakis led the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
Violinist Lisa Bathiashvili
Photo: Sammy Hart
Prize in Economic Sciences 2018
William D. Nordhaus
Prize Lecture: Climate Change: The Ultimate Challenge for Economics
Read William D. Nordhaus' banquet speech
Paul M. Romer
Prize Lecture: On the Possibility of Progress
Find out more about the 2018 Prize in Economic Sciences.
William Nordhaus at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences press conference on 7 December.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2018
Frances H. Arnold
Watch the Nobel Lecture: Innovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life
Read Frances H. Arnold's banquet speech
George P. Smith
Watch the Nobel Lecture: Phage Display: Simple Evolution in a Petri Dish
Sir Gregory P. Winter
Watch the Nobel Lecture: Harnessing Evolution to Make Medicines
Read more about the 2018 Chemistry Prize.
George P Smith, Frances H Arnold and Sir Gregory P Winter after they delivered their Nobel Lectures on 8 December 2018.
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2018 Nobel Laureates in Stockholm
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William Nordhaus at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences press conference on 7 December. © Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
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Sir Gregory Winter after delivering his Nobel Lecture on 8 December. © Nobel Media. Photo: Nanaka Adachi
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Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou after they delivered their Nobel Lectures on 8 December 2018. Introductions were held by Olga Botner (right), Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics. © Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
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James Allison delivering his Nobel Lecture on 7 December 2018. © Nobel Media. Photo: Nanaka Adachi
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Donna Strickland visits Stockholm science and innovation school. © Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
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Frances Arnold at the Swedish International Women's Forum in Stockholm on 6 December 2018. © Nobel Media. Photo: Anna Svanberg
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Gérard Mourou, after donating an object from his research to the Nobel Museum. © Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
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George Smith visiting the Nobel Museum in Stockholm before the Nobel festivities. © Nobel Media. Photo: Nanaka Adachi
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Paul Romer after signing a chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm. As part of their visit to the Nobel Museum all laureates are asked to sign a chair. © Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
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Medicine laureate Tasuku Honjo visiting the Nobel Museum. © Nobel Media. Photo: Nanaka Adachi
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Frances H. Arnold arrives at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm for the Nobel festivities. © Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
Nobel Prize in Physics 2018
Arthur Ashkin
Watch the Nobel Lecture Optical Tweezers and their Application to Biological System, held by René-Jean Essiambre.
Gérard Mourou
Watch the Nobel Lecture: Passion for Extreme Light: for the greatest benefit to human kind
Donna Strickland
Watch the Nobel Lecture: Generating High-Intensity Ultrashort Optical Pulses
Read Donna Strickland's banquet speech
Find out more about the 2018 Physics Prize
Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou after they delivered their Nobel Lectures on 8 December 2018. Introductions were held by Olga Botner (right), Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018
James P. Allison
Nobel Lecture: Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Cancer Therapy: New insights, opportunities, and prospects for cures
Tasuku Honjo
Nobel Lecture: Serendipities of acquired immunity
Read Tasuku Honjo's banquet speech
Tasuku Honjo delivering his Nobel Lecture on 7 December 2018.
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What do the laureates receive?
Each diploma is a unique work of art, created by leading Swedish and Norwegian artists and calligraphers. Look at some of the diplomas here.
Doris Lessing’s Nobel Diploma
© The Nobel Foundation 2007. Artist: Karin Mamma Andersson. Calligrapher: Annika Rücker. Photo reproduction: Fredrika Berghult
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.
Medicine laureate Youyou Tu showing her Nobel Prize medal during her visit to the Nobel Foundation on 11 December 2015.
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The current amount is at SEK 9 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.
Flower decorations by Florist Helén Magnusson at the 2016 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2016.
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2018 Nobel Prizes
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded with one half to Arthur Ashkin "for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems" and the other half jointly to Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland "for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses".
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The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded with one half to Frances H. Arnold "for the directed evolution of enzymes" and the other half jointly to George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter "for the phage display of peptides and antibodies."
© Johan Jarnestad / The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation."
© The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Illustrator: Mattias Karlén
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict."
Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad
Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media
The 2018 Prize in Economic Sciences was divided equally between William D. Nordhaus "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis" and Paul M. Romer "for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis."
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904 individuals and 24 organizations have been awarded Nobel Prizes so far. See the full list of all Nobel Laureates, awarded for "the benefit of humankind".
May-Britt Moser receiving her Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
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Alfred Nobel - Established the Nobel Prize
On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will in Paris, France. The Swedish dynamite millionaire, who thought that his invention would end all wars, had now realised that it was a very deadly product. Wanting to make amends, he did what no man of such wealth had done before ...
On 10 December 1901 the first Nobel Prizes were awarded, in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace. Read more about the first prizes.
Chemist, engineer and industrialist Alfred Nobel left 31 million SEK (today about 265 million dollar) to fund the Nobel Prizes. Read more about his life and work.
The new Nobel Prize Lessons about this year's prizes are reliable and easy to use. Find the teacher's guides, slides, manuscripts and videos to use for free here. Print the texts for students and then start the class.
Nobel destinations
The museum showcases the discoveries and creativity of the Nobel Laureates.
Photo: Åke Eson Lindman
The story of each Peace Laureate is told at the museum.
Photo: Johannes Granseth / Nobel Peace Center
In memoriam
Physics Laureate Riccardo Giacconi was awarded the 2002 Physics Prize. He was instrumental in developing the first satellite and telescope to explore this previously hidden view of the universe.
Chemistry Laureate Aaron Klug passed away on 20 November. He was awarded the Nobel Prize "for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes."
Osamu Shimomura passed away on 19 October. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008 for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP, a protein that has become one of the most important tools used in contemporary bioscience.
Thomas A. Steitz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 for the crystallographic determination of ribosome structures at high resolution and for the skilful use of these structures to clarify fundamental and medically important aspects of ribosome function. He passed away on 9 October, age 78.
