Read the opening address by Astrid Söderbergh Widding, Chair of the Board of the Nobel Foundation
Physics: presentation speech by professor Göran Johansson
Chemistry: presentation speech by professor Olof Ramström
Physiology or medicine: presentation speech by professor Olle Kämpe
Literature: presentation speech by professor Anders Olsson
Economic sciences: presentation speech by professor John Hassler
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Spanish violinist María Dueñas and Semyon Bychkov, chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic, performed at the Nobel Prize Concert on 8 December. The programme included music by Bryce Dessner, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Antonín Dvořák.
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Ana Corina Sosa Machado, daughter of Maria Corina Machado, delivering the Nobel Peace Prize lecture, 10 December 2025.
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3 (of 6) Maria Corina Machado viewing the traditional torch light procession in Oslo from a balcony at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway, 10 December 2025.
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1 (of 31) Economic sciences laureate Peter Howitt and his wife Pat with the prize medal at the Nobel Foundation, 11 December 2025.
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2 (of 31) Divertissement at the 2025 Nobel Prize banquet.
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6 (of 31) The tables in the Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall are set for the Nobel Prize banquet.
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8 (of 31) László Krasznahorkai receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Konserthuset Stockholm on 10 December 2025.
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9 (of 31) The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo City Hall.
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10 (of 31) Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, giving his speech at the 2025 peace prize award ceremony.
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11 (of 31) Recording of Nobel Minds 2025.
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12 (of 31) Michel H. Devoret and László Krasznahorkai at a reception for the 2025 Nobel Prize laureates in Stockholm.
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13 (of 31) Nobel Week Dialogue in Gothenburg.
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14 (of 31) John Clarke lecturing at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2025.
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15 (of 31) Nobel Prize Concert 2025. Spanish violinist María Dueñas and Semyon Bychkov, chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic.
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16 (of 31) Nobel Prize Concert 2025. Spanish violinist María Dueñas and Semyon Bychkov, chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic.
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17 (of 31) Philippe Aghion lecturing at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2025.
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18 (of 31) Mary E. Brunkow at the Nobel Creations exhibition 2025, Nobel Prize Museum, 6 December.
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19 (of 31) Susumu Kitagawa lecturing at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2025.
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20 (of 31) Fred Ramsdell wore these hiking boots during a hike with his wife, when the news of his Nobel Prize was announced. Ramsdell donated the boots to the Nobel Prize Museum, 6 December 2025.
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21 (of 31) Shimon Sakaguchi lecturing at Karolinska Institutet, 7 December 2025.
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22 (of 31) The Light We Reflect by Saadia Hussain at Nobel Week Lights 2025.
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23 (of 31) Medicine laureate Mary E. Brunkow arriving at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2025.
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24 (of 31) Medicine laureate Shimon Sakaguchi arriving to the Nobel Prize Museum for the Get together with the 2025 laureates.
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25 (of 31) László Krasznahorkai donated a Netsuke depicting a wise elderly man to the Nobel Prize Museum on 6 December 2025.
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26 (of 31) 2025 literature laureate László Krasznahorkai signing a chair at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2025.
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27 (of 31) Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt signing chairs at the Nobel Prize Museum. 6 December 2025.
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28 (of 31) 2025 Nobel Prize laureates in physics, chemistry, medicine and literature and the economic sciences laureates gathered at the Nobel Prizer Museum get together in Stockholm.
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29 (of 31) Economic sciences laureate Peter Howitt arriving at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2025.
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30 (of 31) Susumu Kitagawa and Omar M. Yaghi signing a chair at the Nobel Prize Museum. 6 December 2025
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31 (of 31) LIterature laureate László Krasznahorkai and economic sciences laureate Peter Howitt meet at the Get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm.
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Behind the scenes of the Nobel Prize banquet: the first course
The starter is a soup of porcini mushroom, served with a salad of cultivated Swedish mushrooms. The soup is served together with crispbread and truffle butter – in the shape of a truffle. This year’s chefs Pi Le and Tommy Myllymäki wanted to highlight dried porcini mushroom, one of their personal favourites, as an ingredient in the starter.
See the full 2025 Nobel Prize banquet menu and watch a timelapse of the dessert
Join the celebration on 6–12 December
1 (of 14) Artist: Catharina Bauer Calligrapher: Marie A. Györi Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Dan Lepp © The Nobel Foundation 2025
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4 (of 14) Artist: Johan Sandell Calligrapher: Marie A. Györi and Marianne Pettersson Soold Book binder: Leonard Gustafssons Bokbinderi AB Photo reproduction: Dan Lepp © The Nobel Foundation 2025
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Whenever bullets replace ballots the human cost is unbearable
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize Forum focused on democracy as the foundation for peace, and how the transition from authoritarianism to democracy can pave the way for peace in different parts of the world.
László Krasznahorkai lecturing at the Swedish Academy, 7 December 2025.
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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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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 during a visit to the Nobel Foundation on 11 December 2023.
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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.
Laureates Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier at the Nobel Prize award ceremony, 10 December 2023.
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One-minute crash course
How much do you know about the achievements awarded the 2025 Nobel Prizes? Take our one-minute crash course on each of this year’s Nobel Prizes and laureates.
This year’s laureates conducted experiments with an electrical circuit in which they demonstrated both quantum mechanical tunnelling and quantised energy levels in a system big enough to be held in the hand.
The 2025 chemistry laureates have created molecular constructions with large spaces through which gases and other chemicals can flow.
The laureates made groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 is awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”.
As the leader of the democracy movement in Venezuela, Maria Corina Machado is one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times.
This year’s laureates in economic sciences explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.
Are you a student or a teacher? Here you can find free, readily available lessons including videos, slideshows and more. Click here to access the educational material
Professor Cristina Dorador collects soil samples in the Atacama Desert.
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Artistic visualisation of quantum entanglement in top-quarks.
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Kailash Satyarthi and the 2014 Nobel Prize laureates.
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James Watson died on 6 November 2025 in East Northport, New York, USA, aged 97. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 “for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.”
Chen Ning Yang passed away on 18 October 2025 in Beijing, China, aged 103. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1957 “for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles.”
Sir John B. Gurdon died on 7 October 2025, aged 92. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 “for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.”
George F. Smoot passed away on 18 September 2025, aged 80. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2006 “for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation.”
