Nobel Prize

Interview with the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in literature László Krasznahorkai on 6 December 2025 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden.   Could you describe the environment in Hungary when you were growing up?  László Krasznahorkai: It was a small town and remain a small town also today. I was born there, and I lived there…

Interview with the 2025 laureate in economic sciences Joel Mokyr on 6 December 2025 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How were you as a child?  Joel Mokyr: My childhood really is divided into two parts. The first nine years I lived in the Netherlands in a town called Utrecht in the centre of the…

Interview with the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Omar Yaghi on 6 December 2025 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Can you tell us about your childhood?  Omar Yaghi: I grew up in Amman, Jordan. I was born and raised in Amman, Jordan. I was born to a refugee family of well, we were…

Interview with the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine Fred Ramsdell on 6 December 2025 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What was your childhood like? Fred Ramsdell: My childhood I would describe as being incredibly boringly normal. I have two siblings – or had two siblings, one has passed much older than…

Interview with the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in physiology or medicine Mary Brunkow on 6 December 2025 during Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Can you tell us about your childhood?  Mary Brunkow: I grew up in Portland, Oregon, on the west coast of the US. I have two brothers. I’m in the middle. I had…

Video from the award ceremony Watch a video clip of Shimon Sakaguchi receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2025.

Video from the award ceremony Watch a video clip of Fred Ramsdell receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2025.

Video from the award ceremony Watch a video clip of Mary E. Brunkow receiving her Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2025.

Video from the award ceremony Watch a video clip of László Krasznahorkai receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2025.

Video from the award ceremony Watch a video clip of Susumu Kitagawa receiving his Nobel Prize medal and diploma during the award ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2025.