The Nobel Prize medal and diploma were presented to physics laureate Andrea Ghez in Los Angeles late in the afternoon of 9 December. This means that all laureates have received their medal and diploma apart from the World Food Programme, which will receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Rome on the Nobel Day.

“This year it has been particularly important to select Nobel Prize laureates and award prizes. The pandemic has subjected us all to difficult obstacles. We have been reminded of the importance of cross-border cooperation in resolving humanitarian crises and that, with the help of science, we can find solutions to the challenges we face. This is demonstrated especially well by the 2020 laureates, to whom we are paying tribute on this Nobel Day. There will be ceremonies from Oslo and Stockholm, where we will get a glimpse of how it looked when the laureates received their medals and diplomas around the world during this past week”, says Lars Heikensten, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation. 

The Nobel Prize medal and diploma were presented to physics laureate Reinhard Genzel at the Bavarian State Chancellery (Bayerische Staatskanzlei) in Munich on 8 December. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Bernhard Ludewig

Chemistry laureate Jennifer A. Doudna with her Nobel Prize diploma in Berkeley, California, USA. A small ceremony was held where Doudna received the medal and diploma from Swedish honorary consul general Barbro Osher. Doudna also received a cookbook with recipes from the Nobel Prize banquet and a lot of chocolate medals. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Brittany Hosea-Small

Physics laureate Roger Penrose was presented with his Nobel Prize medal and diploma at the Swedish Ambassador’s Residence in London, UK. He seemed to be especially fond of his diploma with an art work depicting a sky full of stars in Stockholm, Sweden. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Fergus Kennedy

The Nobel Day

Nobel Peace Prize Award Presentation from Oslo at 13.00

The Nobel Peace Prize Award Presentation includes a Presentation Statement by the Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, an Acceptance Speech by the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), David Beasley, and the presentation of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to WFP. The broadcast will also show the ceremonial presentation of the medal and diploma to the year’s Peace Prize Laureate in Rome, Italy.

Nobel Prize Award Ceremony from Stockholm at 16.30

In Stockholm, the Nobel Foundation will pay tribute to this year’s laureates in a ceremony in the Golden Hall at the Stockholm City Hall. Speeches by Carl-Henrik Heldin, Chairman of the Nobel Foundation, and by members of the prize-awarding institutions will be interwoven with the ceremonial presentations in the laureates’ home countries. H.M. the King of Sweden will participate in the form of a digital greeting. The ceremony will be framed by musical interludes. Stefan Forsberg, Executive and Artistic Director of Konserthuset Stockholm (Stockholm Concert Hall) will serve as master of ceremonies, with the performances directed by Linus Fellbom.