Press release from the Nobel Foundation

The 2017 Nobel Prize Announcements

25 April 2017 View in Swedish

The prize committees are currently working carefully and independently to select the recipients of the 2017 Nobel Prize and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The Laureates will be announced starting on October 2, revealing the scientists, writers and peace workers who – in keeping with the vision of Alfred Nobel – have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind.

All the announcements will be broadcast live on the official website of the Nobel Prize, Nobelprize.org.

The prize-awarding institutions have decided to announce their 2017 prize decisions as follows:

PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE – Monday, October 2, 11.30 a.m. at the earliest

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Wallenbergsalen, Nobel Forum, Nobels väg 1, Solna

http://www.nobelprizemedicine.org/

 nobelforum@nobel.se

PHYSICS – Tuesday, October 3, 11.45 a.m. at the earliest

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien, KVA), Sessionssalen, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm

http://www.kva.se/en/pressroom/

 jessica.balksjo@kva.se

CHEMISTRY – Wednesday, October 4, 11.45 a.m. at the earliest

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sessionssalen, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm

http://www.kva.se/en/pressroom/

 jessica.balksjo@kva.se

PEACE – Friday, October 6, 11.00 a.m. 

The Norwegian Nobel Committee, The Norwegian Nobel Institute (Norska Nobelinstitutet), Store Sal, Henrik Ibsens gate 51, Oslo

https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org

 press@nobel.no  

THE SVERIGES RIKSBANK PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES IN MEMORY OF ALFRED NOBEL – Monday, October 9, 11.45 a.m. at the earliest

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sessionssalen, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm

http://www.kva.se/en/pressroom/

 jessica.balksjo@kva.se

LITERATURE – Date to be announced later

The Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien), Börssalen, Källargränd 4, Stockholm

http://www.svenskaakademien.se/en

margaretha.soderling@svenskaakademien.se 

The Swedish Academy’s announcement will probably occur during the first or second week of October. On a Monday, the Academy will publish a press release stating that it will announce the name of the year’s Laureate on the following Thursday at 1.00 p.m.

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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