Press release from the Nobel Foundation

The 2019 Nobel Prize Announcements

23 April 2019
Statue of Alfred Nobel

Statue of Alfred Nobel.

Photo: A. Mahmoud

This year’s Nobel Prize announcements will take place 7-14 October. All the announcements will be broadcast live on the official website of the Nobel Prize.

The prize-awarding institutions have decided to announce their 2019 prize decisions as follows:

PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE – Monday, October 7, 11.30 a.m. at the earliest
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Wallenbergsalen, Nobel Forum, Nobels väg 1, Solna
nobelforum@nobel.se

PHYSICS – Tuesday, October 8, 11.45 a.m. at the earliest
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien, KVA), Sessionssalen, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm
eva.nevelius@kva.se

CHEMISTRY – Wednesday, October 9, 11.45 a.m. at the earliest
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sessionssalen, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm
www.kva.se/pressroom
eva.nevelius@kva.se

LITERATURE – Thursday, October 10, 13.00 at the earliest
The Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien), Börssalen, Källargränd 4, Stockholm
http://www.svenskaakademien.se/en
louise.hedberg@svenskaakademin.se
Note: The Swedish Academy will announce the Nobel Prize in Literature for both 2018 and 2019.

PEACE – Friday, October 11, 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  

THE SVERIGES RIKSBANK PRIZE IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES IN MEMORY OF ALFRED NOBEL – Monday, October 14, 11.45 a.m. at the earliest
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sessionssalen, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm
www.kva.se/pressroom 
eva.nevelius@kva.se

Media wishing to attend the announcements should apply to the respective prize-awarding institution in the early fall.

 

Nobel Foundation

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