Nobel Prize 2009 – Announcements of the 2009 Nobel Prizes in Memory of Alfred Nobel

Nobel Prize 2009 or Announcements of the 2009 Nobel Prizes in Memory of Alfred Nobel were made by the Nobel Foundation that the prize awarding institutions have set the following dates for their announcement of the 2009 Nobel Prizes and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and a cash award.

Monday, October 5  The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
11:30 a.m. at the earliest The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska
Institutet, Wallenbergsalen,
Nobel Forum, Nobels väg 1, Stockholm

Tuesday, October 6 The Nobel Prize in Physics
11:45 a.m. at the earliest The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,
Sessionssalen, Lilla Frescativägen 4A,
Stockholm

Wednesday, October 7 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
11:45 a.m. at the earliest The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,
Sessionssalen, Lilla Frescativägen 4A,
Stockholm

Friday, October 9 The Nobel Peace Prize
11:00 a.m.The Norwegian Nobel Committee,
The Norwegian Nobel Institute,
Store Sal, Henrik Ibsens gate 51, Oslo

Monday, October 12 The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
1:00 p.m. at the earliest
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,
Sessionssalen, Lilla Frescativägen 4A,
Stockholm

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The announcements will also be made on the official website of the Nobel Foundation:
http://nobelprize.org

Each 2009 Nobel Prize will amount to 10 million Swedish kronor (2008: 10 million Swedish kronor). The sum of the Nobel Prizes (Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace) is 50 million Swedish kronor. In addition, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel will amount to 10 million Swedish kronor.

Press contacts:
The Nobel Foundation, Jonna Petterson, phone: +46 8 663 27 65
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Erik Huss, phone: + 46 8 673 95 44
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Agneta Sjövall, phone: + 46 8 33 39 31
The Swedish Academy, Ulrika Kjellin, phone: + 46 8 555 125 03
The Norwegian Nobel Institute, Sigrid Langebrekke, phone: +47 22 12 93 02