What are the Nobel prizes and when will the 2026 awards be announced?

The five original prize categories reflect interests closest to his heart.Nobel spent much of his career developing weapons technologies and made a fortune from it, but later in life became a close friend of Austrian peace activist Bertha von Suttner.

She went on to become the first woman to win the peace prize in 1905 and many believe it was her influence that made him include an award for that category.Nobel died in 1896, but it took until 1901, following a legal battle over his will, before the first prizes were awarded.Nobel selected the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to award the prizes for chemistry and physics, the Swedish Academy….

It is not known exactly why Nobel chose Norway to hand out the peace prize, though it could reflect that Norway and Sweden were linked in a political union at the time he penned his will.In 1968, when Sweden's central bank was celebrating its 300th anniversary, it established the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel with a donation to the Nobel Foundation.

The prize is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, according to the same principles as the other prizes.Notable Nobel laureates include physicists Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, authors Ernest Hemingway and Albert Camus, and leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa.The Curies were the most successful "Nobel Prize family", with Marie Curie winning twice and her husband, daughter and son-in-law also among Nobel laureates.Only five people have….

Failure to give the prize to Mahatma Gandhi before his death in 1948 is also seen by many as a great oversight.The Nobel prizes are presented to the laureates on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death.

The peace prize is handed out by the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo, while the other prizes are presented by the Swedish king in the Stockholm Concert Hall.During the evening, some 1,300 guests are treated to a lavish banquet at Stockholm City Hall.

The menu, meticulously planned for months by some of Sweden's best chefs and sommeliers, is kept a secret until the food is served by 200 waiters.The food has a Nordic theme, and last year's menu featured Porcini mushroom soup, turbot stuffed with scallops and sugar kelp, and blackthorn berry sorbet with freshly baked cheese cream and browned butter sponge.

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