Chemistry laureate Demis Hassabis receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty the King of Sweden, 10 December 2024. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Clément Morin

Nobel Prize award ceremonies

The new Nobel Prize laureates take centre stage on 10 December – the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. During the award ceremonies, they receive their Nobel Prizes and attend the Nobel Prize banquet.

10 December is the culmination of a week of celebration of the Nobel Prize laureates, including the Nobel Prize lectures and other events. Many of these will be live-streamed on nobelprize.org, where you can also find interviews, photos and more. Follow our social media channels, Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, Linkedin and Threads, for more highlights.

Nobel Week begins on 6 December. See the programme

Gems from the archive 

Since 1901, Nobel Prize laureates have arrived from all over the world to receive their prizes at the award ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo.

This year marks the centenary of Werner Heisenberg’s theory of quantum mechanics, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1932.

Werner Heisenberg. © Sveriges Television AB 2006

Watch a short clip of Heisenberg after his arrival in Stockholm for the Nobel Prize award ceremony.

Wangari Maathai with her medal and diploma at the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony. © Pressens Bild AB 2004, SE

What do the laureates receive? 

During the ceremonies, the Nobel Prize laureates receive the prize money, a gold medal and a diploma. Each Nobel Prize diploma is a unique work of art where the design is decided by the prize-awarding bodies. Read more about the diplomas

“Let us globalise compassion” 

Kailash Satyarthi. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud

During Nobel Week, the laureates give their official lectures, which describe the history and background of their prize-awarded work – and provide an opportunity to share their message to the world.

The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi's vision is to put an end to child labour. His Nobel Prize lecture was a distinct call for action: “Today it is time for every child to have the right to life.”

Watch Satyarthi's lecture

Watch a timelapse of last year’s banquet dessert

A secretive tradition 

Each Nobel Prize banquet features a unique menu, that includes a touch of Scandinavia. Following tradition, the menu is kept a secret until it is served for the 1,300 guests at Stockholm City Hall. Browse all previous years’ menus

“Science thrives when ideas get exchanged” 

Frances Arnold. © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Nanaka Adachi

According to 2018 chemistry laureate Frances Arnold, one of the most pressing challenges for science is the loss of free movement of ideas and people.

On 9 December, she takes part in this year’s Nobel Week Dialogue: Health For All, together with laureates Emmanuelle Charpentier, Paul Nurse and Jean Tirole, innovators and policymakers.

The event will bring up questions including the future of drug discovery and the rise of antimicrobial resistance. More information and live stream

Monthly quiz

Prize-awarded work on the body

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to three laureates – Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi – for their work concerning the body’s... what? Make a guess and click to submit your answer. 

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