Nobel Prize 2026 announcements to begin with medicine, conclude with economics

The 2026 Nobel Prize season gets under way with a series of announcements from Stockholm and Oslo, covering medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics.

The medicine prize will be the first to be revealed, announced by a panel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. The physics and chemistry prizes will follow, presented by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, also in Stockholm. The chemistry announcement is scheduled for 0945GMT.

The literature prize will be announced by the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm, while the peace prize will come from the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo. The economics prize — formally the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics — will be announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Coverage plans include live broadcasts of each announcement without restrictions, along with edited video packages featuring analyst soundbites. For the peace prize, edited coverage will include soundbites from Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chairperson of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Reactions from the winners are also being sought for both live and edited output.

Exact times for most announcements are yet to be confirmed, with only the chemistry prize currently fixed at 0945GMT.