
Although Nobel Prizes are not awarded posthumously, if a person is awarded a prize and dies before receiving it, the prize is presented. A prize may not be shared among more than three individuals, although the Nobel Peace Prize can be awarded to organizations of more than three people. In 2021, the Nobel Prize monetary award was 10,000,000 SEK. Each recipient (known as a " laureate") receives a green gold medal plated with 24 karat gold, a diploma, and a monetary award. The prize ceremonies take place annually. Nobel Prizes are widely regarded as the most prestigious awards available in their respective fields. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's central bank) funded the establishment of the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, to also be administered by the Nobel Foundation. Nobel Prizes are awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace (Nobel characterized the Peace Prize as "to the person who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and the establishment and promotion of peace congresses").

In his will, he bequeathed all of his "remaining realisable assets" to be used to establish five prizes which became known as "Nobel Prizes." Nobel Prizes were first awarded in 1901.

The Nobel Prizes ( / n oʊ ˈ b ɛ l/ noh- BEL Swedish: Nobelpriset Norwegian: Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist most famously known for the invention of dynamite.

Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute (Physiology or Medicine)Ī gold-plated green gold medal, a diploma, and a monetary award of 10 million SEK Ħ09 prizes to 975 laureates (as of 2021 ).Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Physics, Chemistry and Economic Sciences ).
