Press programme Stockholm

This is the press programme for the Nobel Week in Stockholm. You need to apply for accreditation for some of the activities during the week. For the Nobel Prize award ceremony and the banquet the spaces are very limited.

More information and activities will be added.
All times are in CET.
The press program for Oslo can be found here: https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/

6 December

13:15
Press conference – Artefacts from the laureates and meet the chef and the pastry chef
Location: Nobel Prize Museum
Accreditation for media: [email protected]
On 6 December the Nobel Prize laureates gathers at the Nobel Prize Museum. As a tradition they hand over an artefact to the museum. You will be able to see the artefacts at this press conference. You will also meet the chef and the pastry chef for the Nobel Prize banquet that will be presented for the first time during the press conference.
The artefact from Jon Fosse will be shown on 9 December.

15:00
Press conference – medicine laureates
Location: The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 1, Solna
There will be possibilities to make individual interviews with the laureates in connection to the press conference.
Registration required ‒ see https://www.nobelprizemedicine.org/press-invitation-dec-6-3pm/
Email: [email protected]

16:30–17:00
Guided tour of the exhibition ‘Fungi – In Art and Science’ for media
Location: Nobel Prize Museum
Accreditation for media: [email protected]
More information: https://nobelprizemuseum.se/en/fungi-in-art-and-science/

7 December

9:30
Press conference – laureates in physics, chemistry and economic sciences
Location: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien, KVA), Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm
There will be possibilities to make individual interviews with the laureates in connection to the press conference.
Registration required ‒ accreditation will be opened in the beginning of November.
More information: [email protected]

11:30 – 12:00
Guided tour of the exhibition ‘Fungi ‒ In Art and Science’ for media
Location: Nobel Prize Museum
Accreditation for media: [email protected]
More information: https://nobelprizemuseum.se/en/fungi-in-art-and-science/

14:00
Nobel Prize lectures in physiology or medicine
Location: The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 1, Solna
Registration required.
More information: https://www.nobelprizemedicine.org/the-nobel-lectures-in-physiology-or-medicine-2023/

16:00 – 17:00
Guided tour of Nobel Week Lights for media
Meeting point: Nobel Prize Museum, the tour ends at the City Hall
Nobel Week Lights is an annual light festival in Stockholm. We offer a guided tour to visit the light installations around the city center.
Accreditation for media: [email protected]
More information: https://nobelweeklights.se/

17:00
Nobel Prize lecture in literature
Location: The Swedish Academy (Svenska Akademien), Börssalen, Källargränd 4, Stockholm
There is no special media invitation/accreditation, those interested in attending the lecture can be invited as guests. There will be no interviews and no possibility to take photos or make audio recordings.
More information: [email protected]

18:00–19:00
Guided tour of Nobel Week Lights for media
Meeting point: Nobel Prize Museum, the tour ends at the City Hall
Nobel Week Lights is an annual light festival in Stockholm. We offer a guided tour to visit the light installations around the city center.
Accreditation for media: [email protected]
More information: https://nobelweeklights.se/

8 December

09:00–10:55
Nobel Prize lectures in physics
Location: Aula Magna, Stockholm University
Registration required ‒ see https://www.kva.se/evenemang/the-nobel-lectures-2023/

11:20–13:10
Nobel Prize lectures in chemistry
Location: Aula Magna, Stockholm University
Registration required ‒ see https://www.kva.se/evenemang/the-nobel-lectures-2023/

14:00–14:40
Prize lecture in economic sciences
Location: Aula Magna, Stockholm University
Registration required ‒ see https://www.kva.se/evenemang/the-nobel-lectures-2023/

15:00–15:.30
Final for the project “Help a scientist” with medicine laureate Katalin Karikó
Location: Nobel Prize Museum
In the project “Help a scientist”, students are given the opportunity to try out real research in collaboration with top scientists in Sweden. This year the project has focused on collecting seaweed. One teacher and two students per school are invited to a closing conference at the Nobel Prize Museum, in which the scientists describe the results of the project, and poster prizes are awarded to the students. 
Medicine laureate Katalin Karikó meets the students.
Read more about the project:
https://nobelprizemuseum.se/en/education/about-help-a-scientist/
For more information and detailed programme please contact: [email protected]

19:00
Nobel Prize Concert
Location: Konserthuset Stockholm/ Stockholm Concert Hall.
More information: https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-concert-2023/
Accreditation for media: [email protected]

9 December

10.00 – 10.30
Artefact from Jon Fosse on display
When the Nobel prize laureates visit the Nobel Prize Museum in Old Town in Stockholm during the Nobel Week, they are always asked to bring an object that meant something special to them. They also sign a chair for the museum’s bistro. On 9 December at 10.00, Jon Fosse’s artefact will be displayed at the Nobel Prize Museum by the museum’s staff.
Accreditation for media: [email protected]
Location: Nobel Prize Museum

10:00–15:00
Nobel Week Dialogue 2023 ‒ The Future of Migration
This year’s Nobel Week Dialogue will bring people together from across the spectrum of science, society and culture to explore the future of migration and how to approach that future. 
Location: Svenska Mässan Gothenburg
More information: https://www.nobelprize.org/events/nobel-week-dialogue/gothenburg-2023/
Accreditation for media: [email protected]

10 December

16:00
Nobel Prize award ceremony
Location: Konserthuset Stockholm/Stockholm Concert Hall
The application is closed. For questions please contact [email protected]

19:00
Nobel Prize banquet
Location: Stockholm City Hall
The application is closed. For questions please contact [email protected]

11 December

14:00-16:00 (exact time to be confirmed by NASA)
Nobel Calling Space
Location: Nobel Prize Museum
Join us as we connect the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm with the International Space Station (ISS) for a unique live conversation between the 2023 Nobel Prize laureates Ferenc Krausz and Moungi Bawendi, and Danish ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen. Swedish ESA astronaut Marcus Wandt, who will take off on his space mission by the beginning of next year, will join us either at the museum in Stockholm or from the Houston Mission Control Center in the US.
Accreditation for media: [email protected]

13 December

13.00
Visit by representatives of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Location: The Nobel Prize Museum
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi will be honoured in Oslo on the Nobel Day, 10 December. Because she is imprisoned in Iran, she will be represented at the award ceremony by her two children, 17-year-old Ali and Kiana Rahmani. On 13 December, they will visit the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm together with their father Taghi Rahmani, the husband of Narges Mohammadi. During their visit, a number of artefacts will be donated to the museum by Narges Mohammadi.  
Separate interviews must be pre-booked.  
Accreditation for media: [email protected] 

During all Nobel Week

Nobel Week Lights
Nobel Week Lights is an artistic tribute to the Nobel Prize laureates and their achievements. The light installations will be shown outdoors in Stockholm during the Nobel Week.
More information: https://nobelweeklights.se

Exhibition: ‘Fungi ‒ In Art and Science’
The Nobel Prize Museum is open during the Nobel Week. There you can find an exhibition called ‘Fungi ‒ In Art and Science’.
Location: Nobel Prize Museum, Stortorget 2, Old Town
More information and opening hours: https://nobelprizemuseum.se/en/fungi-in-art-and-science/
Free to attend for media.

Visit at the Rinkeby library
Jon Fosse will visit the Rinkeby library and students from schools in the area will host a program on stage. Seats are limited.
For time and date please contact: [email protected]
You can read more here: https://www.nobelirinkeby.se/

Media contacts for the Nobel Week in Stockholm

Inquiries regarding the Nobel Prize award ceremony and banquet in Stockholm, the Nobel Foundation and the Nobel Prize Museum please contact:

Rebecka Oxelström
Head of Press, Nobel Foundation
[email protected]

Inquiries regarding licensing, usage of texts, photos and videos: 
[email protected]

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Eva Nevelius Press Secretary
+ 46 70 878 67 63
[email protected]

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet
Ann-Mari Dumanski
+ 46 8 524 878 00
[email protected]

The Swedish Academy
Louise Hedberg
+ 46 8 555 125 02
[email protected]