The 2026 Nobel Prize award ceremonies take place on December 10, 2026, in Stockholm and in Oslo, according to the Nobel Week 2026 programme on NobelPrize.org. The date is the same every year: the prizes have been presented on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death, since 1901, the site's page on the award ceremonies says.
Dates, times and places
The Stockholm times come from the press programme for Nobel Week 2026, which says all of its times are in Central European Time (CET). The Oslo time comes from the Norwegian Nobel Institute's event page for the peace prize ceremony, which gives the day as Thursday, December 10.
| Event | When | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony | December 10, 13:00 CET | Oslo City Hall |
| Nobel Prize award ceremony | December 10, 16:00 CET | Konserthuset Stockholm (Stockholm Concert Hall) |
| Nobel Prize banquet | December 10, 19:00 CET | Stockholm City Hall |
What happens in Stockholm
The prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine and literature, and the prize in economic sciences, are awarded at the Stockholm Concert Hall, the page for the 2026 ceremony says. During the ceremony the laureates receive a diploma and a medal from the king, and representatives of the prize-awarding institutions give speeches, according to the press programme. The award ceremonies page names him as King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. The banquet follows at Stockholm City Hall, where one laureate from each award category gives a speech of thanks.
What happens in Oslo
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, as Alfred Nobel's will stipulated, while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, the award ceremonies page says. The Norwegian Nobel Institute's event page says the 2026 ceremony includes artistic performances, a speech by Jørgen Watne Frydnes, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and the Nobel lecture by the 2026 peace laureate, Navi Pillay. The institute's press calendar also lists a torchlight procession at 5:45 p.m. and the Nobel Banquet at 7:00 p.m. at the Grand Hotel on December 10.
The rest of Nobel Week
Nobel Week 2026 takes place at the beginning of December in Stockholm and Oslo, and many of its events will be streamed online, the Nobel Week programme says. It lists the Nobel Prize lectures for December 7 to 10 in Stockholm and Oslo, the Nobel Prize Concert for December 8 in Stockholm and the Nobel Week Dialogue for December 9 in Stockholm.
In Stockholm, the press programme puts the lectures in physiology or medicine at 14:00 CET and the lecture in literature at 17:00 CET on December 7. The lectures in physics, chemistry and economic sciences are on December 8 between 10:00 and 15:15 CET, with exact times still to be decided.
This page will be updated at this address if the organizers change the programme.