List of Nobel laureates
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The
Nobel Prizes (, ) are awarded annually by the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the
Swedish Academy, the
Karolinska Institutet, and the
Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in the fields of
chemistry,
physics,
literature,
peace, and
physiology or medicine. They were established by the 1895 will of
Alfred Nobel, which dictates that the awards should be administered by the
Nobel Foundation. An additional prize in memory of Alfred Nobel was established in 1968 by the
Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden's
central bank) for outstanding contributions to the field of
economics. Each recipient, a
Nobelist or ''
laureate'', receives
a gold medal, a
diploma, and a sum of money which is decided annually by the Nobel Foundation.
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