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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign against racism. "He is the first person in the Western world to have shown us that   a struggle can be waged without violence", said the Chairman of the  Nobel Committee in his presentation speech.
Presentation of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize
"I Have the Great Honour ..."
Watch Martin Luther King Jr. receive his Nobel Medal and Diploma in Oslo, Norway, on 10 December 1964. Aged 35, he was then the youngest Nobel Peace Prize Laureate ever.
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For Civil Rights and Social Justice
Martin Luther King Jr.  dreamt that all inhabitants of the United States would be judged by their personal qualities and not by the colour of their skin. Read or listen to his Nobel Lecture "The Quest for Peace and Justice".
Who Nominated Martin Luther King Jr. for a Nobel Prize?
The first nomination arrived to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in January 1963.
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Who Are They and what Did They Do?
The Nobel Prizes have been awarded since 1901. See all Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and why they were awarded the prize.
All Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
Who Can Nominate for a Nobel Prize?
No person can nominate herself/himself for a Nobel Prize. But who can? And how are these persons chosen?
Read more about how the Nobel Laureates are nominated
The Nobel Prize Awarders
The selection and awarding of the Nobel Laureates is based on a system of nominations, handled by four prize-awarding institutions.
Nobel Week Highlights
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Nine of the eleven Nobel Laureates of 2016 assembled at the Nobel Foundation. Here they are pictured standing in front of a painting of Alfred Nobel.
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Medicine Laureate Yoshinori Ohsumi showing his Nobel Medal during his visit to the Nobel Foundation.
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The Swedish Royal Family, the Nobel Laureates and other guests of honour at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall.
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The divertissement at the Nobel Banquet took the audience from the beginnings of music to contemporary music. Here, Martin Fröst and Magnus Lindgren are performing.
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The Nobel Banquet starter: Charcoal baked langoustine and scallop, served with nettles, ramson and pickled winter apples.
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The menu highlighted local ingredients from Scandinavia: here quail from Södermanland in black garlic and leek ash with Jerusalem artichoke.
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A beautiful dessert: Cloud of sudachi fruit, cloudberry sorbet, miso crumbs and deep-fried rice paper.
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Overview from the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall.
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David J. Thouless receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm.
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F. Duncan M. Haldane with his Nobel Prize in Physics at the Stockholm Concert Hall.
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Patti Smith performing Bob Dylans's "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony.
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Mrs Berit Kosterlitz gives her husband Physics Laureate J. Michael Kosterlitz a hug after the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony.
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"You have not only awarded a prize to peace: you helped make it possible!", said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in his Nobel Lecture.
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The 2016 Nobel Prize Concert featured conductor Gianandrea Noseda, soloist Janine Jansen and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Medicine Laureate Yoshinori Ohsumi arriving at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm.
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Chemistry Laureate Ben Feringa arriving at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, for the 2016 Nobel Laureates' Get together on 6 December.
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Chemistry Laureate Sir J. Fraser Stoddart presenting his gift to the Nobel Museum's collection: a model of a rotaxane.
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Like many Nobel Laureates before him, Physics Laureate David J. Thouless autographs a chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm.
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Bengt Holmström (left) and Oliver Hart autograph a chair at the Nobel Museum.
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Chemistry Laureate Jean-Pierre Sauvage examines Marie Curie's radiation measurement apparatus at the Nobel Museum's exhibition 'Experiment'.
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Awarded for "the Greatest Benefit to Mankind"
Eleven persons were awarded Nobel Prizes in 2016. There are now three new Nobel Laureates in Physics, three in Chemistry, one in Physiology or Medicine, one in Literature, one in Peace and two new Laureates in Economic Sciences. See a short presentation of them here.
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2016 Nobel Prize Concert
The Nobel Prize Concert takes place in the Stockholm Concert Hall on 8 December each year, this year featuring conductor Gianandrea Noseda, soloist Janine Jansen and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Nobel Week Dialogue
Can we ensure food and nutrition for all? Will food be different in the future? Nobel Laureates, world-leading scientists, policy makers and the general public joined in an inspiring discussion about 'The Future of Food' at the 2016 Nobel Week Dialogue.
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Nobel Peace Prize Forum Oslo
The first Nobel Peace Prize Forum Oslo was held held on Sunday 11 December. The topic was "The United States and world peace after  the Presidential Election". Keynote speakers were former U.S. top officials and foreign policy experts Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski and Dr. Henry Kissinger , Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1973.
The Nobel Prize in Numbers
All Nobel Laureates
Between 1901 and 2016, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 579 times to 911 people and organizations.
All Nobel Prizes
Nobel Prizes to Women
The Nobel Prize and Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to women 49 times between 1901 and 2016.
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Alfred Nobel Established the Nobel Prizes
On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his third and last will at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris. When it was opened and read after his death, the will caused a lot of controversy both in Sweden and internationally, as Alfred Nobel had left much of his wealth for the establishment of a prize.
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A New Home for the Nobel Prize
Nobel Center is to be built on Blasieholmen, on a wonderful site along Stockholm's central waterfront. Through its broad public activities, the Nobel Center will invite people into the Nobel Prize's unique world of natural sciences, humanities and peace efforts and become a meeting place that inspires curiosity and creativity.