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- Oct 7, 202675% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
The Royal Swedish Academy Names the 2026 Chemistry Laureates
- The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is announced on Wednesday, 7 October, "11:45 CEST at the earliest", by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences[2][3]
- The venue is the Academy's Session Hall, Lilla Frescativagen 4A, Stockholm[3]
- It is the third of six 2026 announcements, which "will take place on 5-12 October", the day after the physics prize on Tuesday 6 October and before literature on Thursday 8 October[2][3]
- Like every announcement except the peace prize, the time carries the hedge "at the earliest"[2][3]
- All prize announcements "will be broadcast live on the official digital channels of the Nobel Prize", with a YouTube live stream listed for each[2][3]
- The Nobel Prize YouTube channel's live stream page for this announcement, "Announcement of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry", was published 2026-09-14T09:43:10Z and says only "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be announced at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden"; it names no laureates and gives no announcement date[1]
- A press invitation is listed for the chemistry announcement, and "Media wishing to attend the announcements should apply to the respective prize-awarding institution in the early fall"[3]
- The announcement follows a year-long process: nominations open in September, close at "midnight on 31 January", are considered February to September by a Nobel committee of 5 to 10 members, and the prize-awarding institutions "take a final vote to select their newest laureates" in October[2]
- The laureates receive their medals, prize money and diplomas on Nobel Day, 10 December, in Stockholm and Oslo[2]
- The schedule was set out in a Nobel Foundation press release dated 2 February 2026; the nobelprize.org announcement-dates page carries no publication or last-updated date[2][3]
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- [1]75%youtube.com/live/a9Bhx9wEt8Uyoutube.com· Posted Sep 20, 2026· Starts Oct 7, 2026 ✓· 41% of score
The Nobel Foundation's press release sets it for "Wednesday, 7 October, 11:45 CEST at the earliest", so the hour can slip later in the day.
- [2]95%Prize announcement dates - NobelPrize.orgnobelprize.org· Added Sep 20, 2026· 41% of score
The Nobel Foundation's own schedule page, listing each 2026 prize with its day, hour and awarding institution.[1]
- [3]95%The 2026 Nobel Prize announcements - press release from the Nobel Foundationnobelprize.org· Published Feb 2, 2026· 17% of score
The February 2026 press release in which the prize-awarding institutions set out each announcement date, hour, hall and street address.[1]
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