The First Nobel Prizes are Awarded ~ December 10, 1901
• 12/10/20 at 07:06PM •The Nobel Prizes were established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments (manufacturer Alfred Nobel. The Will established five Prize categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Peace.
In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank (Sweden’s central bank) established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.