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The Nobel Prize (, Swedish definite form, singular: Nobelpriset ; Norwegian: Nobelprisen ) is a set of annual international awards bestowed in a number of categories by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and / or scientific advances.

The will of the Swedish philanthropist inventor Alfred Nobel established the prizes in 1895.

The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace were first awarded in 1901.