A Nobel Committee is a working body responsible for most of the work involved in selecting Nobel Prize laureates. There are six awarding committees from four institutions, one for each Nobel Prize.
Five of these committees are working bodies within three prize awarding institutions: the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (for prizes in physics, chemistry, and economic sciences), the Karolinska Institute (for prize in physiology or medicine) and the Swedish Academy (for prize in literature). These Nobel Committees only propose laureates, while the final decision is taken in a larger assembly. This assembly is composed of the entire academies for the prizes in physics,Nobelprize.org: Prize Awarder for the Nobel Prize in Physics, accessed on March 28, 2014 chemistry,Nobelprize.org: Prize Awarder for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, accessed on March 28, 2014 economic sciences and literature,Nobelprize.org: Prize Awarder for the Nobel Prize in Literature, accessed on March 28, 2014 as well as the 50 members of the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for the prize in physiology or medicine.Nobelprize.org: Prize Awarder for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, accessed on March 28, 2014Karolinska Institutet: Nobelpriset - den ärofyllda traditionen, accessed on March 28, 2014
The sixth Nobel Committee is the Norwegian Nobel Committee, responsible for the Nobel Peace Prize. This committee has a different status since it is both the working body and the deciding body for its prize.Nobelprize.org: Prize Awarder for the Nobel Peace Prize, accessed on March 28, 2014
See also Nobel Committee for Physics Nobel Committee for Chemistry Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine Nobel Committee for Literature Norwegian Nobel Committee Economic Sciences Prize Committee
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