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1903

Nobel Prize Winners

7 laureates honored across 5 categories in the 3rd Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
7
Categories
05
Countries
06
Ceremony
3rd Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

3 Laureates

Chemistry

1 Laureate

Svante August Arrhenius

Sweden

in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered to the advancement of chemistry by his electrolytic theory of dissociation

Physiology or Medicine

Niels Ryberg Finsen

Denmark

in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science

Literature

1 Laureate

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

Norway

as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit

Peace

1 Laureate

Randal Cremer

United Kingdom

for his longstanding and devoted effort in favour of the ideas of peace and arbitration

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