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1926

Nobel Prize Winners

6 laureates honored across 5 categories in the 26th Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
6
Categories
05
Countries
05
Ceremony
26th Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

1 Laureate

Jean Perrin

France

“for his work on the discontinuous structure of matter, and especially for his discovery of sedimentation equilibrium”

Chemistry

1 Laureate

Theodor Svedberg

Sweden

“for his work on disperse systems”

Physiology or Medicine

Johannes Fibiger

Denmark

“for his discovery of the Spiroptera carcinoma”

Literature

1 Laureate

Grazia Deledda

Italy

“for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general”

Peace

2 Laureates

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