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2008

Nobel Prize Winners

12 laureates honored across 6 categories in the 108th Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates
12
Categories
06
Countries
05
Ceremony
108th Ceremony
Stockholm & Oslo

Physics

3 Laureates

Chemistry

3 Laureates

Physiology or Medicine

Literature

1 Laureate

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

France

author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization

Peace

1 Laureate

Martti Ahtisaari

Finland

for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts

Economic Sciences

Paul Krugman

United States

for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity

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