The Nobel Prize in Physics is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901, the others being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Physics is traditionally the first award presented in the Nobel Prize ceremony.
Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923), the first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics
Three Nobel Laureates in Physics. Front row L-R: Albert A. Michelson (1907 laureate), Albert Einstein (1921 laureate), and Robert A. Millikan (1923 laureate).
1903 Nobel Prize diploma, awarded to Marie Curie and Pierre Curie
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is one of the royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting natural sciences and mathematics and strengthening their influence in society, whilst endeavouring to promote the exchange of ideas between various disciplines.
Main building of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm
Nobel Chemistry Prize, news conference (2008)
Kongl. Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens handlingar, volume XI (1750).
Anders Johan von Höpken, the first Secretary