The Nobel Committee

The Nobel Committee consists of five members and the Secretary General of the Nobel Assembly. The members are elected for a period of three years. Each year, ten associate members are elected for a term running from March until October. The Nobel Committee is the working body of the Nobel Assembly.

The Nobel Committee 2026

Seated from left: Marie Wahren-Herlenius, Sten Linnarsson, Per Svenningsson, chairman, Abdel El Manira and Rickard Sandberg.

Standing from left: Pär Nordlund, Randall Johnson, Qiang Pan-Hammarström, Christer Betsholtz, Anna Wedell, Juleen Zierath, Thomas Perlmann, Birgitta Henriques Normark, András Simon, Janne Johansson, Gonçalo Castelo-Branco and Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam.

Not pictured: Patrik Ernfors

Photo: Yanan Li