Abel Prize
Named after mathematician Niels Henrik Abel and modeled on the Nobel Prizes, the Abel Prize was established in 2003. Laureates are selected by a committee appointed by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and announced each March. The award includes a gold medal, a diploma, and a monetary prize of 7.5 million Norwegian kroner as of 2025. The ceremony is held in the aula of the University of Oslo. The prize may be shared by up to three recipients and is awarded posthumously only if the laureate dies after the announcement.
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Laureates
2003
First awarded
Every March
Announcement
Government of Norway
Presented by
Awards by year
Outstanding scientific work in the field of mathematics
History
The prize was first proposed in 1899 by Sophus Lie after it was discovered that Nobel Prizes would not include mathematics. In 1902, King Oscar II offered to finance the prize, but the dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway in 1905 halted the plan. In 2001, the Government of Norway formally established the Abel Prize. An honorary prize was awarded to Atle Selberg in 2002, and the first official prize was awarded to Jean-Pierre Serre in 2003. A book series on laureates and their research began in 2010. Karen Uhlenbeck became the first female laureate in 2019, and in 2025 Masaki Kashiwara became the first Japanese recipient.
2025
Japan
2024
France
2023
Argentina
2022
United States of America
2021
Hungary,
United States of America
Israel
2020
Israel,
United States of America
Russian Federation,
United States of America
2019
United States of America
2018
Canada,
United States of America
2017
France
2016
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2015
United States of America
United States of America,
Canada
2014
United States of America,
Russian Federation
2013
Belgium
2012
Hungary
2011
United States of America
2010
United States of America
2009
France,
Russian Federation
2008
United States of America
France
2007
United States of America
2006
Sweden
2005
Hungary
2004
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America
2003
France