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Nobel Banquet in Stockholm City Hall cancelled due to coronavirus: Report

The Nobel Foundation has not yet decided how the award ceremony will be on December 10

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Heikensten cited two main reasons why the banquet is cancelled -- it's not workable to gather so many people crowded next to each other and the pandemic makes it uncertain whether laureates and others can travel to Sweden. | Photo: Nobelprize.org

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2 min read Last Updated : Jul 22 2020 | 10:29 AM IST

There will be no Nobel Banquet in Stockholm City Hall this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Swedish media reported.

The Nobel Foundation's outgoing Executive Director Lars Heikensten was quoted by the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter on Tuesday as saying that the Nobel Prizes will be announced as usual in October, but the festivities in December will be severely limited as a result of the pandemic.

"The traditional banquet in Stockholm City Hall, which is normally broadcast live on SVT on December 10, will be cancelled and the concert in the Concert Hall will probably be performed without an audience," Heikensten told

Topics : Nobel Prize

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