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prize. The award was established by the 1895 will and estate of Swedish chemist and
Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. An associated prize, The Sveriges Riksbank
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was instituted by Sweden's central bank in
1968 and first awarded in 1969. The Nobel Prizes in the specific disciplines (Physics, Chemistry,
Physiology or Medicine, and Literature) and the Prize in Economics, which is commonly identified with
them, are widely regarded as the most prestigious award one can receive in those fields. The Nobel
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