1903

Chemistry
ARRHENIUS, SVANTE AUGUST, Sweden, Stockholm University, b. 1859, d. 1927: "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered to the advancement of chemistry by his electrolytic theory of dissociation"

Literature
BJ…RNSON, BJ…RNSTJERNE MARTINUS, Norway, b. 1832, d. 1910: "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit"

Physiology or Medicine
FINSEN, NIELS RYBERG, Denmark, Finsen Medical Light Institute, Copenhagen, b. 1860 (in Thorshavn, Faroe Islands), d. 1904: "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science"

Peace
CREMER, Sir WILLIAM RANDAL, Great Britain, b. 1838, d. 1908: Member of the British Parliament. Secretary of the International Arbitration League.

Physics
The prize was divided, one half being awarded to: BECQUEREL, ANTOINE HENRI, France, ƒcole Polytechnique, Paris, b. 1852, d. 1908: "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity"; the other half jointly to: CURIE, PIERRE, France, ƒcole municipale de physique et de chimie industrielles, (Municipal School of Industrial Physics and Chemistry), Paris, b. 1859, d. 1906; and his wife CURIE, MARIE, ne SKLODOWSKA, France, b. 1867 (in Warsaw, Poland), d. 1934: "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel"