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ANobel Committee is a working body responsible for most of the work involved in selectingNobel Prize laureates. There are six awarding committees from four institutions, one for each Nobel Prize.
Five of these committees are working bodies within three prize awarding institutions: theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences (for prizes inphysics,chemistry, and economic sciences), theKarolinska Institute (for prize inphysiology or medicine) and theSwedish Academy (for prize inliterature). These Nobel Committees only propose laureates, while the final decision is taken in a larger assembly. This assembly is composed of the entire academies for the prizes in physics,[1] chemistry,[2] economic sciences and literature,[3] as well as the 50 members of theNobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for the prize in physiology or medicine.[4][5]
The sixth Nobel Committee is theNorwegian Nobel Committee, responsible for theNobel Peace Prize. This committee has a different status since it is both the working body and the deciding body for its prize.[6]