我，签名人艾尔弗雷德-伯哈德-诺贝尔，经过郑重的考虑后特此宣布，下文是关于处理我死后所留下的财产的遗嘱：

 

　　在此我要求遗嘱执行人以如下方式处置我可以兑换的剩余财产：将上述财产兑换成现金，然后进行安全可靠的投资；以这份资金成立一个基金会，将基金所产生的利息每年奖给在前一年中为人类作出杰出贡献的人。将此利息划分为五等份，分配如下：一份奖给在物理界有最重大的发现或发明的人；一份奖给在化学上有最重大的发现或改进的人；一份奖给在医学和生理学界有最重大的发现的人；一份奖给在文学界创作出具有理想倾向的最佳作品的人；一份奖给为促进民族团结友好、取消或裁减常备军队以及为和平会议的组织和宣传尽到最大努力或作出最大贡献的人。

 

　　物理奖和化学奖由斯德哥尔摩瑞典科学院颁发；医学和生理学奖由斯德哥尔摩卡罗琳医学院颁发；文学奖由斯德哥尔摩文学院颁发；和平奖由挪威议会选举产生的5人委员会颁发。

 

　　对于获奖候选人的国籍不予任何考虑，也就是说，不管他或她是不是斯堪的纳维亚人，谁最符合条件谁就应该获得奖金，我在此声明，这样授予奖金是我的迫切愿望……

 

　　这是我惟一存效的遗嘱。在我死后，若发现以前任何有关财产处置的遗嘱，一概作废。

 

巴黎　1895年11月27号

阿尔弗雷德·伯恩哈德·诺贝尔

 

　　I, the undersigned, Alfred Bernhard Nobel, do hereby, after mature deliberation, declare the following to be my last Will and Testament with respect to such property as may be left by me at the time of my death: The whole of my remaining realizable estate shall be dealt with in the following way:

 

　　The capital shall be invested by my executors in safe securities and shall constitue a fund, the interest on which shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics; one part to the person who shall have made the most important chemical discovery or improvement; one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine; one part to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency; and one part to the person who shall have done the most or best work for fraternity among nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.

 

　　The prizes for physics and chemistry shall be awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences; that for physiology or medical works by the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm; that for literature by the Academy in Stockholm; and that for champions of peace by a committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Storting. It is my express wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration whatever shall be given to the nationality of the candidates, so that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be a Scandinavian or not.

 

　　This Will and Testament is up to now the only one valid, and revokes all my previous testamentary dispositions, should any such exist after my death.

 

　　Finally, it is my express wish that following my death my veins shall be opened, and when this has been done and competent Doctors have confirmed clear signs of death, my remains shall be cremated in a so-called crematorium.

 

Paris, 27 November, 1895

Alfred Bernhard Nobel