The ceremony marks the start of the Abel Prize week when the laureate(s) lays a wreath in honour of Niels Henrik Abel at Vigeland's Abel monument in the Palace Park.

Time: 17:00, 25. mai
Place: The Abel monument, The Palace Park
Open for all
Program:
- Speech by chair of the Abel board, Ingrid K. Glad
- The laureate(s) lays down the wreath at the monument
- After the ceremony, president of the Norwegian Academy for Science and Letter, Annelin Eriksen, will give some information about the Abel Prize week
- Musicians from the Armed Forces Staff Band will perform during the wreath-laying ceremony