Press room for the 2026 Abel Prize laureate
In the press room, you can find materials such as the press release, citation, and biography for this year's Abel Prize laureate.
You will also find information about press contacts should you have any further questions.
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Gerd Faltings - Abel Prize Laureate 2026. Photo: Peter Badge/Typos1/The Abel Prize 2026
Press contact for Gerd Faltings:
Dr. Christian Blohmann
Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Bonn
blohmann@mpim-bonn.mpg.de
Phone: +49-228-402302
Press contact for the Norwegian
Academy of Science and Letters:
Marina Tofting
Head of Communication
marina.tofting@dnva.no
Phone: (+47) 938 66 312
English presskit (PDF)
German presskit (PDF)
Norwegian presskit (PDF)
Introduction to the laureate’s work - by Arne B. Sletsjøe
The work of Gerd Faltings - for non-mathematicians - by Timandra Harkness