Abstract: The first running period of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN took place from 2010 to 2012. Proton-proton collisions were produced at 7 and 8 TeV centre-of-mass energies and with luminosities reaching up to 70% of the original design luminosity. The experimental programme was complemented with lead-lead and proton-lead runs. The observation of a Higgs particle with mass of about 126 GeV by the ATLAS and CMS experiments was the biggest highlight of the first LHC run. The discovery of a Higgs boson was a scientific breakthrough, which completes the Standard Model of elementary particles. In this review I will present selected LHC physics results out of the very broad range of the LHC physics programme, and describe future plans.
