The Swedish Royal Family have joined King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden as he awards the Nobel Prizes at the annual Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm on December 10th, before the Swedish Royal Family will attend the glittering Nobel Banquet at the Stockholm City Hall. The Noble Peace Prizes are awarded in Oslo.
The Nobel Laureates received their Nobel Medal, Nobel Diploma and a document confirming the Nobel Prize amount from King Carl XVI Gustaf in the Prize Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Only Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel joined the King and Queen Silvia on the stage, while Prince Carl Philip, Princess Madeleine and Christopher O’Neill sat in the audience.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Mary E. Brunkow (USA) (1/3), Fred Ramsdell (USA) (1/3) and Shimon Sakaguchi (Japan)(1/3) “ for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance”
The Nobel Prize in Physics
John Clarke (1/3), Michel H. Devoret (1/3) and John M. Martinis (1/3) “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Susumu Kitagawa (Japan) (1/3), Richard Robson (UK) (1/3) and Omar M. Yaghi (Jordan) (1/3) “ for the development of metal–organic frameworks”
The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Joel Mokyr (1/2) “ for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress” and Philippe Aghion (1/4) & Peter Howitt (1/4) “ for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction.”
The Nobel Prize in Literature
László Krasznahorkai (Hungry) for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”
Queen Silvia wore Queen Sofia’s Nine Prong Tiara with the Bernadotte Emerald Parure, the Sash and Star of the Order of the Seraphim, and King Carl Gustaf’s Portrait Brooch.
Crown Princess Victoria wore the Baden Fringe Tiara with the Sash and Star of the Order of the Seraphim, and King Carl Gustaf’s Portrait Brooch.
Princess Madeleine wore the Aquamarine Kokoshnik Tiara with the Sash and Star of the Order of the Seraphim, and King Carl Gustaf’s Portrait Brooch.
The Braganza Tiara
Leuchtenberg Sapphire Parure
Queen Sofia’s 9-Prong Tiara
The Swedish Cameo Parure
The Connaught Diamond Tiara
The Baden Fringe Tiara
Napoleonic Amethyst Parure
King Edward VII Ruby Tiara
Swedish Aquamarine Kokoshnik Tiara
Napoleonic Cut Steel Tiara
Princess Lilian’s Laurel Wreath Tiara
Princess Sofia’s Wedding Tiara
Modern Fringe Tiara
Swedish Pink Topaz Parure
Bernadotte Emerald Parure
