The Nobel Prize Awards are traditionally handed out annually in Sweden and Norway every 10th of December, the death anniversary of Alfred Nobel. And the ceremonies are attended by the Swedish and Norwegian royal families.
The Nobel Prize in Stockholm, Sweden recognizes achievements in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and the economic sciences. And usually held at the Stockholm Concert Hall.
After the awarding ceremony at the Concert Hall, the Swedish royals, the laureates, and the guests, attend the Nobel Prize dinner at the Stockholm City Hall.
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| The Swedish royal family at the Nobel Prize Awards |
The Nobel Peace Prize is traditionally given in Oslo, Norway, and attended by the Norwegian royal family. While King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden handed out the awards to the winners, his cousin, King Harald V of Norway, will just attend the ceremony as a special guest.
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| Prince Carl Philip of Sweden |
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| King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden |
This year on December 10, the Swedish royal family members we spotted at the awarding ceremony were King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Princess Sofia, Prince Carl Philip, Princess Cristina (the King's older sister) and her husband, Tord Magnuson, and Countess Bettina Bernadotte of Wisborg (the King's cousin).
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| Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden at the Nobel Prize Banquet |
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| The Swedish royal family |
Countess Bettina Bernadotte of Wisborg is the fifth child of Prince Lennart Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (1909-2004), and his second wife, Countess Sonja Bernadotte.
Prince Lennart was the only child of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, a first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Lennart was stripped of his title of Prince of Sweden when he married a commoner.
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| Countess Bettina Bernadotte of Wisborg, a great-granddaughter of King Gustaf V of Sweden |
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| Princess Cristina, Tord Magnuson, and Princess Sofia |
Four years after the death of her father, Countess Bettina took over the presidency of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings established by Prince Lennart. and became a member of the board of the Foundation of Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
Royal Fashion at the Nobel Prize night
The Swedish royals attended the ceremony in their finest royal regalia. Queen Silvia wore the Napoleonic Amethyst Parure, which complimented her purple dress.
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| Princess Cristina wore the Diamond Connaught Tiara |
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| Princess Sofia, Queen Silvia, and Crown Princess Victoria |
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| Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden shines in a pink satin gown |
While Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, wore the Diamond Six Button Tiara, and Countess Bettina wore her mother's tiara known as Countess Sonja's Ruby and Sapphire Tiara.
According to Tiara Mania, Countess Bettina's tiara was made with gemstones from a pair of cufflinks that belonged to King Gustaf V of Sweden, the grandfather of Prince Lennart and the great-grandfather of King Carl XVI Gustaf.
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| Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, and Princess Sofia |
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| Prince Carl Philip of and Princess Sofia |
Nobel Peace Prize in Norway
King Harald V of Norway, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, meanwhile, attended the Nobel Peace Prize Awarding ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
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| King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway |
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| Norwegian royal family attends Nobel Peace Prize |
The ceremony was held at Oslo City Hall on the morning of December 10. Unlike the Swedish king who presided over the presentation of the awards, King Harald V did not present the prize, but only attended as a guest with his family.
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| Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway |
This year's Peace Prize was awarded to the human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian Human Rights Organization Memorial, and the Ukrainian Human Rights Organization Center for Civil Liberties.
Nobel Prize Awards
On November 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his third and last will at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris.
In this excerpt of the will, Alfred Nobel dictates that his entire remaining estate should be used to endow “prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind”.
It caused a lot of controversies both in Sweden and internationally, as Nobel had left much of his wealth for the establishment of a prize. His family opposed the establishment of the Nobel Prize. It was five years before the first Nobel Prize could be awarded in 1901.
Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833-1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. He was best known as the inventor of dynamite.
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