Swedish King Carl XVI Gustafand Queen Silvia arrive at the Royal Palace in Stockholm,Tuesday, Dec. 11 2007, for a gala palace dinner for the Nobel prize winners. This was the second night in a row of festivities. The previous evening, a large formal dinner was held in City Hall, followed by the awards ceremony in Concert Hall.
One of the biggest nights of the year for the Swedish royal family is the Nobel Foundation Prize Awards Ceremony, seen here at the Concert Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2007. Royal family members seated in front are, from left, Queen Silvia, Princess Madeleine, King Carl XVI Gustaf, Prince Carl Philip and Crown Princess Victoria. At rear are the Nobel Laureates.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Physics Nobel Prize winner Albert Fert of France arrive at the Nobel Foundation Prize 2007 Gala Dinner at the City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2007.
Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Physics Nobel Prize winner Peter Grunberg of Germany arrive at the Nobel Foundation Prize 2007 Gala Dinner at the City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2007.
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, bottom right, Marie Jose Fert, bottom left, Queen Silvia of Sweden, top left, and Marcus Storch, chairman of the Nobel Foundation, arrive for the Nobel Foundation Prize 2007 Gala Dinner at the City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2007.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden attends the Nobel Foundation Prize 2007 Gala Dinner at the City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2007.
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden attends the Nobel Foundation Prize 2007 Gala Dinner at the City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2007.
Princess Madeleine of Sweden talks to Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, left, as Nobel Prize in Physics winner Peter Grunberg of Germany looks on during the Nobel Foundation Prize 2007 Gala Dinner at the City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2007.
Queen Silvia, left, of Sweden, talks to Nobel Prize in Physics winner Albert Fert of France as Crown Princess Victoria looks on during the Nobel Foundation Prize 2007 Gala Dinner at the City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2007.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Physics Nobel Prize winner Albert Fert of France attend the Nobel Foundation Prize 2007 Gala Dinner at the City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2007.
A general view during the Nobel Foundation Prize 2007 Gala Dinner at the City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2007.
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presents the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2007 to Eric S. Maskin of the U.S. during the Nobel Foundation Prize 2007 Awards Ceremony at the City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2007.
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden presents the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2007 to Roger B. Myerson of the U.S. during the Nobel Foundation Prize 2007 Awards Ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2007.
Prince Carl Philip of Sweden attends the Nobel Foundation Prize 2007 Awards Ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2007.
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip, Queen Silvia and Princess Madeleine leave after the Nobel Foundation Prize 2007 Awards Ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2007.