Photo gallery - The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2003

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1 (of 13) The Swedish flag above the stage of the Stockholm Concert Hall during the 2003 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony.

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2 (of 13) A bust of Alfred Nobel takes centre stage, surrounded by beautiful flowers donated by the city of Sanremo in Italy, where Alfred Nobel spent the last few years of his life, and where he died on 10 December 1896.

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3 (of 13) The Nobel Laureates enter the stage.

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4 (of 13) Crown Princess Victoria during the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Concert Hall.

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5 (of 13) The Swedish Royal Family in the front row (left to right): Princess Lilian, King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria. In the back row: Princess Madeleine and Prince Carl Philip.

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6 (of 13) The 2003 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony begins. Onstage are the 2003 Nobel Laureates, the Swedish Royal Family, previous Nobel Laureates, and members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Nobel Assembly of Karolinska Institutet, the Swedish Academy and the Board of Directors of the Nobel Foundation.

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7 (of 13) The Swedish Royal Family in the front row (left to right) Princess Lilian, King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria. Somewhat hidden are Princess Madeleine and Prince Carl Philip, with members of the Nobel Prize Awarding Institutions standing behind them.

Nobel Laureates in physics and chemistry seated in the front row

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8 (of 13) From left to right: Physics Laurerates Alexei A. Abrikosov, Vitaly L. Ginzburg and Anthony J. Leggett, Chemistry Laureates Peter Agre and Roderick MacKinnon, and Medicine Laureate Paul C. Lauterbur.

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9 (of 13) A close-up of the Swedish Royal Family.

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10 (of 13) The boxes containing the Nobel medals at the 2003 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm.

Right to left: Laureates in Economic Sciences Clive W.J. Granger and Robert F. Engle, Literature Laureate John M. Coetzee, and Medicine Laureate Sir Peter Mansfield

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11 (of 13) Right to left: Laureates in Economic Sciences Clive W.J. Granger and Robert F. Engle, Literature Laureate John M. Coetzee, and Medicine Laureate Sir Peter Mansfield.

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12 (of 13) Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Peter Agre shows his medal to his wife after the 2003 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony inside the Stockholm Concert Hall.

Nobel Laureate in Literature, John M. Coetzee, center. The South African ambassador to Sweden Sonto Kudjoe, left, and her husband Dr John Kudjoe, right, after the 2003 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

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13 (of 13) Nobel Laureate in Literature, John M. Coetzee, center. The South African ambassador to Sweden Sonto Kudjoe, left, and her husband Dr John Kudjoe, right, after the 2003 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall.