Photo gallery - The Nobel Banquet 1980

HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden walks down the stairway of the Blue Hall with Annette Cronin, wife of James Watson Cronin, Nobel Laureate in Physics.

The Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall, where close to 2,000 guests are seated for the Nobel Banquet.

At the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, Sweden, on 10 December, Walter Gilbert raises his glass in a toast.

The dessert, kiwi fruit sorbet with fruit in a beer marinade, is being served to the banquet quests.