10 photos
The Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall ready for the 1999 Nobel Banquet.
© The Nobel Foundation 1999
Photo: Boo Jonsson
The table is laid with the special Nobel tableware set, created for the 90th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in 1991 by three Swedish designers, Karin Björquist (Rörstrand/Gustavsberg), Gunnar Cyrén (Orrefors) and Ingrid Dessau (Klässbols Linneväveri).
© The Nobel Foundation 1999
Photo: Boo Jonsson
The Royal Family and other guests of honour make their entry down the stairs into the Blue Hall. His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is escorting Anneke 't Hooft, wife of Nobel Laureate in Physics Gerardus 't Hooft. Behind them are Her Majesty Queen Silvia and Bengt Samuelsson, Chairman of the Nobel Foundation.
© The Nobel Foundation 1999
Photo: Hans Petterson
Glimmering lights illuminate the Blue Hall.
© The Nobel Foundation 1999
Photo: Hans Petterson
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf seated in the middle of the table of honour at the Nobel Banquet.
© The Nobel Foundation 1999
Photo: Hans Petterson
Close-up from the table of honour: Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf (right) seated beside Anneke 't Hooft (left), wife of Nobel Laureate in Physics Gerardus 't Hooft.
© Scanpix Scandinavia 1999, S-105 17 Stockholm, Sweden, telephone, picture library: +46(0)8135555. Photo: James Adanson
Queen Silvia of Sweden and Martinus J.G. Veltman, Nobel Laureate in Physics.
© Pressens Bild AB 1999, S-112 88 Stockholm, Sweden, telephone: +46(0)87383800. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer
Princess Lilian of Sweden and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Ahmed H. Zewail at the Nobel Banquet.
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Princess Christina of Sweden and Nobel Laureate in Literature Günter Grass shares a light moment at the Nobel Banquet.
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Performance by Malena Ernman, mezzo soprano.
© The Nobel Foundation 1999
Photo: Hans Petterson
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