The guests gather together in the Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall.

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Princess Lilian of Sweden in conversation with Nobel Laureate Arvid Carlsson, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine.

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Princess Madeleine of Sweden seated between Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Paul Greengard (right) and Arvid Carlsson (left) at the Nobel Banquet.

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Nobel Laureate in Literature Gao Xingjian at the table of honour.

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Swedish Crown Princess Victoria with Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Alan J. Heeger (left) and Marcus Storch, Deputy Chairman of the Nobel Foundation (right).

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Divertissement at the Nobel Banquet.

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The dessert is brought in: vanilla ice cream with blue-berry sorbet and almond biscuits.

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The Royal Family meet every Nobel Laureate after the banquet dinner. The Royal siblings - Princess Madeleine, Prince Carl Philip, and Crown Princess Victoria, wait to meet this year's Laureates.

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Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Arvid Carlsson (extreme left), Prince Carl Philip, Princess Madeleine and Crown Princess Victoria at the Nobel Banquet in the Stockholm City Hall.

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