Photo gallery - The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2015

The Nobel Day on 10 December begins with the traditional Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall.

A bust of Alfred Nobel, surrounded by a beautiful wall of flowers donated by the Chamber of Commerce of Imperia, Sanremo and the Town of Sanremo: roses, carnations and chrysanthemums in creamy white and apricot nuances.

Spring flowers in pastel colours decorate the rear of the stage, including anemones, tulips, buttercups, roses, grape hyacinths, asparagus flowers and bear grass.

The audience awaits the Swedish Royal family and the Nobel Laureates.

The audience stands while the Swedish Royal anthem 'Kungssången' is played. Front row, left to right: Queen Silvia and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. Back row: Prince Daniel and Crown Princess Victoria.

All 2015 Nobel Laureates on stage.

Takaaki Kajita after receiving his Nobel Prize in Physics.

Physics Laureate Arthur B. McDonald after receiving his Nobel Prize.

Aziz Sancar after receiving his Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Chemistry Laureate Tomas Lindahl receiving his Nobel Prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Chemistry Laureate Paul Modrich after receiving his Nobel Medal and Diploma.

Medicine Laureate William C. Campbell receiving his Nobel Prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Satoshi Ōmura after receiving his Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Medicine Laureate Youyou Tu receiving her Nobel Prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Literature Laureate Svetlana Alexievich receiving her Nobel Medal and Diploma from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Angus Deaton, Laureate in Economic Sciences, after receiving his Prize.

A bird's eye photo of the 2015 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony.

Family members and colleagues pour onto the stage to congratulate their Laureates. Svetlana Alexievich poses for a photo.

Angus Deaton showing his prize medal to his family members.