Harald zur Hausen
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Harald zur Hausen receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008.
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Harald zur Hausen after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008.
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Harald zur Hausen delivering his banquet speech.
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From left to right: Princess Madeleine, Prince Carl Philip, Mrs Ethel-Michele de Villiers and Nobel Laureate Harald zur Hausen, Nobel Laureate Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Her Majesty Queen Silvia, Nobel Laureate Luc Montagnier and Crown Princess Victoria at the Nobel Banquet.
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The 2008 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation, 12 December 2008. Back row, left to right: Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Osamu Shimomura and Martin Chalfie, Nobel Laureate in Literature Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, Economics Laureate Paul Krugman and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Harald zur Hausen. Front row, left to right: Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Roger Y. Tsien, Nobel Laureates in Physics Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier.
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Harald zur Hausen (left) during the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, 9 December 2008.
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The 2008 Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine: Luc Montagnier (front row, third from left), Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (front row, third from right) and Harald zur Hausen (front row, second from right), together with Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson, President of Karolinska Institutet (front row, middle) and students dressed in Swedish national costumes at the Karolinska Institutet reception, Stockholm, 7 December 2008.
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From left: Luc Montagnier, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen after delivering their Nobel Lectures at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, 7 December 2008.
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Harald zur Hausen at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, 7 December 2008.
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Harald zur Hausen delivering his Nobel Lecture at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, 7 December 2008.
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Harald zur Hausen, like many Nobel Laureates before him, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2008.
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Harald zur Hausen (centre), with fellow Medicine Laureates Luc Montagnier (left) and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (right) during their interview with Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2008.
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Harald zur Hausen and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi share a moment during their interview for Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2008.
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Harald zur Hausen at a press conference in Heidelberg, 6 October 2008.
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Harald zur Hausen at a press conference, 6 October 2008.
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Harald zur Hausen, after the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008.
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Harald zur Hausen answering journalists' questions at a press conference, 6 October 2008.
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Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.