- Swedish and Norwegian royal families have attended the Nobel prize ceremonies in Oslo and Stockholm
- They brought with them an array of wealthy and famous wives, husbands and fiances
- Included were the Kings and Queens of Norway and Sweden, as well as their children and grandchildren
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Scandinavian kings, queens, princes and princesses have all attended this year’s Nobel Prize ceremonies – helping form a guest list that gave the annual event an injection of prestige and glamour not seen in recent years.
While the royals traditionally attend the ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo, this year many opted to bring their powerful and wealthy partners in a guest list that threatened to overshadow the work of the award recipients themselves.
Among the guests to attend the ceremony in Stockholm were New York banker Christopher O’Neill, who last year married Swedish Princess Madeleine, and her brother Prince Carl Philip – who brought with him his fiance Sofia Hellqvist – a former reality TV star and lad mag pin-up girl.
Seated nearby on stage during the ceremony were their parents, the reigning King and Queen of Sweden, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, as well as their eldest child Crown Princess Victoria and her partner Prince Daniel. After presenting the awards, King Carl, his family and their partners were seated at the ‘honor table’ for the traditional Nobel banquet.
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Alongside the award recipients, they were treated to a three-course meal consisting of red king crab, red deer spiced loin, and a wild dewberry sorbet. When the winners of the Nobel Prizes in literature and sciences received their prizes from King Carl at the Stockholm Concert Hall, they did so against a backdrop of 20,000 flowers, prepared by 12 florists.
Following tradition, the flowers were coloured deep red, cerise and pink, and included roses, carnations and hortensias.