The King's Dinner for the Nobel Laureates
On Saturday evening, The King hosted his annual dinner for the Nobel Laureates with their families and other guests. The 140 guests where received in Vita Havet, and the dinner was taken in the Karl XI’s Gallery. The Laureates where of course the Honorary Guests.
The Royal Family was represented by (except the King and Queen) Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip, Princess Lilian and Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnusson with her husband General Consul Tord Magnusson. Countess Bettina Bernadotte af Wisborg and her husband were also invited. Other guests where representatives from the Government, the Ambassadors of the Laureate’s countries, representatives from the Nobel Foundation, representatives from the Royal Academies’ Nobel Committees, representatives from Norway and the Norwegian Nobel Committee, representatives from the Royal Academies involved with the Nobel Prize, representatives from various universities and colleges, the President of the Bank of Sweden and the President of the European Central Bank, and one representative from the Nobel family.
The King had Jacquelyn Savani, wife of the Nobel Prize winner in physics Professor David J Gross, to the table, and on his left side was the Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Professor Aaron Chiechanover. The Queen had the Nobel Prize winner in physics, Professor Frank Wilczek to the table, and had the Nobel Prize winner in medicine, Dr. Richard Axel, on her other side, who in his turn had Princess Lilian to the table. The Crown Princess had the Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Professor Aaron Chechanover, to the table, and had Nobel Prize winner in physics, Frank Wilczek, on her other side. Prince Carl Philip had Cornelia Bargmann, husband of the Nobel Prize winner in medicine, Dr. Richard Axel, to the table, and has Jacquelyn Savani on his left side.
The menu consisted of fried duck liver, saffron fried pikeperch with lemon glazed vegetables, whole roasted roe deer fillet, and apricot soufflé with hazelnut praline ice cream for dessert.
Lena has posted a few pictures from this in an earlier post.