The Nobel Prize 2002 - 2012

[Farah Monaco]

Jewels, tiara and dress

I look forward to see what dress and jewels the Queen and princesses will wear

 

[Lena]

Thank you GrandDuchess for starting the thread. So Nobel-fever is coming over us again. Maybe ONE of the Royal ladies has even decided to wear a new dress (as you see my expecations are low )

I´m pleased with this year´s choice for the award in medicine. Gastric problems are affecting so many, and those two Australians have surely made an effort (with success) to find (one of) the real cause(s).

 

[soCal girl]

Not to discredit all the brilliant people receiving these awards but I'm mainly looking forward to the royal ladies. I have high expectations this year where every single member of the royal family will be present. My plea to Madeleine is not to have an exam or be sick... and for everybody else to be in good health. I'm guessing Madeleine will be wearing her new six-button tiara but do you think her dress will be what she planned on wearing last year? I'm looking forward to a successful, all-present Nobel 2005 . (I also hope Silvia, Victoria, and Lillian have all been wearing repeat dresses in order to save up for a fabulous Nobel dress.)

 

[LaMinka]

Why are some Nobel festivities in Norway and some in Sweden? Are it going to be a thread on the Nobel festivities on the Norwegian "place" too?

The winner get the prize in Oslo Tower Hall 10th December rigth? and the 11 its a Consert in Oslo Spektrum and the a Party on Grand Hotel with all the artist and the winner.

But What happends in Sweden? A Gala? a dinner?

and btw, who is going to be the host in Oslo Spektrum (Plase not Tom Crusie and Oprah this year too!)

 

[robby86]

Wow! Is it time for the Nobel countdown already? Does anyone know yet if all the members of the royal family will be in attendance and if not who will be there?

 

[GrandDuchess]

Why are some Nobel festivities in Norway and some in Sweden? Are it going to be a thread on the Nobel festivities on the Norwegian "place" too?

The winner get the prize in Oslo Tower Hall 10th December rigth? and the 11 its a Consert in Oslo Spektrum and the a Party on Grand Hotel with all the artist and the winner.

But What happends in Sweden? A Gala? a dinner?

and btw, who is going to be the host in Oslo Spektrum (Plase not Tom Crusie and Oprah this year too!)

What you are referring to is the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Norway. All the other five Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. Every year there is one thread for the Peace Prize in the Norwegian forum, and one thread for the other five of the Nobel Prizes and the festivities taking place in Sweden.

Alfred Nobel was Swedish, and it is his fortune that made and still makes the Nobel Prizes possible. The Nobel Foundation is seated in Stockholm.

All Nobel Prizes (the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Economic Sciences), except the Peace Prize, are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden on the culmination of the Nobel Week on 10 December every year - Aldred Nobel's death anniversary.

When Alfred Nobel wrote his will - Norway was still Swedish. And Nobel was a man who believed in the union, so in his will he appointed the Norwegian Parliament to select the The Norwegian Nobel Committee who would take care of the Nobel Peace Prize which was instituted together with the other Nobel Prizes in his memory after his death.

On the 10th of December every year, there is a grand Award Ceremony in the Concert Hall for the Laureates of the five Nobel Prizes, and later the same evening there's a lavish and grand Banquet in the City Hall where the Royal Family takes part. And after the Nobel Day, usually on the 11th of December I think, the King hosts a dinner for the Nobel Laureates and their families at the Royal Palace.

You can read more about Alfred Nobel, the Nobel Prizes and everything else on the Nobel Foundation's official website.

Wow! Is it time for the Nobel countdown already? Does anyone know yet if all the members of the royal family will be in attendance and if not who will be there?

Oh yes, for all of us Nobel lovers it's indeed time for the countdown!

I don't think we know anything about the attendance of the Royal Family at the festivities yet, I guess we'll have to wait a while for that to be known...

 

[Gita]

Nobel

Since the Nobel is on a Saturday this year hopefully the whole of the Royal Family can attend.

 

[rop81]

with all those recycled dresses that the female part of the royal family has worn this year, one could hope for something new at nobel, but we have had these hopes before...

I hope that Victoria will wear either the cannaugh tiara or the amethyst tiara this year.

 

[soCal girl]

I hope that Victoria will wear either the cannaugh tiara or the amethyst tiara this year.

Yes, let's hope for a change in tiara. It's not that I'm completely against the Four Button Tiara but it's been used so many times! Also, if Madeleine is wearing the Six Button Tiara, let's hope they don't decide to coordinate. But would Victoria wear the Connaught Diamond Tiara? It seems to be a particular favorite of Silvia's. Has Victoria ever worn the Amethyst Tiara to a Nobel?

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Yes, let's hope for a change in tiara. It's not that I'm completely against the Four Button Tiara but it's been used so many times! Also, if Madeleine is wearing the Six Button Tiara, let's hope they don't decide to coordinate. But would Victoria wear the Connaught Diamond Tiara? It seems to be a particular favorite of Silvia's. Has Victoria ever worn the Amethyst Tiara to a Nobel?

I don't think Victoria will wear the Connaught Diamond Tiara at the moment maybe in the future Queen Silvia will give to Victoria maybe on her Wedding Day? But the Connaught seems has been Queen Silvia's favourite for long time and she loves to wear it really much.

 

[Australian]

Congrats to the two Australians for their Nobel Prize win!

 

[GrandDuchess]

Press Release: The 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics​

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4 October 2005​

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2005 with one half to​

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Roy J. Glauber​

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA​

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"for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence"​

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and one half jointly to​

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John L. Hall​

JILA, University of Colorado and National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, USA and​

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Theodor W. Hänsch​

Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany​

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"for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique".​

The whole official press release by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

 

[GrandDuchess]

Press Release: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005​

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5 October 2005​

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2005 jointly to​

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Yves Chauvin​

Institut Français du Pétrole, Rueil-Malmaison, France,​

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Robert H. Grubbs​

California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, CA, USA and​

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Richard R. Schrock​

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA​

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"for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis".​

The whole official press release by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

 

[norwegianne]

There has been created a Nobel Peace Prize thread in the Norwegian forum: http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=296983 for the Norwegian discussion of Nobel 2005.

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) and its director general, Mohamed ElBaradei.

 

[sm1939]

why do they do the nobel peace prize in Norway
and the rest in swden , why dont do them all together???
if someone has already informed us why on this thread ...Im sorry

 

[Layla1971]

why do they do the nobel peace prize in Norway
and the rest in swden , why dont do them all together???
if someone has already informed us why on this thread ...Im sorry

Grand Duchess posted this info in an above post:

"What you are referring to is the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Norway. All the other five Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. Every year there is one thread for the Peace Prize in the Norwegian forum, and one thread for the other five of the Nobel Prizes and the festivities taking place in Sweden.

Alfred Nobel was Swedish, and it is his fortune that made and still makes the Nobel Prizes possible. The Nobel Foundation is seated in Stockholm.

All Nobel Prizes (the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Economic Sciences), except the Peace Prize, are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden on the culmination of the Nobel Week on 10 December every year - Aldred Nobel's death anniversary.

When Alfred Nobel wrote his will - Norway was still Swedish. And Nobel was a man who believed in the union, so in his will he appointed the Norwegian Parliament to select the The Norwegian Nobel Committee who would take care of the Nobel Peace Prize which was instituted together with the other Nobel Prizes in his memory after his death.

On the 10th of December every year, there is a grand Award Ceremony in the Concert Hall for the Laureates of the five Nobel Prizes, and later the same evening there's a lavish and grand Banquet in the City Hall where the Royal Family takes part. And after the Nobel Day, usually on the 11th of December I think, the King hosts a dinner for the Nobel Laureates and their families at the Royal Palace.

You can read more about Alfred Nobel, the Nobel Prizes and everything else on the Nobel Foundation's official website."

Hope it answers your question.

 

[Josefine]

and here are a few old Nobel threads

The Nobel Prize thread - history Live Video clips from party
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14

Nobel Prize Award Ceremony & Banquet throught the years
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4017

Nobel 2002
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69

Nobel 2003
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1386

Nobel 2004
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3793

The big fat NPA 2004-guessing-thread
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4096

Crown Princess Victoria Nobel Tiara and Dress Nostalgia
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=821

Madeleine - Tiara & Dress Nobel Nostalgia
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=817

Queen Silvia's Nobel Tiara and Dress Nostalgia
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13

 

[Lyle]

As for the idea of hoping that the royal ladies will wear new dresses this year, I guess you can hope, but I wouldn't count on it. I also read somewhere that Queen Silvia has never worn a new dress to the Nobel Prize in all the years that she has been Queen, so I'm not hopeful that this year will be any different.

 

[Britters]

Have the ladies worn new dresses to anything else this year? It doesn't seem like they have to me, but then I could have blinked and missed it! If they haven't then I would say chances are better that we will see them in something new.

 

[Yennie]

I also read somewhere that Queen Silvia has never worn a new dress to the Nobel Prize in all the years that she has been Queen, so I'm not hopeful that this year will be any different.

never?! She must have...

anyone know for sure?

 

[Australian]

Is that true? I dont think she would wear the same dress every year, i mean, wouldnt people talk?

 

[Boris]

Of course Queen Silvia has never worn the same dress twice for the main Nobel event.
But it's true that she has very rarely worn a NEW dress. As far as I can tell, the only two times she did so was in 1997 (The black & turquoise patterned dress) and in 1995 (The pink & grey dress with the billowing skirt). I also think that's the ONLY time she's ever worn that one! On the other end of the scale, last year's glittering mint green Nobel dress was a disappointment to me - elegant but rather subdued and also worn on numerous big occasions in recent years before.
So I hope that this year, it will at least be a dress we have not seen TOO many times before - for example the beautiful lavender dress first worn during the state visit to Finland.

 

[robby86]

An interesting article I found today from BBC News

Nobel judge steps down in protest
A member of the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Prize for Literature, has resigned in protest at the choice of last year's winner.
Knut Ahnlund said he was stepping down because the 2004 award went to Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek.

The Academy member called Jelinek's work "a mass of text shovelled together without artistic structure".

His attack on Jelinek's books and plays came days before the announcement of the 2005 winner, due on Thursday.

Full story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/entertainment/4329962.stm

 

[norwegianne]

Harold Pinter won the Nobel Prize in Literature - finally someone I know I've read something by. Now I only have to remember what...

 

[GrandDuchess]

Press Release
13 October 2005

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2005

Harold Pinter

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2005 is awarded to the English writer Harold Pinter

“who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression’s closed rooms”.

The Permanent Secretary​

The website of the Swedish Academy can be found here.

 

[Alisa]

I am very excited!!I just now found out(very late I know) that I shared a professor with the one of the 2005 Nobel Prize of Chemistry winners. It's strange but I feel excited and very happy for my former professor (whom I love dearly), how proud he must feel to have one of his students actually win the Nobel Prize!!!

 

[Australian]

That is exciting news Alisa! I cant wait till the Nobels are on. Does anybody know who will host the concert? Like last year it was Oprah Winfrey and Tom Cruise I think.

 

[soCal girl]

I was just thinking about Madeleine's dress and in a way she sort of has to get a new one! She can't wear dresses that she's worn to previous nobels, so those three dresses are out and she can't wear the blue and white German state visit dress because it's not dressy enough for nobel....and the fact that she's worn it like a million times. There aren't a lot more gala dresses that's she worn and didn't she have a new dress ready last year but couldn't make it? I know I'm just rambling but just a thought. *shock* We might actually get to see a new dress this year on Madeleine!

 

[Amy]

I was just thinking about Madeleine's dress and in a way she sort of has to get a new one! She can't wear dresses that she's worn to previous nobels, so those three dresses are out and she can't wear the blue and white German state visit dress because it's not dressy enough for nobel....and the fact that she's worn it like a million times. There aren't a lot more gala dresses that's she worn and didn't she have a new dress ready last year but couldn't make it? I know I'm just rambling but just a thought. *shock* We might actually get to see a new dress this year on Madeleine!

That is a good thought, but it does depend on what you mean by "new".
She could go and buy a completely new dress for this years Nobel, or she could wear the dress (if indeed she had one already chosen) that she was meant to wear to last years Nobel but as she didn't go she didn't wear it.

 

[soCal girl]

True, but it doesn't matter if she wears the dress she was going to last year because we haven't seen her in it yet. BTW, does Madeleine also get her gala dresses custom-made like Victoria or is it "off the rack."?