Nobel Prize Ceremonies 2014

Following the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, over one thousand guests attended the lavish Nobel Banquet in the Blue Hall at Stockholm’s City Hall on Wednesday, enjoying a three-course dinner, entertainment, and dancing. The annual event was extensively covered by Swedish media.

The 2014 Nobel prizes have been handed out in Stockholm after the Peace Prize was awarded in Oslo earlier on Wednesday. The Local brought you analysis and reaction during one of the most prestigious events in the Swedish calendar.

KEY FACTS

• Economics: Jean Tirole for understanding industry regulation
• Peace: Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for children's rights
• Literature: French author Patrick Modiano
• Chemistry: Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell and William Moerner for microscope work
• Physics: Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura for inventing blue LED
• Medicine: John O'Keefe, May-Britt and Edvard Moser for studying our "inner GPS"

December Prize ceremonies

Police in Stockholm say that they have arrested a "naked man" outside the Stockholm Concert Hall where the Nobel Prize Ceremony has just taken place.

We're logging off now (the Nobel Museum is shut), but you can find more photos and videos on the Nobel Prize website.

France's other winner, Jean Tirole has collected his Economics Prize, wrapping up the ceremony. Presenting the award, Professor Tore Ellingsen said: "He has shown how competition laws should reflect the peculiarities of each individual industry – from banking to telecommunications, search engines and social networking services".

The guests are now preparing for their banquet.

There is no time for lingering journalists, tourists and science fans here at the Nobel Museum. We've been told that the museum is "shutting as usual at six o'clock sharp".

For royal watchers, the Nobel Prize ceremony always offers a feast of frocks. Princess Madeleine is wearing an enormous red ball gown for the event. Sweden's Prince Carl Philip has brought along his fiancee Sofia Hellqvist, who is making her Nobel debut wearing some serious purple sparkles. The pair are set to get married next year.

Photo:TT

Photo: TT

Maddy Savage, Editor, 17:33

Among the spectators here at The Nobel Musuem are David and Lara Miller, from Brisbane in Australia. David, 35, who works in software development told The Local: "It's a wonderful day for people who love science for science. We just happened to be in Stockholm during a six month sabbatical travelling around Europe and our friends told us to stop by here. My grasp of Swedish isn't great but I am enjoying watching the ceremony".

CRD: THE LOCAL