King hosts traditional dinner for 2010 Nobel Laureates

The King and Queen on their way to the dinner for this year’s Nobel Laureates. Photo: Sören Andersson, Scanpix.

The Crown Princess with Prince Carl Philip. Photo: Sören Andersson, Scanpix.

The Queen was accompanied to the table by recipient of the Physics Prize, Doctor George E. Smith. Recipient of the Chemistry Prize, Doctor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, was seated on her other side.

Recipient of the Physics Prize, Doctor Willard S. Boyle, accompanied The Crown Princess to the table. Recipient of the Physics Prize, Doctor George E. Smith, was seated on The Crown Princess' right.

Prince Carl Philip accompanied Mrs Vera Rosenberry Ramakrishnan, wife of the recipient of the Chemistry Prize, to the table. Professor Elisabeth H. Blackburn, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, was seated on the Prince's other side.

Princess Madeleine was accompanied to the table by recipient of the Chemistry Prize, Doctor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan. Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Professor Thomas A. Steitz, was seated on the Princess' other side.

Princess Madeleine with her fiancé Mr Jonas Bergström. Photo: Sören Andersson, Scanpix.

Menu

This was followed by grilled sea bass with a cassoulet of mussels and sorana beans. Next came pan-fried fillet of venison with mushrooms, potato confit, acorn squash and hazelnut purée, served with blackberry gravy.

To finish there was a blackcurrant mousse with Arctic raspberry sorbet and dewberry marmalade.