Nobel Prize ceremony : December 10, 2008.

Members of the Swedish royal family attend the Nobel Prize ceremony in the concert hall in Stockholm December 10, 2008. From left are: Queen Silvia, Princess Madeleine, King Carl XVI Gustaf, Prince Carl Philip and Crown Princess Victoria.

• Japan's Makoto Kobayashi receives the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics
• Luc Montagnier of France receives the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine
• Paul Krugman of the U.S. receives the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics
• sapanese scientist Osamu Shimomura, left, co-laureate of the Nobel Prize in chemistry
• 2008 Nobel literature prize laureate Jean-Marie Le Clezio

The 2008 Nobel Prize Winners wait for Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf (R) to award them their medals at the concert hall, in Stockholm, on December 10, 2008.