Sweden's royals attend Nobel Prize gala, complete with glittering tiaras and gowns

The women of Sweden's royal family have worn their finest gowns and tiaras to attend this year's Nobel Prize awards in Stockholm.

The annual event sees King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, and senior members of the royal family, mingle with the winners of the prestigious awards during a glittering ceremony at the city's Concert Hall followed by a banquet.

This year the King and Queen were joined by Crown Princess Victoria and her husband Prince Daniel, Princess Madeleine and her husband Christopher O'Neill and Prince Carl Philip.

His wife, Princess Sofia, was absent from the celebrations as she is still on maternity leave following the birth of Princess Ines in February. At last year's event, Princess Sofia was heavily pregnant.

The three royal women re-wore gowns from their wardrobes for the 2025 ceremony, but it was Crown Princess Victoria who delivered the most unexpected look.

The 48-year-old chose a gown by French designer Jacques Zehnder, previously worn by her mother to the same event in 1994.

Crown Princess Victoria accessorised with the Baden Fringe tiara, which features classic diamond spikes and is one of the most striking pieces owned by the Swedish royals.

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The tiara has been worn exclusively by the Crown Princess for around 20 years.

Queen Silvia's headpiece is known as Queen Sofia's tiara, made for its namesake in 1860.

It is sometimes referred to as the Nine-Prong tiara. The Queen chose a yellow gown first seen in 2023 at her husband's Golden Jubilee.

Princess Madeleine wore an embellished gown by British designer Jenny Packham, which bore similarities to the Princess of Wales' look last week at the German state banquet at Windsor Castle.

The 43-year-old chose the Aquamarine Kokoshnik tiara, one of her most-worn pieces.

Last year, Princess Madeleine attended the gala for the first time since 2019 after her family returned to Sweden following years of living in Miami.

Recipients of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, literature, peace, and economic sciences were handed out in Stockholm at the event. It is held every year on December 10.

The Nobel Peace Prize, which is separate, was held in Norway and attended by King Harald and Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit.

For the first time their daughter, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, attended the prize which was awarded to Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado.

Machado was unable to reach the Norwegian capital in time for the ceremony. Instead, her daughter accepted the award on her behalf and delivered a speech.

Princess Ingrid Alexandra returned to Norway last week after completing her end of semester exams at the University of Sydney, where she is now a full-time student.

The 21-year-old has a number of official engagements now she is back in Norway, before she spends Christmas with her family.

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