On the same day in Oslo, Norway, Mohamed ElBaradei and the IAEA will be receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. This year's Nobel Prizes are awarded for work concerning optics, reforming molecules, bacteria and ulcer, playwriting, nuclear disarmament and game theory.
Alfred Nobel was born in 1833 in Stockholm, Sweden. His family was descended from Olof Rudbeck, the best-known technical genius of Sweden's 17th century era as a great power in northern Europe. Nobel invented dynamite in 1866 and later built up companies and laboratories in more than 20 countries all over the world. At the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Oslo and Stockholm, guests are required to come in dark suit for gentlemen and short or long dress for ladies.
The Nobel Banquet that follows in Stockholm is a strictly formal affair and gentlemen are required to wear white tie and tails, while ladies should be clad in evening gown. Wearing your national costume is an alternative to white tails or evening gown.
December 2005
