The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008

Nobel Prize Award CeremonyHarald zur Hausen receiving his Nobel Prize

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1 (of 17) Harald zur Hausen receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008
Photo: Hans Mehlin

Nobel Prize Award CeremonyHarald zur Hausen after receiving his Nobel Prize

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2 (of 17) Harald zur Hausen after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008
Photo: Hans Mehlin

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3 (of 17) Harald zur Hausen delivering his banquet speech.

The Royal Family and other guests of honour make their entry down the stairs into the Blue Hall.

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4 (of 17) From left to right: Princess Madeleine, Prince Carl Philip, Mrs Ethel-Michele de Villiers and Nobel Laureate Harald zur Hausen, Nobel Laureate Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Her Majesty Queen Silvia, Nobel Laureate Luc Montagnier and Crown Princess Victoria at the Nobel Banquet.

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5 (of 17) The 2008 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation, 12 December 2008. Back row, left to right: Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Osamu Shimomura and Martin Chalfie, Nobel Laureate in Literature Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, Economics Laureate Paul Krugman and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Harald zur Hausen. Front row, left to right: Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Roger Y. Tsien, Nobel Laureates in Physics Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier.

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6 (of 17) Harald zur Hausen (left) during the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, 9 December 2008. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2008
Photo: Frida Westholm

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7 (of 17) The 2008 Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine: Luc Montagnier (front row, third from left), Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (front row, third from right) and Harald zur Hausen (front row, second from right), together with Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson, President of Karolinska Institutet (front row, middle) and students dressed in Swedish national costumes at the Karolinska Institutet reception, Stockholm, 7 December 2008.

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8 (of 17) From left: Luc Montagnier, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen after delivering their Nobel Lectures at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, 7 December 2008.

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9 (of 17) Harald zur Hausen at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, 7 December 2008.

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10 (of 17) Harald zur Hausen delivering his Nobel Lecture at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, 7 December 2008.

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11 (of 17) Harald zur Hausen, like many Nobel Laureates before him, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2008.

Interview wit the 2008 medicine laureates

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12 (of 17) Harald zur Hausen (centre), with fellow Medicine Laureates Luc Montagnier (left) and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (right) during their interview with Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2008.