Peter Grünberg receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2007. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2007
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Peter Grünberg after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2007. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2007
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Peter Grünberg conversing with Princess Madeleine of Sweden at the Nobel Banquet on 10 December 2007.

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Peter Grünberg and his wife Helma Birge Grünberg with the Royal Swedish siblings. From left to right: Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Madeleine and Prince Carl Philip. Photo taken at the Nobel Banquet on 10 December 2007.

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Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden and Peter Grünberg at the Nobel Banquet. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2007 Photo: Stig-Göran Nilsson

All the 2007 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, 9 December 2007. Back row, left to right: Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine Oliver Smithies, Mario R. Capecchi and Sir Martin J. Evans; Economics Laureates Roger B. Myerson and Eric S. Maskin. Front row, left to right: Nobel Laureate in Physics Peter Grünberg, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Gerhard Ertl and Nobel Laureate in Physics Albert Fert. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2007
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Peter Grünberg (left) signing autographs during the Nobel Foundation reception at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, 9 December 2007.

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Peter Grünberg at the Nobel Prize Concert at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 8 December 2007.

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Peter Grünberg delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 8 December 2007.

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Albert Fert (left) and Peter Grünberg at their interview with Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 6 December 2007.

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Peter Grünberg, like many Nobel Laureates before him, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2007.

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Professor Peter Grünberg receiving a congratulation phone call after being awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Peter Grünberg.

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Peter Grünberg.

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