It’s Time for the Nobel Tiara Prize!

Every year on December 10, the Swedish royal family gathers in Stockholm for a grand celebration honoring the year’s Nobel Prize laureates. The ceremony and banquet are white-tie and tiara affairs, with the women of the family wearing some of their very grandest gowns and jewels.

For our celebratory tiara tournament—which I’m calling the Nobel Tiara Prize—I’ve selected four iconic jewelry looks from the past two decades for each of the four current senior Swedish royal ladies. These aren’t ranked in terms of success, but are rather just a collection of some of my favorite tiara and jewelry moments from the event.

And the Nobel Tiara Prize nominees are…!

For Queen Silvia, I’ve selected these four smashing tiara moments:

• The Leuchtenberg Sapphire Parure in 2004
• The Cameo Parure in 2005
• The Connaught Diamond Tiara and the Russian Pink Topazes in 2008
• Queen Sofia’s Tiara and the Bernadotte Emeralds in 2018

My bejeweled selections for Crown Princess Victoria’s best Nobel looks are:

• The Baden Fringe Tiara and the Processional Jewels in 2005
• The Six-Button Tiara and the Napoleonic Amethysts in 2009
• The Napoleonic Cut-Steel Tiara and the Cameo Parure in 2016
• The Connaught Diamond Tiara in 2018

I’ve selected these four outstanding jewelry looks for Princess Madeleine:

• The Modern Fringe Tiara and Connaught Diamond Drops in 2005
• The Four-Button Tiara and Modern Fringe Necklace in 2009
• The Napoleonic Amethyst Parure in 2012
• The Swedish Aquamarine Kokoshnik in 2015

And for Princess Sofia, we’ll be considering four versions of her palmette tiara:

• The emerald setting in 2015
• The pearl setting in 2018
• The turquoise setting in 2019
• The topaz setting in 2022

Here’s a look at the bracket for the Nobel Tiara Prize. We’ll be voting twice a day this week, so be sure to check back morning and afternoon to get your votes in!