Black plastic tarps are set up with prohibition signs in the Allhuset at Stockholm University. Hundreds of students have worked behind the scenes during the final sprint to make Nobel Nightcap a success. An invitation is required to even buy a ticket to the Nobel Day after-party.
There are guests from the banquet, and then there are committed students from the universities in Stockholm and sometimes we have some representation from the business and cultural world, says Oliviae Odenskiöld, who together with Miro Jääskeläinen has worked full-time on planning the party since August, and before that part-time since January.
At the after-party, photography is prohibited, and journalists are barred.
It's also exciting that it's a little secretive and a little more relaxed than the banquet itself, she says.
“Absolutely crazy project”
The after-party rotates between the School of Business, Economics and Law, KTH, Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Stockholm University, and each party has its own overall theme.
We divide the venue into different parts, which have their own food, drinks, entertainment and their own ambiance (atmosphere) that we try to convey, says Jääskeläinen.
In the halls and corridors, there is intensive work with papier-mâché, chicken wire, painting and construction. Sharon Bisla from the UK studies at Handels. In the last few weeks leading up to the party, she has been very busy as the decorator.
It's quite a lot of work. There have been many sleepless nights, and now it's basically been twelve days straight of construction. It's a completely crazy project.
The K-labeled premises look completely different when the approximately 1,700 guests flock in at 11 p.m. after the Nobel Banquet.
"The point of the decor is to create the shock factor. What we're more looking forward to is seeing the guests' faces when they see what we've done," she says.
Met award winners
Martyna Kacprzak is studying biomedicine at KI and is one of the 400 students involved in the party work. Last year she worked with security.
"I met some Nobel Prize winners. Because I was working, we weren't allowed to talk much, but I said hello and it was pretty fun," she says.
She thinks it's special to be involved in Nobel Week.
"It's really interesting to see the people in real life who you only hear about in the news. It feels unique," she says.
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Facts: Nobel Banquet After-Party
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Students' Nobel Nightcap (SNNC) is an after-party to the Nobel Banquet on December 10th.
Guests are bused from the City Hall, and the party takes place from 23 to 05. Students also participate in the festivities.
SNNC has been organized since 1978 (in 2020 and 2021 the parties were canceled due to the pandemic) and the hosting rotates between the student associations at Stockholm University, KTH, KI and the School of Economics.
