Swedish paper reported that L’Huillier was lecturing when the announcement took place, and just proceeded with the lesson as if nothing happened. Kept their cool!
Just had a call with an old classmate that works in the same department (and even same division). He recounted another fun anecdote: The PhD students in the department had set up a room to watch the Nobel committee’s press conference as usual. They were pleasantly surprised when their professor started talking from the room next door. So she kept her cool to the very end. :)
https://www.dn.se/sverige/nobelpristagaren-anne-l-huillier-f...