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The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded on the day of Alfred Nobel’s death, the 10th of December, a time-honored tradition since 1901. During the Nobel days in December a number of events mark the occasion.
About the Nobel Peace Prize
Since World War II, the Peace Prize has principally been awarded to honour efforts in four main areas: arms control and disarmament, peace negotiation, democracy and human rights, and work aimed at creating a better organized and more peaceful world.
History - Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize and the other Nobel Prizes were established by the Swedish inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel through his last will. When the Swedish businessman Alfred Nobel passed away in 1896, he left behind what was then one of the world’s largest private fortunes.
Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize. Read more about the history, the events and the laureates, and find information about the nomination process. About the Nobel Peace Prize. History. Nomination. To frontpage. Contact us. Address: Henrik Ibsens gate 51 0255 Oslo. Phone: +47 22 12 93 00. Email: [email protected] The library. Phone:
Nobel Peace Prize for 2024
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo. This grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, also known as Hibakusha, is receiving the Peace Prize for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating ...
Press program for the Nobel Peace Prize events 2023
2023年11月8日 · Press preview of the Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition 2023: “WOMAN - LIFE - FREEDOM” Friday 8 December 11:00-13:00 CET. Location: Nobel Peace Center, Brynjulf Bulls Plass 1, Oslo. No accreditation required. More information and press photos will be available here: https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/press . Press contact: Ingvill Bryn Rambøl
Women laureates - Nobel Peace Prize
During the 1970s, three women were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan shared the peace prize in 1976, and Mother Teresa was awarded the prize in 1979. Since 1990, twelve women have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1964 - Nobel Peace Prize
Martin Luther King dreamt that all inhabitants of the United States would be judged by their personal qualities and not by the color of their skin. In April 1968 he was murdered by a white racist. Four years earlier, he had received the Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign against racism. King adhered to Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence.
1991 - Nobel Peace Prize
The Burmese Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is the daughter of the legendary liberation movement leader Aung San. Following studies abroad, she returned home in 1988. From then on, she led the opposition to the military junta that had ruled Burma since 1962.
The Nobel Peace Prize 2021
2021年10月8日 · The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.