Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize (Norwegian and Swedish: Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who Alfred Nobel's will further specified that the prize be awarded by a committee of five people chosen by the Norwegian Parliament. Nobel died in 1896 and he did not leave an explanation for choosing peace as a... More
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  • 1901

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize (Swedish pronunciation: [noˈbɛl], Swedish definite form, singular: Nobelpriset, Norwegian: Nobelprisen) is an annual international award. It is bestowed in a number of categories by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish...

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Norwegian Nobel Committee

The Norwegian Nobel Committee (Norwegian: Den norske Nobelkomité) awards the Nobel Peace Prize each year. Its five members are appointed by the Norwegian Parliament and roughly represent the political makeup of that body. Alfred Nobel died in December 1896, and in January 1897 the contents of his...

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Year Award Winner Winning work Notes/Description
  • 2010
  • "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China"
  • 2009
  • "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples"
  • 2008
  • "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts"
  • 2007
  • for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change
  • 2006
  • for advancing economic and social opportunities for the poor, especially women, through their pioneering microcredit work
  • 2005
  • for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way
  • 2004
  • for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development"
  • 2001
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