Where is the Nobel Peace Prize and why is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded by Norway?

The Peace Prize was awarded in Oslo, Norway, which was part of the Kingdom of Sweden at the time of Nobel's lifetime. Nobel felt that Norway would be more neutral in awarding the Peace Prize.

According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize was awarded by Norway.

In his will, Nobel designated four awarding bodies: the Physics and Chemistry (with the addition of economics in 1968), which were awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; The Prize for Physiology and Medicine is awarded by the Carolinsian Institute for Medical Surgery in Stockholm, the Prize for Literature is awarded to the Swedish Academy of Letters, and the Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five members selected by the Norwegian Parliament. Subsequently, a Nobel Committee was set up for each prize, which was responsible for the specific work in the evaluation of the prize.

According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize should be awarded to "those who have made the greatest efforts or contributions to the promotion of national unity and friendship, to the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and to the organization and promotion of peace conferences".

The Nobel Peace Prize laureates are announced in October each year. Previously, the members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee would select the Nobel laureate by a majority vote, and the decision could not be changed. The names of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates will be announced at a subsequent press conference.

Because at the time when Nobel established the Nobel Prize, Norway was still part of Sweden, and Nobel himself, Nobel hoped for peace between Sweden and Norway.

The Nobel Peace Prize was established in 1901 in accordance with the will of the famous Swedish chemist Alfred Bernhard Nobel to reward "those who have made the greatest efforts or contributions to the promotion of national unity and friendship, the abolition or reduction of the standing army, and the holding of peace conferences".

There is a saying that the reason why Nobel wanted to entrust Norway with the Peace Prize is that Norway, which was geographically divided into Sweden at that time, has always hoped to become independent from Sweden, and Nobel once wrote that seeing that Sweden and Norway are likely to have a military conflict because of this, he sincerely hopes that the two peoples can live in harmony, so entrusting the Peace Prize to Norway can also be said to be a part of Nobel's hope for peace between Sweden and Norway.

Initially, five prizes were established, four of which were awarded in Nobel's home country of Sweden, and only the Peace Prize was awarded in Norway; Because this arrangement was stipulated by Nobel in his will, it is impossible for the outside world to know why he did this to resolve the dispute and conflict between Sweden and Norway.

Because this is what Nobel's will stipulates.

Nobel's will mentions:

The Physics and Chemistry Prizes are awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm; The Medicine and Physiology Prize is awarded by the Carolinska Institutet in Stockholm; The Literary Prize is awarded by the Stockholm Academy of Literature; The Peace Prize is awarded by a five-member committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament.

The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes. According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize should be awarded to "those who have made the greatest efforts or contributions to the promotion of national unity and friendship, to the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and to the organization and promotion of peace conferences".

Every year on December 10, the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway. In 2019, the Nobel Prize Committee announced that the Nobel Peace Prize for that year would be awarded to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.

Because this arrangement was stipulated by Nobel in his will, it is not known why he did it, but it is said that this is because Norway has always wanted independence from Sweden at that time, and Nobel used this arrangement to resolve the dispute and conflict between Sweden and Norway.

The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded in Sweden along with the other four prizes, but should be in the capital of Norway. The Peace Prize Committee is a five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee, whose members are appointed by the Norwegian Parliament.

Nobel once wrote in his diary: Seeing that Sweden and Norway are likely to have a military conflict because of this, he sincerely hopes that the two peoples can live in harmony; Therefore, entrusting the Peace Prize to Norway can also be said to be a part of Nobel's hope for peace between Sweden and Norway.

Nobel Peace Prize laureates can be divided into the following main categories:

1. Winning awards for opposing the war is the main part of the winners.

2. Won awards for the human rights of equality and freedom, such as Martin Luther King, Jr.

3. Humanitarian aid, poverty relief, etc., such as Nansen International Office for Refugees, American Friendship Service Committee, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other international organizations.

4. Other types of awards: Since the beginning of the 21st century, poverty and environmental protection have increasingly become important factors that plague world peace. The Peace Prize breaks through the traditional framework of war and peace, and the reasons for winning it are broader.

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in the Norwegian capitalOslo

It is reported that the Nobel Peace Prize (English: Nobel Peace Prize; Norwegian: Nobels Fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by Nobel's 1895 will to recognize those who have made the greatest efforts or contributions to the promotion of nation-state solidarity and friendship, the elimination or reduction of armaments, and the organization and promotion of peace conferences.

According to the official website of the Nobel Prize, the Nobel Peace Prize is selected and awarded once a year, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee awards a gold medal, a certificate and a prize money.

As of 2019, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 100 times and has 134 laureates, including 107 individuals and 27 organizations; 68 times by one person, 30 times by two people, and 2 times by three people; Of these, 19 years were discontinued for some reason; 17 women were awarded; The ICRC has won the award three times and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees twice.

1) From 1901 to 2012, the average age of Nobel Peace Prize laureates was 62 years old.

2) Youngest laureate: Malala Youssef Zai, born in Pakistan on July 12, 1997, won the Nobel Peace Prize on October 10, 2014 at the age of 17, making him the youngest laureate of the prize.

3) Oldest laureate: Joseph Rotblatt, who received the 1995 Peace Prize at the age of 87.

4) Female laureates: 15 out of 100 laureates were women, and the first woman to receive the Peace Prize was Berta von Sutner, winner of the 1905 award.

5) The only refusal to accept the award: Le Duc Tho (Vietnamese politician).

6) Arrested at the time of the award: Carl von Osiecki (Germany), Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar).

7) Posthumously awarded the award: Dag Hammarskjöld (killed in a plane crash in 1961).

8) Many believe that Winston Churchill won the Nobel Peace Prize, but he actually won the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature. In fact, Churchill was nominated for the Literary Prize and the Peace Prize.

9) The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemicals** won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize.