The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Literature, 1901-1950

Year:	1903
Number:	17-2
Nominee:
Name:	Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1832
Year, death:	1910
Profession:	Author
Country:	NO (NORWAY)
Received prize:	lit 1903 »
Nominator:
Name:	Werner Söderhjelm
Gender:	M
Profession:	Professor, philologist, literature historian, diplomat
City:	Helsinki
Country:	FI (FINLAND)
Comment:	Addendum to entries 1903:4-1, 17-1, 18-0: In a letter dated Feb. 3, 1903, Christen Collin (assoc. prof at Christiania University (now Oslo), NO) proposes that the Prize be shared between Björnstjerne Björnson and Henrik Ibsen; alternatively between Björnson and Leo Tolstoy, or awarded solely to Björnson.