The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956

Year:	1905
Number:	8-1
Nominee 1:
Name:	John Theodor Lund
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1842
Year, death:	1913
Profession/Category:	Member of Parliament. Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (1897-1913).
City:	Bergen
Country:	NO (NORWAY)
Nominee 2:
Name:	The Inter-Parliamentary Union
City:	Bern
Country:	CH (SWITZERLAND)
Motivation:	Lund was a pioneer of Norwegian inter-parliamentary peace work, and he represented Norway at several international peace conferences. The Inter-Parliamentary Union promoted international arbitration and organized annual inter-parliamentary conferences.
Nominator:
Name:	Philip James Stanhope
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Member of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Country:	GB (UNITED KINGDOM)
Evaluation:
Evaluator 1:
Name:	Nikolaus Mathias Gjelsvik
Gender:	M
Comment:	Stanhope was elevated to the peerage in 1905 and he entered the House of Lords as Lord Weardale (First Baron Weardale of Stanhope).