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

Year: 1902
Number: 2-2
   
Nominee:  
Fredrik Bajer
M
1837
1922
Veteran peace worker. Member of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Commission of the Peace Bureau.
Copenhagen
DK (DENMARK)
Pea 1908 »
   
Motivation: Bajer promoted Nordic neutrality and brotherhood. He was one of the initiators and founders of the Permanent International Peace Bureau, and he was the first president of the Peace Bureau. Bajer was also member of the council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. He organized peace work both in Denmark and internationally, both popular peace movements and parliamentary peace work. Bajer was Scandinavia's most prominent peace advocate.
   
Nominator:
 
Herman Trier
M
President of the Danish parliament
Copenhagen
DK (DENMARK)
   
Evaluation: No
   
Comment: The nomination was made on behalf of the Danish Inter-Parliamentary Group.
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MLA style: "Nomination Database - Peace". Nobelprize.org. 20 May 2013 http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/nomination/nomination.php?action=show&showid=2904