Nobel Peace Prize 1921

Karl Hjalmar Branting

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Prize share: 1/2

Christian Lous Lange

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Peace Prize 1921 was awarded jointly to Karl Hjalmar Branting and Christian Lous Lange "for their lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organized internationalism"

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