Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:	1926
Number:	19 - 8
Nominee 1:
Name:	Ludwig Quidde
Gender:	M
Year, Birth:	1858
Year, Death:	1941
Profession:	Veteran peace leader. Historian. Journalist. Chairman of the German Peace Society.
City:	Munich
Country:	GERMANY (DE)
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1927
Nominee 2:
Name:	The Inter-Parliamentary Union
City:	Geneva
Country:	SWITZERLAND (CH)
Motivation:	Quidde joined the German Peace Society in 1892 (chairman 1914-1929), and in 1894 he founded a peace association in Munich. He was a prominent advocate of peace and pacifism. From 1907 to 1919 Quidde was a liberal member of the Bavarian parliament and member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. In 1919 he joined the Democratic Party and from 1919 to 1920 he served as a member of the National Assembly. He denounced the German war-guilt clause of the Versailles Treaty and he opposed the revival of German militarism. He was chairman of the German Peace Cartel 1921-29. Quidde advocated German admittance to the League of Nations. The Inter-Parliamentary Union promoted peace and contributed to the development and enforcement of international law and arbitration. The Union organized annual inter-parliamentary conferences to discuss possible solutions to international problems that could be handled by the League of Nations. It promoted parliamentary control of foreign affairs and reduction of armaments.
Nominator:
Name:	The Swedish Inter-Parliamentary Group (Axel Theodor Adelswärd)
Gender:	M
Profession:	Members of parliament (Chairman of the Swedish Inter-Parliamentary Group)
City:	Stockholm
Country:	SWEDEN (SE)
Comments:	The nomination was made by Adelswärd (Chairman of the Swedish Inter-Parliamentary Group) on behalf of the Swedish Inter-Parliamentary Group. The group had decided to nominate the Inter-Parliamentary Union after taking a vote on whether they should nominate the Union or Quidde. The Inter-Parliamentary Union was also on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested.