Nobel Prize

Professor Francis Sejersted delivering his speech. © Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum. Presentation Speech by Professor Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the , Oslo, December 10, 1998. Translation of the Norwegian text. Your Majesties, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, On Good Friday this year, an agreement was signed which has rightly been seen as a breakthrough…

Presentation Speech delivered by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the , on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1985, Oslo, December 10, 1985. Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s award of the Nobel Peace Prize gives us once again an opportunity to reconsider a well…

Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the Norwegian Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes, through the presentation of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, to direct attention to a unifying leader figure in the campaign to solve South Africa’s apartheid problem by peaceful means. The situation…

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Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Vice-Chairman of the , on the occasion of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1976 in the University Festival Hall, Oslo, December 10, 1977. Translation Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: On August 10, 1976, a remarkable incident occurred in one of the streets…

Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the Norwegian Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is today exactly 50 years since the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the German public figure and pacifist, . That particular award was one of the most controversial ever made. The newly established Nazi…

Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the Norwegian Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s Peace Prize, one of the six Nobel Prizes which are to be presented today, is primarily a homage and an expression of thanks to Oscar Arias Sánchez for the praiseworthy work he has done…

Presentation Speech by , member of the Nobel Committee, on December 10, 1936 The Nobel Peace Prize for 1936 has been awarded to Mr. Carlos Saavedra Lamas, foreign minister of the Argentine Republic. The prize has thus been given to a statesman. The career and achievements of a statesman must always be examined in the…

Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the . Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces is unfortunately a reminder to us that peace is not a matter of course here in our world. Peace has to be actively…

Presentation Speech delivered by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the , on the occasion of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1983, Oslo, December 10, 1983. Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: “Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the…