Nobel Prize

Presentation Speech by Mr Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Chairman of the , Oslo, December 10, 2003. Translation of the Norwegian text. Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Peace Prize Laureate, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, “The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2003 to Shirin Ebadi for her efforts for democracy and…

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…

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Presentation Speech by Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland, Chairman of the , on December 10, 1907 Ernesto Teodoro Moneta was born in Milan in 1833. At the age of fifteen he took part in the war of liberation against the Austrians, and in 1859 he fought at Garibaldi’s side in both North and South Italy. In 1866…

Presentation Speech by Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland, Chairman of the , on December 10, 1909 Auguste Beernaert was born in 1828. After completing his legal studies he began practice as a barrister in Brussels in 1853. In 1859 he was appointed counsel at the Belgian Supreme Court of Appeal. He entered politics at an early date…

Presentation Speech by Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland, Chairman of the , on December 10, 1910 Chairman of the Committee Løvland then announced that the Peace Prize for this year had been awarded to the permanent Peace Bureau in Bern. He then briefly reviewed the peace movement in Europe which, as we all know, has made steady…

Presentation Speech by Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, member of the , on December 10, 1930 It might appear that this year’s two Peace Prize winners are widely separated, not only in the geographical sense by the ocean which separates their two countries, but also in the area of their activities and in the nature of their…

Presentation Speech by Halvdan Koht, member of the Nobel Committee, on December 10, 1931 In awarding the Peace Prize to two Americans, the today brings the United States into first place among those nations whose representatives have received the prize during the past thirty years. Previously, France had the highest number of prizewinners, a total…

Presentation Speech by Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, member of the , on December 10, 1934 It is not my task today to present a biography of our guest and friend Mr. Arthur Henderson. In this respect I shall be very brief. As a member of the House of Commons since 1903 – with very few interruptions…

Presentation Speech by Fredrik Stang, Chairman of the , on December 10, 1938 This year, as we all know, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Nansen Office, whose president, Mr. Michael Hansson, has come here to receive the award. We have asked him to tell us about the work of the Nansen…