Nobel Prize

Presentation Speech by Carl Joachim Hambro, Member of the Nobel Committee When Cadet First Captain George Catlett Marshall graduated from the Virginia Military Institute, was meeting to discuss the awarding of Nobel’s Peace Prize for the first time. And on the day when Marshall, who had not yet completed his twenty-first year, received a letter…

Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Nobel Committee has this year awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the Belgian Dominican, Father Georges Pire, for his efforts to help refugees to leave their camps and return to a life of freedom and dignity. Father Pire’s work is known to all of us in Western…

  Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Nobel Committee This year the of the Norwegian Parliament has awarded two Peace Prizes. The prize for 1960 goes to Albert John Lutuli, and the prize for 1961 is awarded posthumously to Dag Hammarskjöld. In many respects these two recipients differ widely. Albert John Lutuli’s life…

Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Shortly after the atomic bombs were exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, made this statement: “The time has come now, when man must give up war. It is no longer rational to solve international problems by resorting to war. Now that an atomic bomb, such as the bombs…

Presentation Speech by Mrs. Aase Lionaes, Member of the , Norwegian Storting The death of Alfred Nobel at San Remo on December 10, 1896, robbed the world of a highly talented person. At the same time the world was enriched by a document, a testament, which has provided growth and stimulus to the ideals and…

Presentation Speech by Mrs. Aase Lionaes, Chairman of the , Norwegian Storting When Alfred Nobel died on December 10, 1896, his will and testament revealed that he had instituted five Nobel Prizes: one for physics, one for chemistry, one for literature, one for medicine, and a peace prize. While Swedish institutions were entrusted with the…

Presentation Speech by Mrs. Aase Lionaes, Chairman of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Storting Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen: On January 23 of this year a ceasefire agreement was concluded between the United States of America and the Vietnamese Democratic Republic. At its meeting on October 16 the of the Norwegian…

Francis Sejersted delivering his speech. © Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum. Presentation Speech by Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the Norwegian Your Majesties, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Our world has for fifty years now been living in the knowledge that weapons exist powerful enough to wipe out human life on earth. The atom bombs…

Nobel Committee Chairman Francis Sejersted delivering his speech at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, 10 December 1992. Presentation Speech by Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the Norwegian Your Majesties, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1992 to Rigoberta Menchú Tum. It is a particular pleasure…

  Introduction by , Member of the , on April 18, 1906 On behalf of the Nobel Committee, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson introduced the speaker, Baroness Bertha von Suttner, to the audience. In a few words he recalled the great influence of the Baroness on the growth of the peace movement. While still young she had had…