The Nobel Peace Prize 1991

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1 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi at the Oslo City Hall, 16 June 2012.

Thorbjø¸rn Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, delivering his speech at the Oslo City Hall, 16 June 2012

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2 (of 27) Thorbjørn Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, delivering his speech at the ceremony in the Oslo City Hall.

Aung San Suu Kyi delivering her Nobel Lecture at the Oslo City Hall, 16 June 2012.

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3 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi delivering her Nobel Lecture at the Oslo City Hall, Norway, on 16 June 2012.

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4 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi and Thorbjørn Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in the Oslo City Hall, 16 June, 2012.

Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee ThorbjÃ¸rn Jagland, 1991 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and Kaci Kullmann Five, Deputy Chairman of the Nobel Committee, at the Oslo City Hall

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5 (of 27) Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Thorbjørn Jagland, 1991 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and Kaci Kullmann Five, Deputy Chairman of the Nobel Committee, at the Oslo City Hall.

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6 (of 27) The Norwegian Royal Family. Left to right: King Harald V, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon at the Oslo City Hall.

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7 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi's son Kim Aris (middle).

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8 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi views the exhibition "Mother Democracy" at the Nobel Peace Center. Director Bente Erichsen and exhibition manager Liv Astrid Sverdrup give a tour together with Thorbjørn Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, on 16 June 2012.

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9 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi in front of a photo of herself at the exhibition at Nobel Peace Center in Oslo.

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10 (of 27) Many Burmese in exile waited to enter the Nobel Peace Center, where Aung San Suu Kyi gave a speech in Burmese.

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11 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi on her way out from the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, to the Oslo City Hall where 12,000 people were waiting to greet her.

Aung San Suu Kyi in the first row, Crown Prince Haakon (left) and ThorbjÃ¸rn Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (right), on stage during the celebration in downtown Oslo on 16 June 2012

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12 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi in the first row, Crown Prince Haakon (left) and Thorbjørn Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (right), on stage during the celebration in downtown Oslo on 16 June 2012.

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13 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi lights the flame of peace with Alva (12) and Vetle (12) from Save the Children.

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14 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi is greeted during the celebration outside City Hall in Oslo.

Many people greeted Aung San Suu Kyi outside City Hall in Oslo

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15 (of 27) Many people greeted Aung San Suu Kyi outside Oslo City Hall.

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16 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi makes a speech on stage during the celebration.

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17 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi on stage during the celebration, where 12,000 people attended.

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18 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in Oslo on 15 June, 2012.

Aung San Suu Kyi's son Alexander Aris delivering the acceptance speech on behalf of his mother, at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony in Oslo

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19 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi's son Alexander Aris delivering the acceptance speech on behalf of his mother, at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony in Oslo, 10 December 1991. Aung San Suu Kyi was under house arrest and unable to receive the prize.

Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Alexander and Kim Aris, sons of Aung San Suu Kyi, and Aung San Suu Kyi's husband, Michael Aris, at the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

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20 (of 27) From left: Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Alexander and Kim Aris, sons of Aung San Suu Kyi, with her Nobel Medal and Diploma, and Aung San Suu Kyi's husband, Michael Aris, at the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony.

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21 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi arrives to give a speech to supporters during the 2012 by-election campaign at her constituency Kawhmu township, Myanmar, on 22 March 2012.

Photo: Htoo Tay Zar, OpenMyanmar Photo Project Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

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22 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi gives a speech to supporters at Hlaing Thar Yar Township in Yangon, Myanmar on 17 November 2011.

Photo: Htoo Tay Zar, OpenMyanmar Photo Project Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

Suu Kyi greeting supporters from Bago State on 14 August 2011, on her first political trip to Bago since her release from house arrest in 2010

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23 (of 27) Suu Kyi greeting supporters from Bago State on 14 August 2011, on her first political trip to Bago since her release from house arrest in 2010.

Photo: Htoo Tay Zar, OpenMyanmar Photo Project Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

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24 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi, political activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 7 December 2010.

Source: Flickr, Creative Commons Photo: makeroadssafe

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25 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi meets with crowd after house arrest lift on 14 November 2010.

Photo: Htoo Tay Zar, OpenMyanmar Photo Project Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

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26 (of 27) Aung San Suu Kyi at the age of 6, in 1951.

Source: Wikimedia Commons Photographer unknown

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27 (of 27) A family portrait, with Aung San Suu Kyi (in white) as a toddler in the front, taken in 1947, shortly before her father's assassination.

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