Prize announcement
Announcement of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to Barack H. Obama, presented by Thorbjørn Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, on 9 October 2009.
Interview
Following the announcement, Geir Lundestad, Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, told senior editor Simon Frantz why President Barack Obama’s creation of a new climate in international politics closely fulfils the statues of Alfred Nobel’s will.
Coming up
This year’s Nobel Prize announcements will take place 2–9 October. All announcements will be streamed live here on nobelprize.org.
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