| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1913 |
| Number: | 47 - 1 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | The Norwegian Peace Association |
| Profession: | Nordic peace association |
| City: | Kristiania (now Oslo) |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | The Danish Peace Association |
| Profession: | Nordic peace association |
| City: | Copenhagen |
| Country: | DENMARK (DK) |
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Nominee 3:
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| Name: | The Swedish Peace and Arbitration League |
| Profession: | Nordic peace association |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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| Motivation: | Associations that originally advocated Nordic neutrality, international peace and arbitration. The Danish Peace Association was founded by Fredrik Bajer, the Norwegian Peace Association was founded by C. Bernhard Hanssen and the Swedish Peace and Arbitration League was founded by Klas Pontus Arnoldson. The associations organized Scandinavian peace conferences. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Norwegian parliament. Member of the Nobel Committee (1913-1939). |
| City: | Flekkefjord |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
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| Comments: |
The nomination was one of three alternatives that Hanssen submitted to the Committee. The first alternative was a prize divided between the Danish Peace Association, the Norwegian Peace Association and the Swedish Peace and Arbitration League. The second alternative was a prize divided between Norman Angell and Carl Sundblad. The third alternative was Andrew Carnegie. |
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