| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1917 |
| Number: | 17 - 1 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | The Swedish Peace and Arbitration League |
| Profession: | Nordic peace association |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Nederlandsche Anti-Oorlog-Raad |
| City: | The Hague |
| Country: | NETHERLANDS (NL) |
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| Motivation: | The Swedish Peace and Arbitration League was founded by Klas Pontus Arnoldson (Nobel laureate 1908). The association advocated Nordic neutrality, international peace and arbitration and organized Scandinavian peace conferences.
Nederlandsche Anti-Oorlog-Raad was founded in 1914, as an initiative of the Dutch peace association "Vrede door Recht" in order to gather a wide range of members. The association sought to study the causes of the World War and how it could be terminated, thereby preventing future wars. Advocate of international law and arbitration and closely connected to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | 69 members of the Swedish parliament |
| Profession: | Members of the Swedish parliament [Riksdag] |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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| Comments: |
The nominators suggested the two nominees respectively for the two prizes of 1916 and 1917.
Among the nominators were C.Lindhagen, J.Bjørling and Nils Ason Berg. |
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