| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1922 |
| Number: | 18 - 2 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Carl Albert Lindhagen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1860 |
| Year, Death: | 1946 |
| Profession: | Mayor of Stockholm 1903-1930. Member of the Swedish parliament 1897-1917,1919-40 |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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| Motivation: | Lindhagen contributed to the peaceful dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian union in 1905. In 1909 he joined the social democratic party, but after the Russian revolution he became associated with a more leftist socialist group and communists. Lindhagen supported female suffrage and social reform, and he advocated disarmament and international co-operation based on international law. He was a prominent member of the radical peace movement. |
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Nominator 1:
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| Name: | Ivar Tveiten |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Norwegian parliament |
| City: | Kristiania (now Oslo) |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
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Nominator 2:
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| Name: | Johannes Gjøstein |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Norwegian parliament |
| City: | Kristiania (now Oslo) |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
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| Comments: |
Lindhagen was one of legal advisor to the Alfred Nobel estate; in effect he became an associate executor. He also drafted the Nobel Foundation Charter in 1899.
The nomination was initiated by the Norwegian author Arne Garborg and then supported by the two members of the Storting.
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