Dag Hammarskjöld was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for turning the United Nations into an efficient and independent international organisation. Dag Hammarskjöld Full name: Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl HammarskjöldBorn: 29 July 1905, Jönköping, SwedenDied: 18 September 1961, Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia)Date awarded: 23 October 1961 Diplomat and peace mediator Dag Hammarskjöld, the ’s second…

Ludwig Quidde’s Nobel Prize diploma.

Ludwig Quidde was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Ferdinand Edouard Buisson, for his efforts for Franco-German reconciliation. Ludwig Quidde Full name: Ludwig QuiddeBorn: 23 March 1858, Bremen, GermanyDied: 4 March 1941, Geneva, SwitzerlandDate awarded: 10 December 1927 Against German war policy Ludwig Quidde received the Nobel Peace Prize for his lifelong efforts to…

Ferdinand Buisson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Ludwig Quidde, for his efforts for Franco-German reconciliation. Ferdinand Buisson Full name: Ferdinand Édouard BuissonBorn: 20 December 1841, Paris, FranceDied: 16 February 1932, Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine, FranceDate awarded: 10 December 1927 For human rights and German-French reconciliation Ferdinand Buisson was a professor in the theory of education…

Gustav Stresemann was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Astride Briand, for his crucial role in negotiating the Locarno Treaty. Gustav Stresemann Full name: Gustav StresemannBorn: 10 May 1878, Berlin, GermanyDied: 3 October 1929, Berlin, GermanyDate awarded: 10 December 1926 Reconciliation with France Gustav Stresemann shared the Nobel Peace Prize with French Foreign Minister…

Aristide Briand was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Gustav Stresemann, for his crucial role in negotiating the Locarno Treaty. Aristide Briand Full name: Aristide BriandBorn: 28 March 1862, Nantes, FranceDied: 7 March 1932, Paris, FranceDate awarded: 10 December 1926 Reconciliation with Germany Aristide Briand shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Gustav Stresemann of…

Charles Dawes was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his crucial role in bringing about the Dawes Plan. He shared the prize with Sir Austen Chamberlain. Charles Gates Dawes Full name: Charles Gates DawesBorn: 27 August 1865, Marietta, OH, USADied: 23 April 1951, Evanston, IL, USADate awarded: 10 December 1926 Dawes’ plan for peace Charles…

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“I am grateful to all of you and urge you to support the people of Iran until the final victory. Victory is not easy, but it is certain” In October 2023, after the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize, Narges Mohammadi was able to smuggle out a message to the Nobel Committee from the Evin…

A League of Nations meeting in a Geneva hotel, September 1926. From left: Foreign Ministers Gustav Stresemann, Austen Chamberlain, Aristide Briand and State Secretary Karl von Schubert.