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.

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.

Sir Austen Chamberlain was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his crucial role in negotiating the Locarno Treaty. He shared the prize with Charles Dawes. Sir Austen Chamberlain Full name: Sir Austen ChamberlainBorn: 16 October 1863, Birmingham, United KingdomDied: 16 March 1937, London, United KingdomDate awarded: 10 December 1926 Mediator between Germany and France Austen…

Fridtjof Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his leading role in the repatriation of prisoners of war, in international relief work and as the League of Nations’ High Commissioner for Refugees. Fridtjof Nansen Full name: Fridtjof NansenBorn: 10 October 1861, Kristiania (now Oslo), NorwayDied: 13 May 1930, Oslo, NorwayDate awarded: 10 December 1922…

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Christian Lous Lange was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Karl Hjalmar Branting, for his lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organised internationalism. Christian Lange Full name: Christian Lous LangeBorn: 17 September 1869, Stavanger, NorwayDied: 11 December 1938, Oslo, NorwayDate awarded: 10 December 1921 Advocate of internationalism In 1921 Christian Lange of…

Karl Hjalmar Branting was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Christian Lous Lange, for his lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organised internationalism. Hjalmar Branting Full name: Karl Hjalmar BrantingBorn: 23 November 1860, Stockholm, SwedenDied: 24 February 1925, Stockholm, SwedenDate awarded: 10 December 1921 Social democrat and internationalist Hjalmar Branting is considered…

Swedish social democrats (and father and son) Georg and Hjalmar Branting working on a translation of a book in 1916.

Martti Ahtisaari was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts. Martti Ahtisaari Full name: Martti AhtisaariBorn: 23 June 1937, Viipuri (now Vyborg), FinlandDied: 16 October 2023, Helsinki, FinlandDate awarded: 10 October 2008 All conflicts can be solved For more than three…

As a tribute to the absent laureate, Narges Mohammadi’s Nobel Prize medal and diploma were placed on an empty chair during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, 10 December 2023. Narges Mohammadi’s children Kiana and Ali Rahmani with the Nobel Prize medal and diploma at the award ceremony in Oslo, 10 December…