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Presentation Speech by Fredrik Stang, Chairman of the , on December 10, 1922 I take pleasure in announcing that this year’s Peace Prize has been awarded to Professor Fridtjof Nansen. Work of an international character carried out by Mr. Nansen during these past years has brought him the Peace Prize. I might especially mention his…

Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of Alfred Nobel’s Peace Prize is this year awarded to Léon Jouhaux. Léon Jouhaux can look back upon a long life of work and struggle to elevate the working classes – and first of all to improve their conditions. To fight through the trade unions to raise the standard…

Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the Norwegian Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes, through the presentation of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, to direct attention to a unifying leader figure in the campaign to solve South Africa’s apartheid problem by peaceful means. The situation…

Presentation Speech by Mr Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Chairman of the , Oslo, December 10, 2003. Translation of the Norwegian text. Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Peace Prize Laureate, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, “The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2003 to Shirin Ebadi for her efforts for democracy and…

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Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the Norwegian Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is today exactly 50 years since the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the German public figure and pacifist, . That particular award was one of the most controversial ever made. The newly established Nazi…