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Former Vice President Al Gore is chairman of Current TV, an award winning, independently owned cable and satellite television nonfiction network for young people based on viewer-created content and citizen journalism. He also serves as chairman of Generation Investment Management, a firm that is focused on a new approach to sustainable investing. Gore is a…

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  Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the , on December 10, 1945 Six years have passed since we last awarded the Peace Prize, six years during which war has dominated the world. These war years, in which men have fought for life and freedom on a scale unprecedented in the annals of history,…

Presentation Speech delivered by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the , on the occasion of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1983, Oslo, December 10, 1983. Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: “Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the…

No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.

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Fridtjof Nansen (October 10, 1861-May 13, 1930) was born at Store Frøen, near Oslo. His father, a prosperous lawyer, was a religious man with a clear conception of personal duty and moral principle; his mother was a strongminded, athletic woman who introduced her children to outdoor life and encouraged them to develop physical skills. And…