Peace

Press release

Norwegian Kunngjøring har besluttet at Nobels Fredspris for 2022 skal gå til én person og to organisasjoner. Prisvinnerne representerer sivilsamfunnet i sine hjemland. De har i mange år stått opp for retten til maktkritikk og grunnleggende rettigheter for borgerne. De har gjort en enestående innsats for å dokumentere krigsforbrytelser, brudd på menneskerettigheter og maktmisbruk. Til…

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Press release

English Announcement has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2022 to one individual and two organisations. The Peace Prize laureates represent civil society in their home countries. They have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. They have made an outstanding effort to document…

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Want an inside look into how the Nobel Peace Prize is decided? Asle Toje of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, tells nobelprize.org what it takes to name a peace laureate.  Can you tell us who you are? My name is Asle Toje. I’m the deputy leader of the , which is the five member committee tasked…

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Statement

Oslo 31 August 2022 Statement by the Norwegian Nobel Committee on the passing away of Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev The Norwegian Nobel Committee is deeply saddened by the passing away of Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the last President of the former Soviet Union and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize. Mr. Gorbachev was awarded the…

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