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Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Vice-Chairman of the , on the occasion of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1976 in the University Festival Hall, Oslo, December 10, 1977. Translation Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: On August 10, 1976, a remarkable incident occurred in one of the streets…

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…

Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the Norwegian Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year’s Peace Prize, one of the six Nobel Prizes which are to be presented today, is primarily a homage and an expression of thanks to Oscar Arias Sánchez for the praiseworthy work he has done…

Presentation Speech by , member of the Nobel Committee, on December 10, 1936 The Nobel Peace Prize for 1936 has been awarded to Mr. Carlos Saavedra Lamas, foreign minister of the Argentine Republic. The prize has thus been given to a statesman. The career and achievements of a statesman must always be examined in the…

Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the . Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces is unfortunately a reminder to us that peace is not a matter of course here in our world. Peace has to be actively…

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…

Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, delivering the presentation speech for the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize at the Oslo City Hall in Norway, 10 December 1994. © Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum. Presentation Speech by Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the Norwegian Your Majesties, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Norwegian Nobel Committee…

  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 by Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the Norwegian Your Majesties, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, We are assembled here today to honour Aung San Suu Kyi for her outstanding work for democracy and human rights, and to present to her the Nobel Peace Prize for 1991. The occasion gives rise to many and partly…