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 Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland, Chairman of the , on December 10, 1907 Ernesto Teodoro Moneta was born in Milan in 1833. At the age of fifteen he took part in the war of liberation against the Austrians, and in 1859 he fought at Garibaldi’s side in both North and South Italy. In 1866…

Presentation Speech delivered by Mr. Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the , on the occasion of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1982, Oslo, December 10, 1982. Translation Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: People occasionally ask whether the task of nominating Peace Prize winners may not prove a difficult…

  Presentation Speech by Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, member of the , on December 10, 1930 It might appear that this year’s two Peace Prize winners are widely separated, not only in the geographical sense by the ocean which separates their two countries, but also in the area of their activities and in the nature of…

Welcome by Jorgen Gunnarsson Løvland, Chairman of the on January 15, 1905 I have the honor to extend to you a warm welcome. That you have come here, despite your age and despite the long journey in an inclement season of the year, is proof to us of the untiring energy you have for so…

Presentation Speech by Egil Aarvik, Chairman of the The Nobel Peace Prize is one of six awards bearing the name Alfred Nobel that are presented today. Five of these awards are made in Stockholm, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the laureates who will be honoured in the…

Presentation Speech by Fredrik Stang, Chairman of the , on December 10, 1938 This year, as we all know, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Nansen Office, whose president, Mr. Michael Hansson, has come here to receive the award. We have asked him to tell us about the work of the Nansen…

Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Nobel Committee The of the Norwegian Parliament has awarded the Peace Prize for 1961 posthumously to Dag Hammarskjöld. Dag Hammarskjöld was born in 1905, and prior to his appointment as Secretary-General to the Secretariat of the United Nations in 1953, he had been associated with the administration…

Welcome by Johannes Irgens, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, on August 24, 1912 In the name of the Norwegian government and of His Sovereign Majesty, who honors this official opening session with his presence, I have the pleasure of extending to the Institute of International Law a cordial welcome to the capital of Norway. I…

Presentation Speech by Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland, Chairman of the , on December 10, 1909 Auguste Beernaert was born in 1828. After completing his legal studies he began practice as a barrister in Brussels in 1853. In 1859 he was appointed counsel at the Belgian Supreme Court of Appeal. He entered politics at an early date…