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…

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 their…

Presentation Speech by Aase Lionæs, Chairman of the , on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 1977 in the University Festival Hall, Oslo, December 10, 1977 Translation Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, This year the Norwegian Nobel Committee is awarding two Peace Prizes, one to…

Presentation Speech by Halvdan Koht, member of the Nobel Committee, on December 10, 1931 In awarding the Peace Prize to two Americans, the today brings the United States into first place among those nations whose representatives have received the prize during the past thirty years. Previously, France had the highest number of prizewinners, a total…

Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn, Chairman of the Nobel Committee has this year awarded the Peace Prize for 1954 to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. War has existed in all times – war between tribes, war between races, war between nations, civil wars and religious wars. War has always laid…

Presentation Speech by Mrs. Aase Lionaes, Chairman of the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Storting Translation Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen: of the Norwegian Parliament has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1975 to Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov. In the will and testament that Alfred Nobel drew up prior to his death in…

  Presentation Speech by Gunnar Berge, Chairman of , Oslo, December 10, 2001. Translation of the Norwegian text. Your Majesty, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, and, not least, this year’s and past year’s Peace Prize Laureates. Let me begin by extending a warm welcome to this year’s special Peace Prize award ceremony. The…

Presentation Speech by Professor Francis Sejersted of the , Oslo, December 10, 1999. Translation of the Norwegian text. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highness, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. Few aims can be more praiseworthy than to combat suffering: to help those in the most desperate situations, whatever their race and wherever they may be, to return…

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Presentation Speech by Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, member of the , on December 10, 1934 It is not my task today to present a biography of our guest and friend Mr. Arthur Henderson. In this respect I shall be very brief. As a member of the House of Commons since 1903 – with very few interruptions…