The Nobel Peace Prize medal is shown in all its glory in the Medal Chamber at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo. The medal on display is the one awarded to the first Norwegian peace prize laureate, Christian Lous Lange, in 1921.
The Peace Prize Medal was designed by Gustav Vigeland in 1901, and is in 18-carat gold. The medals that are produced for each new Peace Prize laureate and awarded at Oslo City Hall are still the same design. With Alfred Nobel’s portrait on the front, the medal is one of the world’s foremost symbols of peace. The Peace Prize medal is now on display in front of the public in all its glory, in a new exhibition in the Medal Chamber on the museum’s second floor. The medal on display is exactly the same as the one awarded at the official Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo City Hall on 10 December each year. This medal belonged to Christian Lous Lange, the first Norwegian Peace Prize winner. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1921, jointly with Hjalmar Branting.
As a celebration of the centenary, the Peace Center opens a new exhibition featuring the original medal Lange received on December 10, 1921. The medal has been on loan from the Lange family to the museum since 2005 and has been exhibited on the museum’s first floor. It has now been relocated to the newly opened Medal Chamber on the second floor. The medal is in a glass display case in the middle of the room, so that the audience can see it from all sides. In the exhibition, the audience can learn more about the award ceremony and the history behind the Norwegian Nobel Medal.
“The Nobel Peace Center is a museum with one object only, namely Christian Lange’s Peace Prize medal from 1921. We are looking very much forward to showing it in all its golden glory”, said Nobel Peace Center’s Director of Exhibitions, Nina Frang Høyum.
The exhibition is open to the public from 21 October 2021