Nelson Mandela
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Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk receiving their Nobel Prize medals and diplomas from Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony, 10 December 1993.
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Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk with their Nobel Prize medals and diplomas.
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Nelson Mandela at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway, on 10 December 1993.
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Nelson Mandela delivering his Nobel Lecture.
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The Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway, on 10 December 1993.
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From left: Nelson Mandela, Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, F.W. de Klerk and Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at Oslo City Hall, 10 December 1993.
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From left: Nelson Mandela, Francis Sejersted, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee and F.W. de Klerk at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at Oslo City Hall, 10 December 1993.
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Nelson Mandela signing protocol during his visit to the Norwegian Nobel Institute, December 1993.
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Nelson Mandela with Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland in Oslo, Norway, December 1993.
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Nelson Mandela with Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland at the Nobel Peace Prize Banquet at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway, on 10 December 1993.
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Nelson Mandela arriving in Oslo, Norway, December 1993.
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Nelson Mandela during a visit to the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, in December 1993.
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Group photo of the 1993 Nobel Laureates, assembled at the Nobel Foundation, December 1993. From left: Chemistry Laureate Kary B. Mullis, Medicine Laureate Phillip A. Sharp, Physics Laureate Russell A. Hulse, Medicine Laureate Michael Smith, Peace Prize Laureates Nelson Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk, Medicine Laureate Richard J. Roberts, Laureate in Economic Sciences Robert W. Fogel, Literature Laureate Toni Morrison, Physics Laureate Joseph H. Taylor Jr. and Laureate in Economic Sciences Douglass C. North.
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Nelson Mandela (right) and Frederik de Klerk (left) shake hands at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum held in Davos in January 1992.
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela a few days after being released from prison in February 1990.
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On 11 February 1990 Nelson Mandela became a free man after spending 27 years in prison. Here he is celebrating his freedom with his wife Winnie Mandela.
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Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.
