Norwegian Nobel Committee
Den norske Nobelkomité | |
Headquarters | Oslo, Norway |
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Membership | 5 Members |
Website | nobelpeaceprize |
The Norwegian Nobel Committee (
Five members are appointed by the
The committee is assisted by its secretariat, Norwegian Nobel Institute. The committee holds their meetings in the institute's building, where the winner is also announced. Since 1990, however, the award ceremony takes place in Oslo City Hall.
History
Jurist
Nonetheless, the committee is still composed mainly of politicians. A 1903 proposition to elect a law scholar (Ebbe Hertzberg) was rejected.[5] In late 1948, the election system was changed to make the committee more proportional with parliamentary representation of Norwegian political parties. The Norwegian Labour Party, which controlled a simple majority of seats in the Norwegian Parliament orchestrated this change.[8] This practice has been cemented, but sharply criticized.[9] There have been propositions about including non-Norwegian members in the committee, but this has never happened.[7]
The Norwegian Nobel Committee is assisted by the Norwegian Nobel Institute, established in 1904.[3] The committee might receive well more than a hundred nominations and asks the Nobel Institute in February every year to research about twenty candidates.[10] The director of the Nobel Institute also serves as secretary to the Norwegian Nobel Committee; currently this position belongs to Olav Njølstad.
List of Chairpersons
- List of chairpersons[11]
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In January 1944 an attempt by the
Members
The members as of 2021[update] are:[13]
- Labour Party). Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 2012, reappointed for the period 2018–2023.
- Minister of Culture. Appointed for the period 2018–2020, and reappointed for the period 2021–2026.
- Asle Toje (born 1974), foreign policy scholar. Appointed for the period 2018–2023.
- Kristin Clemet, former Conservative Party cabinet member who previously represented Oslo in Norwegian Parliament. Appointed for the period 2021–2026.
- Jørgen Watne Frydnes, appointed for the period 2021–2026.
Secretariat
The committee is assisted by the Norwegian Nobel Institute, its secretariat. The leader of the institute holds the title secretary. The secretary is not a member of the committee, but is an employee of the Norwegian Nobel Institute.
- List of secretaries[11]
- 1901–1909: Christian Lous Lange
- 1910–1945: Ragnvald Moe
- 1946–1973: August Schou
- 1974–1977: Tim Greve
- 1978–1989: Jakob Sverdrup
- 1990–2015: Geir Lundestad
- 2015–present: Olav Njølstad
References
- Notes
- ^ Heffermehl, 2008: pp. 15–17
- ^ a b "Excerpt from the Will of Alfred Nobel". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
- ^ Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
- ^ Heffermehl, 2008: p. 39
- ^ a b Heffermehl, 2008: p. 72
- ^ a b Heffermehl, 2008: pp. 53–54
- ^ a b Helljesen, Geir. "Bare nordmenn i Nobelkomiteen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
- ^ Heffermehl, 2008: pp. 84–85
- ^ Dahl, Miriam Stackpole (10 October 2008). "Fredspriskuppet". Ny Tid (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ Heffermehl, 2008: pp. 50–51
- ^ a b Heffermehl, 2008: pp. 60–64
- ^ "The Norwegian Nobel Committee 1901-2008". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- Stortinget. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- Bibliography
- ISBN 978-82-7990-074-0.
- Heffermehl, Fredrik (2010). The Nobel Peace Prize. What Nobel really wanted'. Sta Barbara: Praeger. ISBN 978-0-313-38744-9.
External links
- Norwegian Nobel Committee – official site
- Nobel Prize – official site