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The Peace prize 2011 awarded by the Nobel Committee in Norway was to be divided in three equal parts between Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman. This important yearly event is of course to be mentioned here since my blog is about Norway: our history, culture and traditions and also since I often […]

Nobel Peace Prize 2010 awarded China dissident Liu Xiaobo

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| Habits, History, Tradition

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2010 Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. From the committee’s announcement it’s written:”Over the past decades, China has achieved economic advances to which history can hardly show any equal and this status must entail increased responsibility. China is […]

Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama in Oslo Norway

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| History, Tradition

President Barack Obama received the Norwegian Nobel Peace Committee’s award for 2009 in Oslo, Norway yesterday. A lot of pro et contra has been said about this years award: “A Nobel for nothing”, “Too much too soon”, “Sorry, Obama, you don’t deserve it yet”, “Peace Prize to Obama, but it’s not his fault” etc. However […]

Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Peace Prize to Barack Obama

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| Habits, History

President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 by The Norwegian Nobel Committee. There have been a lot of reactions of course since this is he world’s most prestigious prize – some positive and some very negative. Since my blog is about Norway and the Nordic countries, I though I should reflect […]

2008 Nobel Peace Prize to Martti Ahtisaari

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| History

This year there was 197 nominees and some of the hottest candidates was; former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl; Algerian president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika; Hu Jia, Chinese activist and dissident; another Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng; Israel’s Mordechai Vanunu; Vietnamese monk Thich Quang Do; The African Union and even Bob Geldof. The Nobel Committee consists of 5 members […]

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Nobel Peace Prize from Norway to women rights activists

Nobel Peace Prize 2010 awarded China dissident Liu Xiaobo

Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama in Oslo Norway

Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Peace Prize to Barack Obama

2008 Nobel Peace Prize to Martti Ahtisaari