Skip to content English Norwegian French Arabic (pdf) The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in th…

In January 2023, Sonoma County Community Organizations Active in Disaster (COAD) mobilized to partner with Sonoma County on two Winter Storm Recovery Support Centers (RSCs) and a hotline, where 1,110 intakes for emergency assistance were completed. After 110 households reported b…

Skip to content English French Swedish German The Permanent Secretary Press release 2 October 2003 The Nobel Prize in Literature 2003 John Maxwell Coetzee The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2003 is awarded to the South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee “who in innumerable guises…

Skip to content English Norwegian French Arabic (pdf) The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 is to be awarded to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in th…

In celebration of National Poetry Month, we are delighted to share three jazz triptychs from Indigo Moor’s Reconstructing Eden , published by CavanKerry Press, along with an explanation of jazz triptychs from the author. CavanKerry Press is distributed by the University of Chicag…

Skip to content Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn * , Chairman of the Nobel Committee The Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament has awarded this year’s Peace Prize to the Quakers, represented by their two great relief organizations, the Friends Service Council in London an…

Skip to content Presentation Speech by Fredrik Stang * , Chairman of the Nobel Committee , on December 10, 1922 I take pleasure in announcing that this year’s Peace Prize has been awarded to Professor Fridtjof Nansen. Work of an international character carried out by Mr. Nansen d…

Skip to content English Norwegian The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts between Ellen Johnson Sirleaf , Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for w…

Skip to content Presentation Speech by Fredrik Stang * , Chairman of the Nobel Committee , on December 10, 1938 This year, as we all know, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Nansen Office, whose president, Mr. Michael Hansson, has come here to receive the award. We hav…

Skip to content The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize to the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso , the religious and political leader of the Tibetan people. The Committee wants to emphasize the fact that the Dalai Lama in his struggle for the li…

Skip to content English Norwegian The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 is to be awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to …

Skip to content The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1994, in alphabetical order, to Yasir Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin , for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East. For several decades, the conflict between Israel and i…

Skip to content Presentation Speech by Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland, Chairman of the Nobel Committee , on December 10, 1910 * Chairman of the Committee Løvland then announced that the Peace Prize for this year had been awarded to the permanent Peace Bureau in Bern. He then briefly r…

Skip to content Presentation Speech by Gunnar Jahn * , Chairman of the Nobel Committee , on December 10, 1945 Six years have passed since we last awarded the Peace Prize, six years during which war has dominated the world. These war years, in which men have fought for life and fr…

Skip to content English Norwegian The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attach…