| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1946 |
| Number: | 6 - 1 |
| |
Nominee:
|
| Name: | Alexandra Mikhaylovna Kollontay |
| Gender: | F |
| Year, Birth: | 1872 |
| Year, Death: | 1952 |
| Profession: | Diplomat |
| City: | Moscow |
| Country: | RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RU) |
| |
| Motivation: | Kollontay was nominated for her diplomatic efforts to end war and hostilities between the Soviet Union and Finland during the negotiations in 1940-44. |
| |
Nominator:
|
| Name: | 17 members of the Swedish parliament |
| Profession: | Members of parliament |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
| |
| Comments: |
Kollontay became the first woman to serve as an accredited ambassador to a foreign country.
The nomination had been initiated by Anna Sjöström-Bengtsson (member of the Swedish parliament). It was also signed by Georg Branting, Fr. Ström and Bertil Ohlin. Not all of the nominators belonged to socialist parties.
|
| |
