| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1923 |
| Number: | 9 - 1 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Hans Jakob Horst |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1848 |
| Year, Death: | 1931 |
| Profession: | Educator. Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (1901-1931). |
| University: | Kristiania University |
| City: | Kristiania (now Oslo) |
| Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Axel Theodor Adelswärd |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1860 |
| Year, Death: | 1929 |
| Profession: | Member of the Swedish parliament. |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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| Motivation: | Horst represented the Norwegian parliament at the first Inter-Parliamentary Peace Conference in 1890. He was chairman of the Norwegian Peace Association and a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague.
Adelswärd was chairman of the Swedish Inter-Parliamentary Group, and he was president of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (1922-1928). He advocated democracy, peace and international cooperation. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Edvard Wavrinsky |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1848 |
| Year, Death: | 1924 |
| Profession: | Member of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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| Comments: |
The nominator suggested that the prize either could be awarded one of the two nominees, or it could be equally divided between them. |
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