Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1917
Number:17 - 1
 
Nominee 1:
Name: The Swedish Peace and Arbitration League
Profession:Nordic peace association
City:Stockholm
Country:SWEDEN (SE)
 
Nominee 2:
Name: Nederlandsche Anti-Oorlog-Raad
City:The Hague
Country:NETHERLANDS (NL)
 
Motivation:The Swedish Peace and Arbitration League was founded by Klas Pontus Arnoldson (Nobel laureate 1908). The association advocated Nordic neutrality, international peace and arbitration and organized Scandinavian peace conferences. Nederlandsche Anti-Oorlog-Raad was founded in 1914, as an initiative of the Dutch peace association "Vrede door Recht" in order to gather a wide range of members. The association sought to study the causes of the World War and how it could be terminated, thereby preventing future wars. Advocate of international law and arbitration and closely connected to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace.
 
Nominator:
Name: 69 members of the Swedish parliament
Profession:Members of the Swedish parliament [Riksdag]
City:Stockholm
Country:SWEDEN (SE)
 
Comments: The nominators suggested the two nominees respectively for the two prizes of 1916 and 1917. Among the nominators were C.Lindhagen, J.Bjørling and Nils Ason Berg.