Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1922
Number:18 - 3
 
Nominee:
Name:Carl Albert Lindhagen
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1860
Year, Death:1946
Profession:Mayor of Stockholm 1903-1930. Member of the Swedish parliament 1897-1917,1919-40
City:Stockholm
Country:SWEDEN (SE)
 
Motivation:Lindhagen contributed to the peaceful dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian union in 1905. In 1909 he joined the social democratic party, but after the Russian revolution he became associated with a more leftist socialist group and communists. Lindhagen supported female suffrage and social reform, and he advocated disarmament and international co-operation based on international law. He was a prominent member of the radical peace movement.
 
Nominator 1:
Name:Elof Lindberg
Gender:M
Profession:Member of the Swedish parliament
City:Stockholm
Country:SWEDEN (SE)
 
Nominator 2:
Name:Alfred Werner
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1866
Year, Death:1919
Profession:Member of the Swedish parliament
City:Stockholm
Country:SWEDEN (SE)
 
Comments: Lindhagen was one of legal advisor to the Alfred Nobel estate; in effect he became an associate executor. He also drafted the Nobel Foundation Charter in 1899. The nomination was made on behalf of six other members of the Swedish parliament.