Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1903 |
Number: | 2 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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Name: | Klas Pontus Arnoldson |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1844 |
Year, Death: | 1916 |
Profession: | Veteran peace activist. Author, orator and peace society leader. |
City: | Stockholm |
Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1908 |
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Motivation: | Arnoldson was nominated for his book "Seklernas hopp" about peace, the peace movement and peace workers. He was one of the founders of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society, and he carried on a vigorous campaign for arbitration in his writings. Arnoldson produced substantial works on religion and peace. |
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Nominator:
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Name: | Oddvar Vik |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Member of the Norwegian parliament (Storting) |
City: | Kristiania (now Oslo) |
Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
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