| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1916 |
| Number: | 2 - 1 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | P Ahlberg |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1864 |
| Profession: | Policeman. Editor of the Ido periodical |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | Louis Lazare Zamenhof |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1859 |
| Year, Death: | 1917 |
| Profession: | Polish physician and oculist |
| City: | Warsaw |
| Country: | POLAND (PL) |
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| Motivation: | Ahlberg was the editor of the Ido periodical "Mondo" (Ido is an artificial language constructed by the French logician and Esperantist Louis de Beaufront). Zamenhof invented Esperanto, the most important of the international artificial languages. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Carl Albert Lindhagen |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1860 |
| Year, Death: | 1946 |
| Profession: | Member of the Swedish parliament |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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| Comments: |
The nominator primarily suggested that the prize was equally divided between Ahlberg and Zamenhof. If this was not agreed upon by the Committee, he suggested the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace. |
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