Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1903 |
Number: | 21 - 1 |
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Nominee:
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Name: | The Institute of International Law (Institut de Droit International) |
Profession: | Scientific society aimed at developing international law as a codified science |
City: | Ghent |
Country: | BELGIUM (BE) |
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1904 |
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Motivation: | The Institute of International Law was nominated for its contribution to the development of international law and arbitration, and its efforts to further brotherhood and peace. |
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Nominator:
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Name: | Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland |
Gender: | M |
Profession: | Cabinet Minister. Chairman of the Nobel Committee (1901-1922) |
City: | Kristiania (now Oslo) |
Country: | NORWAY (NO) |
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Comments: |
Løvland had been a member of the Nobel Committee since 1897, and he became chairman when Getz died in 1901. |
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