| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1905 |
| Number: | 2 - 2 |
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Nominee:
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| Name: | Fredrik Bajer |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1837 |
| Year, Death: | 1922 |
| Profession: | Veteran peace worker. Member of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Commission of the Peace Bureau. |
| City: | Copenhagen |
| Country: | DENMARK (DK) |
| Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1908 |
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| Motivation: | Bajer promoted Nordic neutrality and brotherhood. He was one of the initiators and founders of the Permanent International Peace Bureau, and he was the first president of the Peace Bureau. Bajer was also member of the council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. He organized peace work both in Denmark and internationally, both popular peace movements and parliamentary peace work. Bajer was Scandinavia's most prominent peace advocate. |
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Gaston Moch |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1859 |
| Year, Death: | 1935 |
| Profession: | Member of the Commission of the Permanent International Peace Bureau |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
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| Comments: |
Moch suggested both Bertha von Suttner and Bajer, the former being his primary choice. |
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