Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
Year: | 1902 |
Number: | 2 - 3 |
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Nominee 1:
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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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Nominee 2:
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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: | 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.
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: | Karl Hjalmar Branting |
Gender: | M |
Year, Birth: | 1860 |
Year, Death: | 1925 |
Profession: | Member of the Swedish parliament (Riksdag) |
City: | Stockholm |
Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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