| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize |
| Year: | 1923 |
| Number: | 24 - 1 |
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Nominee 1:
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| Name: | Edvard Wavrinsky |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1848 |
| Year, Death: | 1924 |
| Profession: | Member of the Swedish parliament |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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Nominee 2:
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| Name: | The Inter-Parliamentary Union |
| City: | Geneva |
| Country: | SWITZERLAND (CH) |
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| Motivation: | Wavrinsky was nominated for his contribution to the peaceful dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian Union in 1905. He was chairman of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration League, and he contributed to the founding of the Swedish Inter-Parliamentary Group. During World War I he supported Wilson's plans for a League of Nations, but he emphasized the importance of a democratic and parliamentary basis for such a league.
The Inter-Parliamentary Union promoted peace and contributed to the development and enforcement of international law and arbitration. The Union organized annual inter-parliamentary conferences.
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Nominator:
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| Name: | Axel Theodor Adelswärd |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1860 |
| Year, Death: | 1929 |
| Profession: | President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union/Member of the Swedish parliament |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |
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| Comments: |
Wavrinsky was on the short list, but no new evaluation was requested.
The nomination was submitted by Adelswärd (Chairman of the Swedish Inter-Parliamentary Group) on behalf of the Swedish Inter-Parliamentary Group. |
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