Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1912
Number:31 - 3
 
Nominee:
Name: The International Socialist Bureau (Bureau Socialiste International)
City:Bern
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
 
Motivation:The Bureau was the focal point of the international labor movement. It organized international meetings where peace was an important issue. In 1911 it contributed to turn public opinion against a possible European war over the Morocco conflict.
 
Nominator:
Name:Alfred Eriksen
Gender:M
Profession:Priest. Dr. of Philosophy. Member of the Norwegian parliament
City:Kristiania (now Oslo)
Country:NORWAY (NO)
 
Comments: The nomination was made in accordance with a decision made by the Norwegian Parliament's Social Democratic Group.