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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts between: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.
- Nobel Peace Prize 2012
- Nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize 2012.
- Nobel Peace Prize 2011
- Read the speeches given at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
- Research seminars
- List of research seminars for the spring 2012
- Seminar 10. May
- Seminar with Lecturer Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni
The Library
The Norwegian Nobel Institute has a library with a reading room open to the public.
The collection consists mainly of books and periodicals on international relations after 1800.
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The Nobel Peace Prize Concert
The Nobel Peace prize Concert is arranged as a musical tribute to each year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Artists from the whole world participate in the concert.
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Other Nobel web-pages
For more information on the other Nobel Prizes and Alfred Nobel please visit: nobelprize.org
The Nobel Peace Center is located downtown Oslo with exhibitions on The Nobel Peace Prize and Alfred Nobel.
Nobel Peace Center webpage
The first African Nobel Peace Prize Laureate was Albert John Lutuli. He received the Nobel Peace Prize for 1960 in 1961.