Nominations for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has received 205 nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009, of which 33 are organisations.

This is the highest number of nominations ever. The last record was in 2005 when the Committee received 199 nominations.

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