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Committee of Five
A Political Prize |
Why a Norwegian Nobel Committee?
| The Independence of the Committee
| From Nomination to Ceremony &
Nominators and Campaigns | Professional
Advisers | The Norwegian Nobel committee
has decided...
Since the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901, the Peace Prize
has, in accordance with Alfred Nobel's will, been awarded by a committee
of five, appointed by the Storting (the Norwegian Parliament),
but without the committee being formally responsible to the Storting.
According to rules laid down by the Storting, election to
the committee is for a six-year term, and members could be re-elected.
The committee's composition reflects the relative strengths of the
political parties in the Storting, but the committee has
elected its own chairman and deputy chairman. It was never required
by the rules and on some occasions the matter has been debated,
but so far all committee members have been Norwegian nationals.
In the nomination and selection process, the committee has the assistance
of a secretary since the establishment of the Norwegian Nobel Institute
in 1904, this person also being the institute's director, as well
as of a number of permanent and ad hoc advisors.
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