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The 1901 Nobel Peace Prize was the first peace prize resulting from Alfred Nobel's will to recognize in the preceding year those who "have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
The Nobel Peace Prize was first awarded in 1901 to Frédéric Passy and Henry Dunant, who shared a prize of 150,782 Swedish kronor (equal to 7,731,004 kronor in 2008), and most recently in 2024 to Nihon Hidankyo.
Between 1901 and 2017, the Nobel Prizes and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 585 times to 923 people and organizations. With some receiving the Nobel Prize more than once, this makes a total of 892 individuals (including 844 men, 48 women) and 24 organizations. [ 8 ]
As of October 2023, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 111 individuals and 27 organizations; 19 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, more than for any other Nobel Prize. Only two recipients have won multiple Prizes: the International Committee of the Red Cross has won three times (1917, 1944, and 1963) and the Office of the United Nations ...
26th President of the United States (1901–1909) who won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize. [78] Hjalmar Branting [bb] November 23, 1860 Stockholm, Sweden February 24, 1925 Stockholm, Sweden 1906, 1913, 1914, 1921: Prime Minister of Sweden (1920) (1921–1923) (1924–1925) Shared the 1921 Nobel Peace Prize with Christian Louis Lange. [79]
Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to a total of 965 individuals and 27 organizations as of 2023. [1] The United States has the highest number of Nobel laureates in the world, with over 420 Nobel laureates. [2] Around 71% of all Nobel Prizes have been awarded to Americans; around 29% of them are immigrants from other nations. [3]
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For being meritorious in the cause of peace (since 1931) Norway: Nobel Peace Prize: Norwegian Nobel Committee: For doing the most or best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies. and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses (since 1901) Norway: Student Peace Prize: Student Peace Prize ...