2021 Nobel Peace Prize
| The Nobel Peace Prize | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8 October 2021 |
| Location | Oslo |
| Country | Norway |
| Presented by | Norwegian Nobel Committee |
| Reward(s) | 9.0 million SEK |
| First awarded | 1901 |
| 2021 laureate | TBD |
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize is scheduled to be announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo on 8 October 2021. The award ceremony is scheduled to take place in Oslo on 10 December 2021. Nominations closed on 31 January 2021.[1]
Nomination process
Different groups of qualified nominators may nominate candidates, including members of national assemblies and national governments, heads of state, judges of certain international courts, (full) professor-level academics in relevant fields, and former laureates; a significant proportion of the nominations are submitted by Norwegian MPs and academics. Nominations are submitted to the Oslo-based Norwegian Nobel Committee, usually in a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish) or English. Nominations for the 2021 prize opened on 1 September 2020 and closed on 31 January 2021 (Norwegian time).[1]
Candidates
There are 329 candidates in 2021, 234 individuals and 95 organizations.[2] The Nobel Foundation is not allowed to publish nominations for at least 50 years.[3] Individual nominators can, and sometimes do, choose to publish their nomination, and Norwegian media often report nominations by qualified nominators such as members of parliament and qualified academics.
The Norwegian News Agency reported on 31 January 2021 that the 2021 nominees confirmed by qualified Norwegian nominators (MPs or academics) before the deadline included the following candidates:
Prize committee
The members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee are elected by the Norwegian Parliament and are responsible for selecting the laureate in accordance with the will of Alfred Nobel; the committee's members in 2021 are:[5][6]
- Berit Reiss-Andersen (chair, born 1954), advocate (barrister) and former President of the Norwegian Bar Association, former state secretary for the Minister of Justice and the Police (representing the Labour Party). Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 2012, reappointed for the period 2018–2023.
- Asle Toje (vice chair, born 1974), foreign policy scholar. Appointed for the period 2018–2023.
- Anne Enger (born 1949), former Leader of the Centre Party and Minister of Culture. Member since 2018, reappointed for the period 2021–2026.
- Kristin Clemet (born 1957), former Minister of Government Administration and Labour and Minister of Education and Research. Appointed for the period 2021–2026.
- Jørgen Watne Frydnes (born 1984), former board member of Médecins Sans Frontières Norway, board member of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee.[7] Appointed for the period 2021–2026.
Announcement and ceremony
The Nobel laureate is announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee on the Friday of the first full week of October, i.e. on 8 October 2021.[2] The award ceremony is scheduled to be held in Oslo on 10 December 2021, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. In 2020 the ceremony returned to its former venue, the Atrium of the University of Oslo Faculty of Law, after being held in Oslo City Hall during the period 1990–2019.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Flere fredsprisforslag før fristen gikk ut". Aftenposten. Norwegian News Agency. 31 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Nomination". The Nobel Peace Prize. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Confidentiality". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Hektisk nomineringsaktivitet før fredsprisfrist". Dagsavisen. 31 January 2021.
- ^ "Valg av medlemmer til Nobelkomiteen". Stortinget. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ "The Norwegian Nobel Committee". The Nobel Peace Prize. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Board and council". Norwegian Helsinki Committee. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "Dropper utdeling av fredsprisen i Oslo rådhus". Klar Tale. Retrieved 1 February 2021.