The 1921 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Hjalmar Branting, of Sweden, for his work in the League of Nations and to Christian Lange, of Norway, for his work as the first secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the secretary-general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. In his acceptance speech, Brantling noted: ” To create an organization which is in a position to protect peace in this world of conflicting interests and egotistic wills is a frighteningly difficult task.”
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel. Since 1901 it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to 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” Over the next few months we’ll be introducing you to the past Nobel laureates, leading up to the award of the 2016 prize in October.
