| I was curious about the Nobel Peace Prize Committee and the economy, political situation and political parties in Norway.http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/articles/committee/index.htmlhttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/no.html
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3421.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Norway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Norway
It seems that the Red-Green Coalition, also known as the Socialist Coalition, has a slight majority in the Storting, the Norwegian Parliament, that appoints the five member Nobel Peace Prize Committee.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-Green_Coalition_%28Norway%29
The current members of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee and their party affiliation:
| 2006-2008 |
Mjøs, Ole Danbolt (Chairman) |
b. 1939 |
Christian People’s Party |
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Furre, Berger Ragnar (Dep. Chairman) |
b. 1937 |
Socialist Left Party |
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Five, Kaci Kullman |
b. 1951 |
Conservative |
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Rønbeck, Sissel |
b. 1950 |
Labour |
| |
Ytterhorn, Inger-Marie |
b. 1941 |
Progress Party |
The Norwegian Nobel Committee Since 1901
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/articles/committee/nnclist/index.html
No wonder Al Gore won– the “watermellons” had a lock and a former Conservative Minister actually nominated Al Gore for the Nobel Peace Prize.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eco-socialism
The one person I believe should have received the Nobel Peace Prize and never did was Mohandas Gandhi. He was nominated five times.
Mahatma Gandhi, the Missing Laureate
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/articles/gandhi/index.html
Gandhi & the Nobel Peace Prize
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/Gandhi/GandhiNobel.html
“It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom.
It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi
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