Talk:Norwegian Nobel Committee

Norwegian?

Do these guys have to be natives of Norway/Sweden?

No, but only Norwegians have been members so far. The prize has nothing to do with Sweden, really—except that its founder was Swedish, although he was more of a cosmopolitan. For instance, he lived in France when the will was written, and died in another home in Italy. Punkmorten (talk) 21:16, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Stating that the Prize (as opposed to the internal workings of the committee) has nothing to do with Sweden is not correct. For legal purposes, Alfred Nobel's residence at the time of his death was established to be Karlskoga, Sweden, where he owned Björkborn manor. His will was therefore registered at the local court in Karlskoga, which decided that Swedish civil law was applicable to any subsequent dispute. The executors of his will had to add a lot of details to get a workable organization for the prizes, so they created the Nobel Foundation, which handles all the money. (Currently 6 Swedish and 1 Norwegian board members.) It is ruled by statutes, based on the will but much more substantial, that were given legal protection by being approved by the Swedish government. An English translation of the statutes can be read here. It's this Swedish document, quoting Nobel's will, which e.g. specifies that the Peace Prize should be awarded in Oslo. Tomas e (talk) 15:01, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Outdated

the list of members is old I believe, the actual one is here> http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/nomination_committee/members/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.168.22.210 (talk) 16:40, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Updated. Punkmorten (talk) 21:16, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

History Section

The history section needs a rewrite to maybe state the information in a more useful way. While the history is confusing and doubles back on itself, reading this is a bit like a rollercoaster. Snitkofb (talk) 13:45, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Chairperson 1944–1945

There's a blank space for the 1944–1945 chairperson. I'm guessing, due to war, this the position was unoccupied, however the reference is not immediately accessible and is in Norwegian. Anyone able to fill in this gap with a name or unoccupied? LukeSurl ^{t c} 16:51, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

• Ah, found a ref myself. Turns out it's quite interesting [1]. (Have updated article) LukeSurl ^{t c} 17:02, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

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