Part 2 - The prize

• The Nobel prize is described as the worlds’ most prestigious prize in the Oxford Dictionary of Contemporary History.
• Sitting inside the Grand Hall at the Nobel Institute, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announces the nominations in October every year, something looked at w...

The nominations for the Peace Prize has gradually increased from the first year it was recorded in 1904, swelling from 22 to 376 in 2016.

Media coverage regarding the awards is also much bigger than before, resulting in an increased awareness of the prize.

• As global warming and climate change came in the picture, something which was criticized by many committee members, as there was no such concept during the time of Alfred Nobel.
• His ideology for the prize had the first criterion as ‘fraternity between nations’ which can be argued ...