2021 Nobel Peace Prize

The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo on 8 October 2021. Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov received the prize "for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace."[1]

The Nobel Peace Prize
Date8 October 2021 (2021-10-08)
LocationOslo
CountryNorway
Presented byNorwegian Nobel Committee
Reward(s)9.0 million SEK
First awarded1901
2021 laureateMaria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov

The formal award ceremony was 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.[2] In 2021, the ceremony returned to Oslo City Hall.[3]

There were 329 candidates for the prize when nominations closed on 31 January 2021.[4] The Norwegian News Agency reported earlier in 2021 that Maria Ressa had been nominated by Jonas Gahr Støre, the designated Prime Minister following the 2021 election,[5] and many sources in Russia claim that Dmitry Muratov was nominated by Mikhail Gorbachev.

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).[4]

Candidates

There are 329 candidates in 2021, 234 individuals and 95 organizations.[6] The Nobel Foundation is not allowed to publish nominations for at least 50 years.[7] 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:

Nominations confirmed by the Norwegian News Agency
ImageNomineeNominator(s)Source
Campaign to Stop Killer RobotsAudun Lysbakken, Member of Parliament[4][5]
Alexei NavalnyOla Elvestuen, Mathilde Tybring-Gjedde and Peter Christian Frølich, Members of Parliament[4][5]
Martin LeeMathilde Tybring-Gjedde and Peter Christian Frølich, Members of Parliament[4][5]
Hong Kong Free PressOla Elvestuen, Terje Breivik and Jon Gunnes, Members of Parliament[4][5]
International Fact-Checking NetworkTrine Skei Grande and Tore Storehaug, Members of Parliament[4][5]
Maria RessaJonas Gahr Støre, Member of Parliament[4][5]
Reporters Without BordersSveinung Stensland, Member of Parliament[4][5]
Black Lives MatterPetter Eide, Member of Parliament[4][5]
NATOErlend Wiborg, Member of Parliament[4][5]
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and GAVICarl-Erik Grimstad, Member of Parliament[4][5]
Scout movementSolveig Schytz, Member of Parliament[4][5]
Jane Goodall and the
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)		Dag Øistein Endsjø, Professor of Religious Studies[4][5]
Marilyn WaringMargunn Bjørnholt, Professor of Sociology[4][5]
Sviatlana TsikhanouskayaHårek Elvenes, Jette Christensen and Geir Toskedal, Members of Parliament[4][5]

Laureates

On 8 October 2021, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced its decision to award the prize to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov "for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace."[1] As a result, the Nobel Prize Committee was criticized for rewarding Muratov and not jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as an attempt by the Committee "to keep the maximum distance from the current political process" in Russia.[8] Muratov has said that he would have given the prize to Alexei Navalny if it were his choice.[9] The U.S. government assessed that Russian intelligence was behind an attack on Dmitry Muratov for criticizing the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine.[10]

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:[11][12]

Prize ceremony
Oslo City Hall, the venue for the 2021 award ceremony

The award ceremony was 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.[2] In 2021 the ceremony was once again held in Oslo City Hall.[14]

References
  1. "The Nobel Peace Prize 2021". NobelPrize.org. 8 October 2021. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021.
  2. "Dropper utdeling av fredsprisen i Oslo rådhus". Klar Tale. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. "Prisutdelingen - Nobel Peace Prize". www.nobelpeaceprize.org (in Norwegian). 9 September 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  4. "Flere fredsprisforslag før fristen gikk ut". Aftenposten. Norwegian News Agency. 31 January 2021.
  5. "Hektisk nomineringsaktivitet før fredsprisfrist". Dagsavisen. 31 January 2021.
  6. "Nomination". The Nobel Peace Prize. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  7. "Confidentiality". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  8. Hopkins, Valerie (8 October 2021). "Nobel announcement draws mixed reactions from Russia, with frustration from Navalny supporters". The New York times.
  9. "Navalny Deserved Peace Prize, Russian Nobel Winner Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  10. "U.S. says Russian intelligence orchestrated attack on Nobel laureate". The Washington Post.
  11. "Valg av medlemmer til Nobelkomiteen". Stortinget. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  12. "The Norwegian Nobel Committee". The Nobel Peace Prize. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  13. "Board and council". Norwegian Helsinki Committee. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  14. "Prisutdelingen - Nobel Peace Prize". www.nobelpeaceprize.org (in Norwegian). 9 September 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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