Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1905
Number:20 - 1
 
Nominee 1:
Name: The Inter-Parliamentary Union
City:Bern
Country:SWITZERLAND (CH)
 
Nominee 2:
Name:John Theodor Lund
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1842
Year, Death:1913
Profession:Member of parliament. Member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (1897-1913).
City:Bergen
Country:NORWAY (NO)
 
Motivation:The Inter-Parliamentary Union promoted international arbitration and organized annual inter-parliamentary conferences. Lund was a pioneer of Norwegian inter-parliamentary peace work and he represented Norway at several international peace conferences.
 
Nominator:
Name:Philip James Stanhope
Gender:M
Profession:Member of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Country:UNITED KINGDOM (GB)
 
Comments: Stanhope was elevated to the peerage in 1905 and he entered the House of Lords as Lord Weardale (First Baron Weardale of Stanhope).