Biography:Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Template:Infobox journalist Klas Pontus Arnoldson (27 October 1844 – 20 February 1916) was a Swedish author, journalist, politician, and committed pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908 with Fredrik Bajer. He was a founding member of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society[1] and a Member of Parliament in the second Chamber of 1882–1887.
Early life
Arnoldson became the railway clerk and rose to the post of stationmaster in the year 1871 to 1881. He left the railways and devoted entirely into politics. In 1881, he was elected to the riksdag, the Swedish parliament.
Works
He attempted to shape the public opinion of both Norway and Sweden in favour of peaceful settlement. He also wrote journalistic pieces such as "Is World Peace Possible?", "Religion in the Light of Research", and "The Hope of the Centuries".[2]
See also
- List of peace activists
References
- ↑ Kerry Walters; Robin Jarrell (2013). Blessed Peacemakers: 365 Extraordinary People Who Changed the World. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-60899-248-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=4HNMAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA300.
- ↑ Klas Pontus Arnoldson – Facts. NobelPrize.org.
External links
- Miss nobel-id as parameter including the Nobel Lecture, December 10, 1908 World Referendum
- Klas Pontus Arnoldson at Find a Grave
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- 1906: Theodore Roosevelt
- 1907: Ernesto Moneta / Louis Renault
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- 1909: A. M. F. Beernaert / Paul Estournelles de Constant
- 1910: International Peace Bureau
- 1911: Tobias Asser / Alfred Fried
- 1912: Elihu Root
- 1913: Henri La Fontaine
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- 1917: International Committee of the Red Cross
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- 1965: UNICEF
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- 1969: International Labour Organization
- 1970: Norman Borlaug
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- 1974: Seán MacBride / Eisaku Satō
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- 1981: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- 1982: Alva Myrdal / Alfonso García Robles
- 1983: Lech Wałęsa
- 1984: Desmond Tutu
- 1985: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- 1986: Elie Wiesel
- 1987: Óscar Arias
- 1988: UN Peacekeeping Forces
- 1989: Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama)
- 1990: Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1991: Aung San Suu Kyi
- 1992: Rigoberta Menchú
- 1993: Nelson Mandela / F. W. de Klerk
- 1994: Shimon Peres / Yitzhak Rabin / Yasser Arafat
- 1995: Pugwash Conferences / Joseph Rotblat
- 1996: Carlos Belo / José Ramos-Horta
- 1997: International Campaign to Ban Landmines / Jody Williams
- 1998: John Hume / David Trimble
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- 2006: Grameen Bank / Muhammad Yunus
- 2007: Al Gore / Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- 2008: Martti Ahtisaari
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- 2011: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf / Leymah Gbowee / Tawakkol Karman
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- 2013: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- 2014: Kailash Satyarthi / Malala Yousafzai
- 2015: Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet
- 2016: Juan Manuel Santos
- 2017: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
- 2018: Denis Mukwege / Nadia Murad
- 2019: Abiy Ahmed
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