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The Nobel peace prize is actually given out by a committee nominated by the Norweigian parliament. Alfred Nobel did'nt trust his countrymen in this matter.

• fetbaffe 13y ago
  ... or that he knew that the prize was a complete joke and gave it to the Norwegians for us to laugh at.
• ehamberg 13y ago
  It should be noted that Norway and Sweden were in a personal union at that time – a union that wasn't dissolved until 1905.