The Norwegian Nobel Institute

The Norwegian Nobel Institute was established 1 February, 1904, tasked with supporting the Nobel Committee in its review of nominations and candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize. According to 12 of the Nobel Foundation statutes, each Nobel Institute shall be under the leadership of the prize-awarding body that established it. The Director of the Institute is the Nobel Committees permanent secretary, and the Institute can be regarded as the Committees secretariat. The events in December are all planned and coordinated through this office. For the first few years The Norwegian The Nobel Institute rented offices in Victoria Terrasse in downtown Oslo, but by May 1905 the move was made to the present building in Henrik Ibsens gate 51. The award ceremony was moved there the same year, having previously taken place in the Storting (Norwegian Parliament). The building, originally constructed in 1867 as a private residence, had by then undergone extensive renovation. The Institute contains of...