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Chair of the Nobel Committee and the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

Lecture by the Chair of the Nobel Committee Berit Reiss-Andersen about The Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.

Abiy Ahmed Ali receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea. The prize is also meant to recognise all the stakeholders working for peace and reconciliation in Ethiopia and in the East and Northeast African regions.

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After being temporarily closed, the Nobel Peace Center reopens its doors to the public. You can now, once again, experience the exciting history of Alfred Nobel and the Peace Prize laureates at the Nobel Peace Center.


"The Nobel Peace Center is one of the destinations in Oslo tourists in Oslo do not want to miss. The story of the Nobel Peace Prize and all the wonderful Peace Prize laureates' ideas and work is definitely something Norwegians should experience," says Kjersti Fløgstad, Director of the Nobel Peace Center.

In addition to finally being able to open our doors to the public, we have the pleasure of opening our new family experience: The Nobel Mystery - The Hunt for Alfred Nobel’s Will.

"I’m like a kid in a candy store! That’s how excited I am to open our new interactive exhibition that we have created especially for our guests visiting with their families. The mystery surrounding Alfred Nobel is suitable for children from 8-90 years. I hope everyone will run down our doors to get an interesting and corona-free experience at the Peace Center," says Fløgstad. 

In the Nobel Mystery, we go back to the year 1896. The famous Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel has just been found dead. Alfred has no children, and the question on everyone's lips is: Who's going to inherit all of his money? The will is loocked up in the safe at Alfred's home in San Remo, Italy. But what is the code for the safe? And what does the will say?

 is an interactive family experience where you, together with your friends and family, will try and find the secret code by exploring, investigating and looking around. By solving six tasks, you will eventually find the code that opens the locked safe containing Alfred's will. Along the way, you will get to know Alfred Nobel and the history of the Nobel Prizes in a slightly different way.

In addition to our new interactive exhibition, you will have the opportunity to do some sustainable shopping in our museum shop, and experience the photo-exhibition Crossroads Ethiopia - the 2019 Peace Prize Exhibition, which is a portrait of peace prize laureate Abiy Ahmed Ali and a close-up of Ethiopia.

We want to be a safe place for you to visit. That is why we have implemented necessary measures in accordance with the authorities' advice and regulations - in order to protect both visitors and employees from any covid-19 infection. Further information about our measures will be published closer to our opening date. Information on infection control measures will be available on our website.

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The Good News of the Week: A Rescue Plan for Nature 

The film follows two of its musicians: Tsepo Pooe, who grew up in Soweto Township; and Lize Schaap, who grew up in wealthy Pretoria. Through their eyes, and differing experiences of growing up in South Africa, we understand the enormous impact apartheid continues to have, but also see hope for a brighter future for the country.

"I honestly believe that music can bring people together. Music is a universal language."

The Miagi Orchestra’s mission is inspired by the work and legacy of 

, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Nelson Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Frederik Willem de Klerk, for his work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.

The refrain of “Free Nelson Mandela!” resounded among opponents of South Africa’s system of racial segregation while Africa’s foremost champion of freedom was imprisoned. Son of a village chief, the black lawyer Nelson Mandela was interned from 1962 until 1990 for leading the African National Congress (ANC) liberation movement in its armed struggle against apartheid.

In prison Mandela became a unifying figure for the oppressed peoples of South Africa. Unwaveringly he pursued the goal of liberty for all until the white racist regime released him and agreed to negotiate. Nelson Mandela shared the Peace Prize with the man who had ordered his release, President Frederik Willem de Klerk. These former adversaries now agreed on a peaceful transition to a system of majority rule. From 1994 to 1999 Mandela was president of South Africa.

South Africa continues to fight high unemployment and crime rates, and millions of South Africans are infected with HIV. The gap between rich and poor persists, the whites control the economy, and demands for land reform have not been met.

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Crossroads Ethiopia

PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS

A 123-year-old fact and the Nobel Peace Prize

Chair of the Nobel Committee and the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

Scientists and explorers go on an extraordinary mission

When period poverty has become an accepted term – we've got a problem

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