Norway Awards The Peace Prize
Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden in 1833. In St. Petersburg he helped his father to tmake explosives and torpedoes, later owned 129 patents in Britain and controlled fifteen explosive factories in different parts of the world. When. he died he lett £1,680,000 for the founding of five prizes. Four are awarded by Academies of Sweden for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature. The fifth is awarded by the Norwegian Storthing. It is for work in "the cause of universal peace." This year Great Britain’s nomination for this prize is George Lansbury, M.P.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 44, 26 April 1940, Page 34
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99Norway Awards The Peace Prize New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 44, 26 April 1940, Page 34
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