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Sogo

(7,191 posts) Sat Feb 28, 2026, 04:27 PM Feb 28

Boy did Norway blow it!

Nothing says Nobel Peace Prize like starting a war.

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Boy did Norway blow it! (Original Post) Sogo Feb 28 OP

Did Norway get the message? Sneederbunk Feb 28 #1

The Peace Prize isn't awarded by Norway, and the committee didn't award it to Trump. Ocelot II Feb 28 #2

Ok, thanks. I guess Wikipedia got it wrong.... Sogo Feb 28 #3

The government of Norway does not award the prize, Ocelot II Feb 28 #4

But their Norwegian government appointed committee does make the selection and it's awarded in Oslo. Sogo Feb 28 #5

Sneederbunk

(17,489 posts)

1. Did Norway get the message?

Reply to Sogo (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 04:44 PM

Feb 28

It was a spite war.

Ocelot II

(130,533 posts)

2. The Peace Prize isn't awarded by Norway, and the committee didn't award it to Trump.

Reply to Sogo (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 04:46 PM

Feb 28

Sogo

(7,191 posts)

3. Ok, thanks. I guess Wikipedia got it wrong....

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 04:50 PM

Feb 28

In accordance with Nobel's will, the prize is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a five-member committee appointed by the Parliament of Norway unlike all the other awards chosen by the Swedish Nobel Committee. The prize award ceremony has been held in Oslo City Hall since 1990, previously in the assembly hall of the University of Oslo (1947–1989), Norwegian Nobel Institute (1905–1946), and the Parliament (1901–1904).

Ocelot II

(130,533 posts)

4. The government of Norway does not award the prize,

Reply to Sogo (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 04:53 PM

Feb 28

a fact that the committee, which is not a government agency, tried to explain to Trump repeatedly after he kept badgering their Finance Minister about it.

Sogo

(7,191 posts)

5. But their Norwegian government appointed committee does make the selection and it's awarded in Oslo.