Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1922
Number:18 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Carl Albert Lindhagen
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1860
Year, Death:1946
Profession:Mayor of Stockholm 1903-30. Member of the Swedish parliament 1897-1917,1919-1940
City:Stockholm
Country:SWEDEN (SE)
 
Motivation:Lindhagen contributed to the peaceful dissolution of the Swedish-Norwegian union in 1905. In 1909 he joined the social democratic party, but after the Russian revolution he became associated with a more leftist socialist group and communists. Lindhagen supported female suffrage and social reform, and he advocated disarmament and international co-operation based on international law. He was a prominent member of the radical peace movement.
 
Nominator:
Name:Hans Peter Hanssen
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1872
Year, Death:1953
Profession:Member of the Danish parliament
City:Copenhagen
Country:DENMARK (DK)
 
Comments: Lindhagen was one of legal advisor to the Alfred Nobel estate; in effect he became an associate executor. He also drafted the Nobel Foundation Charter in 1899.