Nobelpreise: Wer bekommt den Friedensnobelpreis?

The Norwegian Nobel Committee will reveal on Tuesday (11 a.m.) the identity of this year's Peace Nobel Prize laureate or laureates. They select the recipients from a pool of 287 nominees, comprising 208 individuals and 79 organizations. US President Donald Trump is expected to remain among the nominees this year, but the likelihood of him winning the prestigious award remains as slim as it was last year.

In 2018, the prize was awarded to the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who donated her medal to Trump. President Trump, however, will have to wait for his own award. Humanitarian organizations have good chances for this year's award, according to experts. The committee aims to avoid a new scandal and reach a consensus on less controversial candidates.

Haakon Gjerløw, head of Oslo's Peace Research Institute Prio, believes that the world must remember the importance of cooperation, as conflicts around the globe make the consequences of war and the loss of international collaboration very apparent. Prospective candidates could include children's rights organizations like Save the Children or Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms, which have been organizing humanitarian aid in the form of food, medical care, and shelter since the start of the war.

The Peace Nobel Prize is endowed with twelve million Swedish Kronor this year, which is one million Kronor more than last year. As of Monday, prizes have already been announced in the categories of Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Literature. This year's Literature Prize went to Canadian Anne Carson. The next day, the Swedish Central Bank Prize for Economic Sciences, named in memory of Alfred Nobel, will take place.

While all awards are officially presented on December 10th, the date of Alfred Nobel's death, the Peace Nobel Prize has been awarded separately since the first Nobel Prizes were given out in 1901 in Stockholm.