1967 Nobel Peace Prize

The 1967 Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded because the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided that none of the nominations met the criteria in Nobel's will. Instead, the prize money was allocated with 1/3 to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section.[1]

1967 Nobel Peace Prize
"to the person (or group) who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
LocationOslo, Norway
Presented byNorwegian Nobel Committee
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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Deliberations

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Nominations

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In total, the Norwegian Nobel Committee received 95 nominations for 37 individuals and 10 organizations such as Vinoba Bhave, Grenville Clark, Norman Cousins, Danilo Dolci, Pope Paul VI, Bertrand Russell (awarded the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature), U Thant, the International Union for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade and the Universal Esperanto Association (UEA). The highest number of nominations – 11 recommendation letters – was for the Austrian–Japanese politician Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi.[2]

Twenty five of these nominees were nominated for the first time such as Abbé Pierre, Ernest Gruening, Kurt Hahn, Thích Nhất Hạnh, İsmet İnönü, Danny Kaye, Sargent Shriver, Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Binay Ranjan Sen, Amnesty International (awarded in 1977), the World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) and the Islands of Peace. The British philanthropist Sue Ryder was the only female nominee. Notable figures such as Félicien Challaye, Che Guevara, Woody Guthrie, Florence Jaffray Harriman, Harold Holt, Kathleen Innes, Annette Kolb, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Abraham Johannes Muste and Georges Vanier died in 1967 without having been nominated for the peace prize while the American philosopher William Ernest Hocking was nominated posthumously.[2]


Official list of nominees and their nominators for the prize
No.NomineeCountry/
Headquarters
MotivationsNominator(s)
Individuals
1Abbé Pierre, O.F.M.Cap
(1912–2007)
 FranceNo motivation included.Bodil Koch
(1903–1972)
Poul Hartling
(1914–2000)
Julius Bomholt
(1896–1969)
2Vinoba Bhave
(1895–1982)
 IndiaNo motivation included. Dominique Pire, O.P.
(1910–1969)
3Charles Braibant
(1889–1976)
 FranceNo motivation included.Gabriel Le Bras
(1891–1970)
4Frederick Burdick (?)
(prob. Eugene Burdick (1918–1965))
 United StatesNo motivation included.Paul Douglas
(1892–1976)
Watkins Abbitt
(1908–1998)
Kenneth J. Gray
(1924–2014)
5Sanjib Chaudhuri (?)  IndiaNo motivation included.Thakur Bateshwar Singh (?)
6Leonard Cheshire
(1917–1992)
 United KingdomNo motivation included.Bob Cotton
(1915–2006)
7Grenville Clark
(1882–1967)
 United StatesNo motivation included.Henry Hicks
(1915–1990)
Brunson MacChesney
(1909–1978)
Arthur Larson
(1910–1993)
Norman MacKenzie
(1894–1986)
Joseph S. Clark Jr.
(1901–1990)
Robert Kastenmeier
(1924–2015)
Louis Susky (?)
Arturo Orzábal de la Quintana
(1892–1969)
Harold J. Berman
(1918–2007)
8Walter Corti
(1910–1990)
  SwitzerlandNo motivation included.Max Goldener (?)
9Norman Cousins
(1915–1990)
 United StatesNo motivation included.Norman St John-Stevas
(1929–2012)
Mervyn Stockwood
(1913–1995)
10Danilo Dolci
(1924–1997)
 ItalyNo motivation included.John Kay
(b. 1942)
members of the Swedish Parliament
11Harry Elias Edmonds
(1883–1979)
 United StatesNo motivation included.Oliver Kitson
(1915–1996)
12J. William Fulbright
(1905–1995)
 United StatesNo motivation included.Giannēs Koutsocheras
(1904–1994)
13Ernest Gruening
(1887–1974)
 United StatesNo motivation included.Denna Frank Fleming
(1893–1980)
14Kurt Hahn
(1886–1974)
 GermanyNo motivation included.Helmut Haussmann
(b. 1943)
Hugh Trevor-Roper
(1914–2003)
15Thích Nhất Hạnh
(1926–2022)
 Vietnam"for his lifelong efforts to promote peace, social justice and reconciliation in between North and South Vietnam."George McTurnan Kahin
(1918–2000)
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968)
Walter Nash
(1882–1968)
Jim Cairns
(1914–2003)
John G. Dow
(1905–2003)
Lawrence Fuchs
(1927–2013)
Horace L. Friess
(1900–1975)
16William Ernest Hocking
(1873–1966)
 United StatesNo motivation included.Bob Wilson
(1916–1999)
17William P. Holman
(1914–2003)
 United StatesNo motivation included.Odin Langen
(1913–1976)
18Robert Maynard Hutchins
(1899–1977)
 United StatesNo motivation included.J. William Fulbright
(1905–1995)
19İsmet İnönü
(1884–1973)
 TurkeyNo motivation included.members of Turkish Parliament
20Marc Joux (?)  FranceNo motivation included.Auguste Billiemaz
(1903–1983)
21Danny Kaye
(1911–1987)
 United States"for his role as the first UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador."John H. Lavely
(b. 1943)
22Wayne Morse
(1900–1974)
 United StatesNo motivation included.Denna Frank Fleming
(1893–1980)
23Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
(1919–1980)
 IranNo motivation included.members of the British Parliament
24Pope Paul VI
(1897–1978)
 Vatican CityNo motivation included.José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones
(1898–1980)
25Charles Rhyne
(1912–2003)
 United StatesNo motivation included.Frank Moss
(1911–2003)
26Das Moni Roy (1895–?)  IndiaNo motivation included.Subimal Kunnar Mukherjee (?)
27 Bertrand Russell
(1872–1970)
 United KingdomNo motivation included.Ivan Petrovsky
(1901–1973)
28Sue Ryder
(1924–2000)
 United KingdomNo motivation included.Rab Butler
(1902–1982)
Bob Cotton
(1915–2006)
29Binay Ranjan Sen
(1898–1993)
 IndiaNo motivation included.Rakel Seweriin
(1906–1995)
30Sargent Shriver
(1915–2011)
 United StatesNo motivation included.Richard Ottinger
(b. 1929)
31Isidor Feinstein Stone
(1907–1989)
 United StatesNo motivation included. Linus Pauling
(1901–1994)
32Clarence Streit
(1896–1986)
 United StatesNo motivation included.Geoffrey de Freitas
(1913–1982)
33U Thant
(1909–1974)
 BurmaNo motivation included.American Friends Service Committee[a]
Friends Service Council[b]
professors at the Leiden University
5 members of the Norwegian Parliament
34Östen Undén
(1886–1974)
 SwedenNo motivation included.members of the Swedish Parliament
35Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi
(1894–1972)
 Austria
 Japan
No motivation included.Gaston Eyskens
(1905–1988)
Victor Larock
(1904–1977)
John Biggs-Davison
(1918–1988)
Arthur Gibson (?)
Rudolf Suter
(1914–2011)
François Perin
(1921–2013)
Hans-Joachim von Merkatz
(1905–1982)
Erich Mende
(1916–1998)
Friedrich Heer
(1916–1983)
Franz Josef Strauss
(1915–1988)
Leopoldo Rubinacci
(1903–1969)
36Quincy Wright
(1890–1970)
 United StatesNo motivation included.J. David Singer
(1925–2009)
37Shigeru Yoshida
(1878–1967)
 JapanNo motivation included.3 members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
Shigeru Kuriyama
(1886–1971)
Organizations
38Amnesty International
(founded in 1961)
LondonNo motivation included.4 members of the Norwegian Parliament
9 professors at the University of Oslo
39Islands of Peace
(founded in 1958)
HuyNo motivation included.Willy De Clercq
(1927–2011)
Raymond Vander Elst
(1914–2008)
40Lions Clubs International
(founded in 1917)
Oak BrookNo motivation included.Howard Cannon
(1912–2002)
Kaare Meland
(1915–2002)
Karl Boo
(1918–1996)
41International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
(founded in 1952)
LondonNo motivation included.6 members of the Swedish Parliament
42International Union for Land Value Taxation and Free Trade (The IU)
(founded in 1926)
LondonNo motivation included.Johan Møller Warmedal
(1914–1988)
43Organization of American States (OAS)
(founded in 1948)
Washington, D.C.No motivation included.Carlos Dunshee de Abranches
(1913–1983)
B. J. Tennery (?)
44United Poets Laureate International (UPLI)
(founded in 1963)
Manila"for promoting world brotherhood and peace through poetry"Angel Macapagal
(1917–1993)
45Universal Esperanto Association (UEA)
(founded in 1908)
RotterdamNo motivation included.Werner Kubitza
(1919–1995)
Karl Geldner
(1927–2017)
members of the Swedish Parliament
Émile Durieux
(1905–1995)
Louis Philibert
(1912–2000)
Franz Stein
(1900–1967)
5 members of the Norwegian Parliament
Kjell Bondevik
(1901–1983)
46Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
(founded in 1915)
GenevaNo motivation included.Marie Lous Mohr
(1892–1973)
47World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA)
(founded in 1946)
New York CityNo motivation included.Paul Guggenheim
(1899–1977)

Norwegian Nobel Committee

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The following members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee appointed by the Storting were responsible for the selection of the 1969 Nobel laureate in accordance with the will of Alfred Nobel:[3]

1969 Norwegian Nobel Committee
PictureNamePositionPolitical PartyOther posts
Nils Langhelle[c]
(1907–1967)
Chairman
(until August)
Labourformer Minister of Defence (1952–1954)
President of the Storting (1958–1965)
Bernt Ingvaldsen
(1902–1982)
Chairman
(from August)
ConservativePresident of the Storting (1965–1972)
Aase Lionæs
(1907–1999)
MemberLabourVice President of the Lagting (1965–1973)
Helge Refsum
(1897–1976)
MemberCentreformer Judge at the Gulating Court (1922–1949)
Helge Rognlien
(1920–2001)
MemberLiberalformer Leader of the Young Liberals of Norway (1946–1948)
Erling Wikborg[c]
(1894–1992)
MemberChristian Peopleformer Leader of the Christian Democratic Party (1951–1955)


Notes

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  1. ^ The nomination was made by Colin W Bell on behalf of American Friends Service Committee.
  2. ^ The nomination was made by George W Whiteman on behalf of Friends Service Council.
  3. ^ a b "When Langhelle died in August 1967, Ingvaldsen replaced him as chairman and Erling Wikborg became a new member of the Committee."

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