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The '''Nobel Peace Prize''' is one of the five [[Nobel Prize]]s; it is awarded in [[Norway]] by the Nobel Committee. The other four, awarded in [[Sweden]], are in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature. Each laureate receives a gold medal, a diploma and a quantity of money.
The '''Nobel Peace Prize''' is one of the five [[Nobel Prize]]s; it is awarded in [[Norway]] by the Nobel Committee. The other four, awarded in [[Sweden]], are in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature. Each laureate receives a gold medal, a diploma and a quantity of money.
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five persons who are chosen by the Norwegian Parliament.<ref>http://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/ Nomination and Selection of Peace Prize Laureates</ref> Any individual who meets the nominee criteria can nominate someone for the award, resulting in a large nominations. It has been awarded 91 times to 121 Nobel Laureates between 1901 and 2014. Former president [[Jimmy Carter]] won the award in 2002, and [[Nelson Mandela]] won in 1993 with Frederik Willem de Klerk.
The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was a joint award to Kailash Satyarthi and [[Malala Yousafzai]].<ref>http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2014/index.html The Nobel Peace Prize 2014</ref>
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five persons who are chosen by the Norwegian Parliament.<ref>http://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/ Nomination and Selection of Peace Prize Laureates</ref> Any individual who meets the nominee criteria can nominate someone for the award, resulting in a large nominations. It has been awarded 95 times since 1901. Former president [[Jimmy Carter]] won the award in 2002<ref>http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2002/ The Nobel Peace Prize 2002</ref>, and [[Nelson Mandela]] won in 1993 with Frederik Willem de Klerk<ref>http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1993/ The Nobel Peace Prize 1993</ref>.
Peace was the fifth and final prize area that [[Alfred Nobel]] mentioned in his will:
Peace was the fifth and final prize area that [[Alfred Nobel]] mentioned in his will:
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The dictator [[Adolf Hitler]] was a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939.<ref>http://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/nomination.php?action=show&showid=2609</ref> [[Joseph Stalin]] was nominated in 1945.<ref>http://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/nomination.php?action=show&showid=3323</ref>
The dictator [[Adolf Hitler]] was a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939 as was [[Joseph Stalin]] was nominated in 1945.<ref>http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/facts/peace/ Facts on the Nobel Peace Prize</ref>
[[File:Medal Nobel Peace Prizes.jpg|220px|left|thumb|A Nobel Prize Medal with a picture of [[Alfred Nobel]]]]
[[File:Medal Nobel Peace Prizes.jpg|220px|left|thumb|A Nobel Prize Medal with a picture of [[Alfred Nobel]]]]