Nobel Peace Center

The Nobel Peace Center is open from Tuesday to Sunday 11:00-17:00🕊️
Dive into our five different exhibitions and join our popular guided tours on the weekends! Read more here👇

Nobel Peace Center What´s on at the Nobel Peace Center

From January we are open from Tuesday to Sunday 11:00-17:00!

Read more about what you can experience at the Nobel Peace Center and plan your visit on our webpage🕊

Don't miss out on our final guided tours for 2023 tomorrow!

Nobel Peace Center What´s on at the Nobel Peace Center

1 December, we opened the exhibition YOKO ONO – PEACE is POWER at the Nobel Peace Center. At the same time, we launched the digital version on our webpage! Learn more about Yoko Ono's life and contribute to the exhibition through her participatory and instruction works👇

Learn more here:

PEACE IS POWER Nobel Peace Center

Join our popular guided tours at the Nobel Peace Center – included in your entry ticket!

"I even cried when listening to the English guide about Narges Mohammadi 🇮🇷" – review from a visitor in December🕊️

We offer two different guided tours on 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 December👇
The Nobel Peace Prize: From Dynamite to Peace
12:00 - English
14:00 - Norwegian

Woman - Life - Freedom: Narges Mohammadi and the Protest Movement in Iran
13:00 - English
15:00 - Norwegian

More information:

Guided tours in December Join one of our guided tours about the Peace Prize 2023 or the history of Nobel and the Peace Prize.

The Nobel Peace Center is open through christmas! Join our guided tours to learn about the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize in the exhibition WOMAN – LIFE – FREEDOM and the history of the Nobel Peace Prize in the exhibition The Will to Change the World.

Step into Yoko Ono's creative universe to learn about the world renowned artist and contribute the participatory and instruction works. The brand new Nobel Peace Shop is peacked with beautiful pieces and books and our permanent exhibitions are as always available in the museum.

See opening hours and plan your visit here: https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/visit

The Nobel Peace Center wish you a peaceful christmas🕊️

Photos:
Christian Tunge ©️ Yoko Ono
Johannes Granseth / Nobel Peace Center

Photo from the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition: WOMAN – LIFE – FREEDOM.

The project LISTEN (photography and video) focuses on women singers who are not allowed to perform solo or produce their own CDs due to Islamic regulations in effect since the 1979 revolution.

The six-screen video installation shows professional singers performing for the artist’s camera. The installation is always on mute, leaving the viewers to imagine the sound and the feel of their songs and voices.

You can visit the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition every day from 11:00-17:00, or digitally whenever you want to: https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/digital-exhibition/woman-life-freedom-peaceprizeexhibition-2023

Deviations in opening hours: we are closed on 24, 25 and 31 December.

Complete your holiday shopping in the Nobel Peace Shop 🎄Open every day through December! Closed on 24, 25 and 31 December: https://shop.nobelpeacecenter.org/

YOKO ONO – PEACE is POWER.
Step into Yoko Ono’s creative universe – at the Nobel Peace Center. Have a sneak peek in the digital universe – follow this link: https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/digital-exhibition/peace-is-power

We are open every day through December from 11:00-17:00. (closed on 24, 25 and 31 December. From January 2024 we are open from Tuesday-Sunday! See you here🕊

Photo: Christian Tunge ©️ Yoko Ono

Such a memorable day! The day after the Peace Prize Ceremony, the Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition WOMAN – LIFE – FREEDOM was officially opened by Narges Mohammadi’s family🕊️

Her children, Kiana and Ali, chanted ‘Zan, Zendegi, Azadi’ (Woman, Life, Freedom) as they opened the exhibition about their mother and the women fighting for freedom and human rights in Iran.

«If she was present here, she would still be the voice of all prisoners. Narges always puts others before herself», Narges Mohammadi’s husband Taghi Rahmani said on stage.

Also present at the exhibition opening was 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi who have worked alongside Narges in the organisation Defenders of Human Rights Center.

Thank you to our exhibitions partners Norsk Hydro , Reitan Retail, Japan Institute and Portland Japanese Garden .

Also a big thank you to Amanda Delara for a beautiful performance🤍

The exhibition can be visited at the Nobel Peace Center and digitally here: https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/digital-exhibition/woman-life-freedom-peaceprizeexhibition-2023

Follow along to learn more about the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize🕊️

Photos: Johannes Granseth / Nobel Peace Center

Today, Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to protect human Rights and freedom for all🕊️

Her powerful Nobel Lecture was delivered by her children, Kiana and Ali Rahmani at Oslo City Hall.

“I am confident that the undeniable impact of the Nobel Peace Prize on the recent powerful movement of Iranians for peace, freedom, and democracy will go beyond the strength of individual struggle and resistance, and this gives me hope and inspires me.” – Narges Mohammadi

Tomorrow, they will open the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition officially at the Nobel Peace Center. Read more about the exhibition: https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/exhibitions/woman-life-freedom

Photo: Jo Straube

Henry Kissinger passed away at the age of 100. The former US Secretary of State and foreign policy adviser was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for his effort to negotiate a ceasefire in Vietnam. He was awarded the prize jointly with North Vietnam's chief negotiator Le Duc-Tho, who refused to receive the prize.

May he rest in peace.

Learn more about Henry Kissinger and his Nobel Peace Prize: https://peaceprizelaureates.nobelpeacecenter.org/prisvinner/1973-henry-kissinger

Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive.

ARISING – A CALL

AS PART OF HER EXHIBITION AT NOBEL PEACE CENTER, YOKO ONO HAS A CALL TO ALL WOMEN

A CALL TO WOMEN OF ALL AGES, YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A TESTAMENT OF HARM DONE TO YOU FOR BEING A WOMAN. WRITE YOUR TESTAMENT IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE, IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND WRITE HOWEVER OPENLY YOU WISH.
YOU MAY SIGN YOUR FIRST NAME IF YOU WISH, BUT DO NOT GIVE YOUR FULL NAME.

SEND A PHOTOGRAPH ONLY OF YOUR EYES.

THE TESTAMENTS OF HARM AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOUR EYES WILL BE EXHIBITED IN MY INSTALLATION, ARISING, DECEMBER 01, 2023 – AUTUMN 2024, AS PART OF MY EXHIBITION, PEACE IS POWER AT THE NOBEL PEACE CENTER IN OSLO, NORWAY.

THE INSTALLATION ARISING WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND WILL BE EXHIBITED IN MANY COUNTRIES. I VERY MUCH HOPE FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.

Yoko Ono 2013/2023

Follow this link to submit your story:

Arising Nobel Peace Center

UPDATE: ALL TICKETS ARE TAKEN. The exhibition opens to the public on 2 December. Plan your visit here: https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/visit

exclusive access to the reopening of the new Nobel Peace Center and the vernissage of YOKO ONO – PEACE is POWER, 1 December from 16:00!
We reserve 50 spots on the guestlist for our followers.

Be the first to experience Yoko Ono’s creative universe before it opens to the public, and enjoy a festive evening with curators’ talk and live entertainment.
Want to join? Here is what you need to do💁‍♀️

1. Follow this link: https://ticket.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/events/apning-nye-nobels-fredssenter/
2. Select number of tickets (max. two tickets per person)3. Fill in contact information

There! You’ve got tickets to the first viewing of the exhibition YOKO ONO – PEACE is POWER. Information will be provided via e-mail!Get

Velkommen til åpning av Nye Nobels Fredssenter! Endelig kan vi åpne dørene til Nye Nobels Fredssenter! Vi inviterer støttespillere, samarbeidspartnere og venner av huset til åpningsarrangement fredag 1. desember fra kl. 16.00. Gled dere til to nye, spennende utstillinger (mer informasjon neste uke) og flotte publikumsområder.

So far, artists like ARY, Bendik, Myra, Amanda Delara and Honningbarna have contributed with their interpretation of important songs that have changed the world. The City of Oslo, in cooperation with The Nobel Peace Center and The Norwegian Embassy, invite you to mark this year’s Nobel Peace Prize in a unique way., with one of Norway’s most exciting artists, Metteson🎤

The event will consist of two parts:
Part one: The Nobel Peace Prize 2023 with Kjersti Fløgstad, Director of the Nobel Peace Center – followed by a discussion on the women’s movement in Iran today, with Yasmine Ahmed (UK Director of Human Rights Watch) and Azadeh Pourzand (Human Rights Researcher and Writer, Director of Siamak Pourzand Foundation).

Part Two: Songs that changed the world. Here, Metteson, music journalist Asbjørn Slettemark and Azadeh Pourzand will discuss how music and culture can contribute to positive change.
After the talk, Metteson will perform a cover version of a song that, in his mind, has changed the world for the better – in addition to a few of his own songs.

Welcome to The Conduit in London on 6 December ! Follow the link to get your ticket✌️ https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/events/songs-that-changed-the-world-the-nobel-peace-prize-2023

Oslo kommune , Norwegian Embassy in London

Songs that changed the world: The Nobel Peace Prize 2023 The City of Oslo, in cooperation with The Nobel Peace Center and The Norwegian Embassy, invite you to a special evening at the Conduit in Covent Garden marking this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, followed by a conversation and performance from one of Norway’s most exciting artists, Metteson.

YOKO ONO – PEACE is POWER. Step into Yoko Ono’s creative universe – at the Nobel Peace Center.

Yoko Ono grew up in Tokyo and was 12 years old when the nuclear bombs were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Her deep engagement for peace has permeated her more than 60-year long career as artist and activist. Many of the topics Yoko Ono has raised in her work are the same as some of the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize have advocated for, such as disarmament and the fight against gender-based violence.

The majority of the exhibited works are “Instruction pieces” artworks that engage the audience in the creative process. Others invite you to take physical part in the creation of the work – like the “Mend Piece”.

Here, the visitor is invited to sit down and glue together pieces of ceramic and quietly mend what has been broken. This work can be referenced to an old Japanese art of repairing broken pottery – Kintsugi – by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted with powdered gold, a metaphor for embracing your flaws and imperfections.

The exhibition opens to the public on 2 December. Get your tickets through our webpage👇

YOKO ONO - PEACE is POWER Step into Yoko Ono’s creative universe. PEACE is POWER is the world-renowned artist’s first exhibition in Norway since 2005.

This is only one of several solidarity statements from Nobel Peace Prize laureates. On Friday, United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities”.

The Nobel Peace Center joins the Nobel Peace Prize laureates in the call for protection of civilians.

Read full statement:
https://x.com/k_satyarthi/status/1715335028895609042?s=20

We condemn the Hamas terror attacks and the Israeli violations of international law, and urge for a ceasefire to alleviate civilian suffering.

The work of the laureates and others advocating for peace is more important than ever. We turn to the words of the late Martti Ahtisaari for some hope:

“Wars and conflicts are not inevitable. They are caused by human beings. There are always interests that are furthered by war. Therefore those who have power and influence can also stop them.” (Nobel Lecture, 2008)

Among all Nobel Peace Prize laureates, there are 19 women.

Since 1901 the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to 111 individuals. In the first 100 years of the history of the peace prize, it was awarded to ten women (first prize awarded in 1901). Since 2001, it has been awarded to nine💁‍♀️

Want to learn some more statistics and facts about women and the Nobel Peace Prize? Follow this link👇

Women and the Nobel Peace Prize After the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize 2023 to Narges Mohammadi, 19 women and 92 men have received “the world’s most prestigious prize”.

Today we mark United Nations Day. In 2001, the Norwegian Nobel Committee divided the prize between the United Nations and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Its decision reflected a long-time practice of supporting organized cooperation between nations.

«In this new century, we must start from the understanding that peace belongs not only to States or peoples, but to each and every member of those communities. The sovereignty of States must no longer be used as a shield for gross violations of human rights. Peace must be made real and tangible in the daily existence of every individual in need. Peace must be sought, above all, because it is the condition for every member of the human family to live a life of dignity and security.»

Kofi Annan (1938-2018), Nobel Peace Prize 2001. Quote from his Nobel lecture in December 2001.

Photo © Nobel Peace Center. Kofi Annan visiting the Nobel Peace Center in 2016.

Learn more about Kofi Annan and his joint prize together with United Nations here👇 https://peaceprizelaureates.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/laureate/2001-kofi-annan

We mourn the loss of Martti Ahtisaari, Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2008. The former Finnish President was awarded the prize for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts.

Ahtisaari was a major contributor when Namibia achieved independence in 1989-90, arbitrated in Kosovo in 1999 and 2005-07, and helped to bring the long-lasting conflict in the Aceh province in Indonesia to an end in 2005.

“Through his untiring efforts and good results, he has shown what role mediation of various kinds can play in the resolution of international conflicts. The Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to express the hope that others may be inspired by his efforts and his achievements” the Norwegian Nobel Committee stated in the announcement in October 2008.

Martti Ahtisaari believed that all conflicts can be revolved, and that peace is a question of will:

“Wars and conflicts are not inevitable. They are caused by human beings. There are always interests that are furthered by war. Therefore those who have power and influence can also stop them.” (Nobel Lecture, 2008)

Want to learn more about Martti Ahtisaari and his Nobel Peace Prize? Follow this link! https://peaceprizelaureates.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/laureate/2008-martti-ahtisaari

Photo: Ken Opprann / The Nobel Foundation

Dialogpilotene er utnevnt til Månedens dialogstemme for september👏 De får utmerkelsen for sitt arbeid med å bekjempe fordommer og skape dialog på tvers av tro og livssyn.

«Arven etter fredsprisvinnerne har lært oss at «dialog bør være en grunnholdning». Dialogpilotenes arbeid er en svært god levendegjøring av dette prinsippet», sier Nobels Fredssenters direktør Kjersti Fløgstad .

Les mer om utmerkelsen her👇

Dialogpilotene får utmerkelse fra Nobels Fredssenter Pressemelding