For one day, King Harald and Sonja, along with Princes Haakon and Mette-Merritt, put aside concerns arising from the ‘Marius case’, as is the tradition of awarding the Nobel Peace Prize. The ceremony was held at Oslo City Hall this Tuesday morning. It is the only prize created by Alfred Nobel that is awarded outside of Stockholm.
© Getty ImagesBefore the big event, the king and princes held a meeting with the victors and then proceeded to the town hall in the capital for the meeting. The municipal headquarters was decorated with red flowers and the royal family occupied a prominent place. Princess Mette-Marit wore a light-colored coat with matching pants and a maroon headband. Queen Sonia wore a peacock blue dress that matched her headdress.
© Getty ImagesOn this occasion, the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize went to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese Confederation of Organizations for Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Victims. It was formed in 1956 with the aim of pressuring the Japanese government to improve support for victims and to influence the government to abolish nuclear weapons.
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© Getty ImagesThe Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Nihon Hidankyo the Nobel Prize for his efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and his testimony to demonstrate that these weapons should never be used again. its survival Hiroshima and Nagasaki They have contributed to building and mobilizing massive opposition to such weapons around the world, drawing on personal stories, creating awareness campaigns and issuing urgent warnings against the proliferation and use of these arsenals. The truth is that no nuclear weapon has been used in a war in nearly 80 years, partly due to the extraordinary efforts of Nihon Hidankyo, who contributed greatly to the establishment of the so-called nuclear ban.
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© Getty ImagesIn August 1945, two atomic bomb The Americans killed 120,000 residents of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A large number died from burns and injuries caused by the radiation in the following months and years. Current nuclear bombs have a much more destructive power, capable of killing millions of people and have a catastrophic impact on the planet that could destroy current civilization. For a long time it was hidden from the survivors of the disaster.
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© Getty ImagesPrincess Mette-Marit’s third public act
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize is the third public event that Princess Mette-Marit of Norway has attended after she temporarily canceled her official agenda due to side effects from treatment for pulmonary fibrosis. This is the third time in the year that he appeared after his first son Marius Borg went to prison, where he was held in preventive detention for a week.
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© Getty ImagesMaris Borg is accused of abusing three of his ex-girlfriends, threatening to kill a man, driving without a valid licence, reckless behaviour, several breaches of a restraining order, causing damage and bodily harm. But the most serious crime is for raping two women. Princess Mette-Marit’s son admitted some charges related to the first of his three arrests, but denied everything else.
