Sweden Investigates Norwegian Nobel Committee.


Läns­sty­rel­sen in Stock­holm, which super­vi­ses the Nobel Prize, are investi­ga­ting the Nobel Com­mittee in Nor­way, led by for­mer prime minis­ter and Par­lia­ment Pre­si­dent Thor­bjørn Jag­land. The accu­sa­tions claim that the Nobel Com­mittee has been to NATO-friendly in their choice of laureates.

The Hono­rary Pre­si­dent of the Nor­we­gian Peace Coun­cil and lawyer, Fre­de­rick S. Hef­fermehl gives cri­ti­cism to the läns­sty­rel­sen in Stock­holm who has pressed the Swedish Nobel Foun­da­tion to make a state­ment on the mat­ter. Hef­femehl points out that the award to for­mer U.S. Secre­tary of State Henry Kis­sin­ger in 1973 and Barack Obama in 2009,  who had  recently been install as U.S. pre­si­dent. Hef­fermehl, who has led the cri­ti­cism and writ­ten a book on the sub­ject, belie­ves that there is no doubt that the com­mittee has gone far beyond what was Alfred Nobel’s inten­tion with the price.

The Nor­we­gian Nobel Insti­tute and the Nor­we­gian Nobel Com­mittee secre­tary said that they are get­ting access to the nee­ded docu­ments in order for them to com­ment on the alle­ga­tions, but they said that they have not vio­la­ted Alfred Nobel’s will.