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H the K wrote:
"...and one part to the person 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.
The prizes for physics and chemistry shall be awarded by the Swedish
Academy of Sciences; that for physiology or medical works by the
Karolinska Institute in Stockholm; that for literature by the Academy in
Stockholm, and that for champions of peace by a committee of five
persons to be elected by the Norwegian Storting."


From Alfred Nobel's will.



Just goes to show that the Norwegian parliament is just as corrupt as
your congress.