{"id":1480,"date":"2012-10-27T22:34:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T22:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2014-08-22T18:36:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:36:03","slug":"nobels-fredspris-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/nobels-fredspris-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobels fredspris 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once a year, Norge<\/strong> is mentioned by every news outlet in verden<\/strong> (the world), from Indonesia to Illinois. If you\u2019re thinking Nobels fredspris<\/strong> (the Nobel Peace Prize), you\u2019re absolutely right!<\/p>\n

A couple of weeks ago, on den tolvte oktober<\/strong> (October 12th), chairman of Den norske Nobelkomit\u00e9<\/strong> (The Norwegian Nobel Committee), Thorbj\u00f8rn Jagland\u2013social democrat and former Norwegian prime minister\u2013took Europa<\/strong> by surprise, proclaiming EU <\/strong>[eh-oo] this year\u2019s winner of the prestigious prize.<\/p>\n

To a lot of europeere<\/strong> (Europeans) these days, the European Union has become synonymous with byr\u00e5krati, arbeidsl\u00f8shet<\/strong> (unemployment) and finanskrise<\/strong> (financial crisis). Fred<\/strong> (peace) does not seem like the first thing that springs to mind! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, it was the dream of never having to go through another krig<\/strong> [kreeg] (war) that inspired founding members Frankrike, Italia, Vesttyskland <\/strong>(Western Germany), Nederland, Belgia og Luxemburg <\/strong>to create their \u201dlet\u2019s buy each other\u2019s products\u201d club in 1952. After two verdenskriger <\/strong>(world wars), the Europeans were tired of seeing France and Germany attacking each other. The idea was that these coutries should be so linked through handel <\/strong>(trade) that nobody would be interested in warmongering. (You don\u2019t kill your partner, especially not if that means that you lose penger<\/strong>, money!)<\/p>\n

In his announcement<\/a>, Jagland also stressed the way the EU had helped integrate Spania, Portugal og Hellas<\/strong> (Greece) in Europe after their dictators had fallen in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

Norway is not an EU member itself, having said nei til EU<\/strong> [no to the EU] twice: in 1972 and 1994. To a lot of Norwegians, then, the EU isn\u2019t exactly a fredsprosjekt<\/strong> (peace project), but rather a bunch of greedy politikere<\/strong> (politicians) who are trying to curb the individual countries\u2019 frihet<\/strong> (freedom) and selvstendighet<\/strong> (independence) in order to create \u201dEuropas forente stater\u201d<\/strong> (\u201dthe US of Europe\u201d).<\/p>\n

In 2009, when the Nobel Prize was given to US president Barack Obama<\/a>, many people criticized the Committee, arguing that the Prize had become a political statement rather than an award based on genuine achievement.<\/p>\n

How do you feel about the EU winning the Peace Prize? Who, in your opinion, should have had it? Feel free to add a comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Once a year, Norge is mentioned by every news outlet in verden (the world), from Indonesia to Illinois. If you\u2019re thinking Nobels fredspris (the Nobel Peace Prize), you\u2019re absolutely right! A couple of weeks ago, on den tolvte oktober (October 12th), chairman of Den norske Nobelkomit\u00e9 (The Norwegian Nobel Committee), Thorbj\u00f8rn Jagland\u2013social democrat and former…<\/p>\n

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