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Which organization awards the Nobel Peace Prize?

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Nobel Prize The obverse side of the Nobel Prize medals for Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Based on the will of Alfred Nobel, this committee consists of five individuals who are elected by the Storting (the Norwegian parliament). While the Nobel Foundation manages the funds and coordinates administrative tasks for all Nobel Prizes, the actual deliberations and decisions for the Peace Prize rest exclusively with the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which are conferred by Swedish institutions, the Peace Prize is unique in its Norwegian oversight, reflecting Nobel's original instructions to have a committee of five persons elected by the Norwegian legislature.1234