Join the Celebration of the Nobel Peace Prize in December!

The torch parade from a previous year
Photo: Olav Stubberud / @Olav

With the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony as its centerpiece, Oslo Peace Days will be celebrated throughout the first week of December. Join the celebration!

On Tuesday, December 10, the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo will receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The formal ceremony at Oslo City Hall is by invitation only, but everyone is welcome to celebrate the laureate at the grand torchlight procession starting outside the Nobel Peace Center, or participate in discussions about peace and human rights at one of the many public events taking place. For an entire week, Oslo Peace Days will be marked, and below is an overview of the events open to the public, including those at the Nobel Peace Center.

During the celebration week, our opening hours will vary. Plan your visit and check opening hours for december here!

10 December

Save the Children’s Peace Prize Party

11:00 - 12:00
Location: Nobel Peace Center

A show created by and for children, honoring the Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo. This is a closed event but will be streamed live on Save the Children's website.

Screening of the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

13:00 - 14:30
Location: Nobel Peace Center

An alternative way to follow the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony. The Nobel Peace Center will show the ceremony from Oslo City Hall on a big screen. The broadcast will be with norwegian subtitles.

View ceremony

Torchlight procession for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate

17:45 - 19:00
Location: Outside the Nobel Peace Center

A public gathering and torchlight procession in honor of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nihon Hidankyo. Music and speeches before the march begins at 18:00. The torchlight procession will end outside Grand Hotel. Read more about the event on facebook

12 December

The Nobel Peace Prize exhibition opens to the public

11:00 - 17:00
Location: Nobel Peace Center

Every year, the Nobel Peace Center creates a special exhibition about the new Peace Prize laureate. This year’s exhibition focuses on Nihon Hidankyo and the Hibakusha's (nuclear bomb survivors') efforts for a world free of nuclear weapons.

Guided tours in the peace prize exhibition

12:00, 14:00 and 17:00

Location: Nobel Peace Center

We will be holding guided tours in the new exhibition on 12 December in Norwegian and English.

View the guided tours

Artist Talk with Peace Prize Photographer Antoine d'Agata

18:00 - 19:00
Location: Nobel Peace Center

The same day as the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition 2024 opens to the public we invite to an artist talk with renowned French Magnum photographer Antoine d'Agata as he shares his experience photographing Hibakusha—the survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki—for the new exhibition.

This event is sold out.

A part of Oslo Peace Days

This event is a part of Oslo Peace Days. A week in december where we celebrate peace and human rights. A cooperation with City of Oslo, The Nobel Peace Center, The Norwegian Nobel Institute, PRIO and the University of Oslo.

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