The Nobel Peace Prize 1908
Awarded on: 1908-12-10
"for their long time work for the cause of peace as politicians, peace society leaders, orators and authors"
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Born: 1844-10-27 in Gothenburg, Sweden
Gender: male
Field: Swedish author, journalist, politician and committed pacifist
Biography
Klas Pontus Arnoldson was a Swedish author, journalist, politician, and committed pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908 with Fredrik Bajer. He was a founding member of the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society and a Member of Parliament in the second Chamber of 1882–1887.