Norwegian Nobel Committee - List of Chairpersons

List of chairpersons
  • 1900–1901: Bernhard Getz
  • 1901–1922: Jørgen Løvland
  • 1922–1922: Hans Jacob Horst
  • 1922–1941: Fredrik Stang
  • 1941–1943: Gunnar Jahn
  • 1944–1945: see below
  • 1945–1945: Carl Joachim Hambro
  • 1945–1966: Gunnar Jahn
  • 1967–1967: Nils Langhelle
  • 1967–1967: Bernt Ingvaldsen
  • 1968–1978: Aase Lionæs
  • 1979–1981: John Sanness
  • 1982–1989: Egil Aarvik
  • 1990–1990: Gidske Anderson
  • 1991–1999: Francis Sejersted
  • 2000–2002: Gunnar Berge
  • 2003–2008: Ole Danbolt Mjøs
  • 2009–present: Thorbjørn Jagland

In January 1944 an attempt by the Quisling government to take over the functions of the Nobel Committee led to the resignation of Jahn and other committee members. The Swedish consulate-general in Oslo formally took over the management of the Foundation's Oslo property on behalf of the Nobel Foundation.

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