| Olof Palme Prize | |
|---|---|
| Country | Sweden |
| Status | Active |
| Established | February 1987 |
| Website |
http://www.palmefonden.se/
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The Olof Palme Prize is an annual Swedish prize awarded for an outstanding achievement in the spirit of Olof Palme. The Prize consists of a diploma and 100,000 US dollars.
The prize was established in February 1987 and is awarded by the Olof Palme Memorial Fund for International Understanding and Common Security ( Swedish: Olof Palmes minnesfond för internationell förståelse och gemensam säkerhet), a fund that was established by Olof Palme's family and the Swedish Social Democratic Party in honor of Olof Palme's memory.
Recipients
- 1987 Cyril Ramaphosa
- 1988 UNs Peace Keeping Operation under the leadership of Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1989 Václav Havel
- 1990 Harlem Désir and SOS Racisme
- 1991 Amnesty International
- 1992 Arzu Abdullayeva and Anahit Bayandour
- 1993 Students for Sarajevo
- 1994 Wei Jingsheng
- 1995 Fatah Youth, Labour Young Leadership and Peace Now
- 1996 Casa Alianza under the leadership of Bruce Harris
- 1997 Salima Ghezali
- 1998 Independent media in the former Yugoslavia represented by Veran Matić of B92 radio (Serbia), Senad Pećanin of Dani weekly (Bosnia-Herzegovina) and Viktor Ivančić of Feral Tribune weekly (Croatia).
- 1999 Swedish anti-racists: Kurdo Baksi, Björn Fries and the Parent Group in Klippan, representing the popular mobilization against growing racism and xenophobia in the country.
- 2000 Bryan Stevenson
- 2001 Fazle Hasan Abed and girls' education
- 2002 Hanan Ashrawi
- 2003 Hans Blix
- 2004 Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Sergey Kovalyov, Anna Politkovskaya
- 2005 Aung San Suu Kyi
- 2006 Kofi Annan, Mossaad Mohamed Ali
- 2007 Parvin Ardalan
- 2008 Denis Mukwege
- 2009 Carsten Jensen
- 2010 Eyad al-Sarraj
- 2011 Lydia Cacho, Roberto Saviano [1]
- 2012 Radhia Nasraoui, Waleed Sami Abu AlKhair
- 2013 Rosa Taikon
- 2014 Xu Youyu
- 2015 Gideon Levy, Mitri Raheb [2]
- 2016 Spyridon Galinos, Giusi Nicolini
- 2017 Hédi Fried, Emerich Roth
- 2018 Daniel Ellsberg
- 2019 John le Carré [3] [4]
- 2020 Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation [5]
- 2022 Patricia Gualinga [6]
- 2023 Marta Chumalo, Eren Keskin, Narges Mohammadi [7]
See also
References
- ^ "2011 – Lydia Cacho och Roberto Saviano". Olof Palmes minnesfond. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ "2015 – Gideon Levy and Mitri Raheb". Olof Palmes minnesfond. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ "John le Carré wins $100,000 prize for 'contribution to democracy'". The Guardian. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "John le Carré on Brexit: 'It's breaking my heart' – Olof Palme acceptance speech". The Guardian. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Black Lives Matter foundation wins Swedish human rights prize". BBC News. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ "Prize recipients". OLOF PALMES MINNESFOND (in Swedish). 1 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Prize recipients 2023". OLOF PALMES MINNESFOND (in Swedish). 9 January 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.