Q: I thought I read that the Nobel Peace Prize is given by a different organization and in a different city than the other Nobel Prizes. Is that true?
—Larry Krueger, Cumming
A: The Nobel Peace Prize, which has been awarded a majority of the years since 1901, is presented in Oslo, Norway. The other Nobel prizes are presented in Stockholm. It's not known why Alfred Nobel wanted the Peace Prize to be awarded in Oslo, not Stockholm, but nobelpeaceprize.org – the prize's official website — suggests that Norway didn't have the "same militaristic traditions as Sweden."
Another theory is that Nobel might “have been influenced by his adviser Ragnar Sohlman, whose wife was Norwegian, or by the Norwegian author and campaigner for peace Bjornstjerne Bjornson, whom Nobel greatly admired.” The prizes are awarded by various committees. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the peace prize, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry, and the Swedish Academy grants the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Q: I’ve noticed that “The Vent” is no longer in the daily Metro section. It is one of my favorite reads in the AJC. Why was it removed?
—Richard Bedgood, Mableton
A: "The Vent" is published every day of the week except Monday.
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