Programme, Nobel Days 2018

PROGRAMME, NOBEL DAYS 2018

Nobel Peace Center Activities during the Nobel Days 2018: Press Programme

This year, for the first time, the Nobel Week is part of Oslo Peace Days, an eight days’ celebration of peace and human rights in Oslo. The Nobel institutions, the University of Oslo and the City of Oslo have joined forces to invite the public to a full week of events in December. A full programme for Oslo Peace Days can be found here: https://www.oslopeacedays.no/english/events/

See below for an overview of the Nobel Peace Centers’ activities during the week.

Wednesday, 5 December: Songs that changed the world

"Songs that changed the world" - is a special music happening, were the up-and-coming Norwegian Rapper MYRA will interpret and perform a song that she believes has changed the world. Mini concert and talk. Free and open for all. See more on Facebook.

Time: 5 December at 19:00-21:00 Place: Nobel Peace Center, Brynjulf Bulls place 1 / Rådhusplassen

Saturday, 8 December: Peace Walk

A city walk in the historic traces of the Nobel Peace Prize. The guided tour is in Norwegian, and will pass by the University of Oslo, Grand Hotel, the Parliament and the City Hall before is ends at the Nobel Peace Center.

Time: 8 December at 15:00-16:30 Place: Outside the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Henrik Ibsens gt.

Sunday, 9 December: Screening: “On her Shoulders”

Screening of the documentary about the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad, followed by a conversation with director Alexandria Bombach. (In English). More information and link to tickets on Facebook.

Time: 9 December at 15:00 – 17:00 Venue: Vega scene, Hausmannsgt 28

Sunday, 9 December: Press viewing of the Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition

Welcome to the preview of the Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition 2018; The Body as a Battlefield. The exhibition will officially open 11 December and will open to the public on 12 December. Accreditation is not required.

Photographer Cristina de Middel and director Liv Tørres will be present and available for interviews. For more information about the exhibition: https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/exhibitions/the-body- as-a-battlefield/

Time: 9 December, 14:30-16:30 Place: Nobel Peace Center, Brynjulf Bulls place 1 / Rådhusplassen For individual interviews, contact: Ingvill Bryn Rambøl, [email protected] / 924 52 944

Monday, 10 December: Save the Children's Peace Prize Party

Save the Children's Peace Prize party is organized by and for children, where the honorary guest is the year's peace prize winner. Members of the Royal Family will attend the celebration, along with famous artists. The press can make an appointment to interview the children who organize the Peace Prize party. The contact person at Save the Children is Kristin Sommerseth, [email protected]

For more information, see: http://www.reddbarna.no/fredsprisfesten

Time: December 10, 11:00 Place: Nobel Peace Center, Brynjulf Bulls place 1 / Rådhusplassen The accreditation is closed.

Monday, 10 December: Screening of the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

The Nobel Peace Center will show the entire Nobel ceremony on a big screen. Activists, organizations and members of the public gather here for an unpretentious viewing of the Nobel ceremony. Media not accredited to the ceremony in the City Hall can meet here for a different experience.

Time: December 10, 13:00 Place: Nobel Peace Center, Brynjulf Bulls place 1 / Rådhusplassen

Tuesday, 11 December: Opening of the Nobel Peace Prize Exhibition 2018

Since 2005, the Nobel Peace Center has created an annual peace prize exhibition. This year's exhibition is the fourteenth of the series and is called The Body as a Battlefield. It highlights sexual violence as a weapon in war and the work of the laureates Dr. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad. The Peace Prize Exhibition always opens the day after the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony and is opened by the peace prize laureates themselves.

Time: 11 December 16:45 (The press must arrive no later than 16:00) Place: Nobel Peace Center, Brynjulf Bulls place 1 / Rådhusplassen

NB! This is a closed event with access only for invited and accredited press. Media interested in covering the opening must contact Ingvill Bryn Rambøl, [email protected] / 924 52 944.

The accreditation is closed.

For a full overview of all press events during the Nobel days, visit the website of the Norwegian Nobel Institute: https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/Press