Olof Palme Prize
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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.{{cite web | last=Flood | first=Alison | last2=Cain | first2=Sian | title=John le Carré wins $100,000 prize for 'contribution to democracy' | website=The Guardian | date=10 January 2020 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/10/john-le-carre-wins-100000-prize-for-contribution-to-democracy | access-date=30 October 2024}}
The prize was established in February 1987{{cite web | title=The Olof Palme Prize 2023 | website=Via TT | url=https://via.tt.se/pressmeddelande/3337695/the-olof-palme-prize-2023?publisherId=3236632 | language=sv | access-date=30 October 2024}} and is awarded by the Olof Palme Memorial Fund for International Understanding and Common Security ({{langx|sv|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
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- 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, {{ill|Mossaad Mohamed Ali|sv}}
- 2007 Parvin Ardalan
- 2008 Denis Mukwege
- 2009 Carsten Jensen
- 2010 Eyad al-Sarraj
- 2011 Lydia Cacho, Roberto Saviano{{cite web |url=http://www.palmefonden.se/index.php?sid=1&pid=24 |title=2011 – Lydia Cacho och Roberto Saviano |date=23 January 2012 |publisher=Olof Palmes minnesfond |access-date=23 January 2012}}
- 2012 Radhia Nasraoui, Waleed Sami Abu AlKhair
- 2013 Rosa Taikon
- 2014 Xu Youyu
- 2015 Gideon Levy, Mitri Raheb{{cite web |url=http://www.palmefonden.se/2015-gideon-levy-and-mitri-raheb/ |title=2015 – Gideon Levy and Mitri Raheb |date=7 January 2016 |publisher=Olof Palmes minnesfond |access-date=9 January 2016}}
- 2016 Spyridon Galinos, Giusi Nicolini
- 2017 Hédi Fried, Emerich Roth
- 2018 Daniel Ellsberg
- 2019 John le Carré{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/01/john-le-carre-breaking-heart-brexit |title=John le Carré on Brexit: 'It's breaking my heart' – Olof Palme acceptance speech |date=1 February 2020 |work=The Guardian |access-date= 1 February 2020}}
- 2020 Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation{{Cite news |date=29 January 2021 |title=Black Lives Matter foundation wins Swedish human rights prize |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55862130 |access-date=30 January 2021}}
- 2022 Patricia Gualinga{{cite web | title=Prize recipients | website=OLOF PALMES MINNESFOND | date=1 June 2014 | url=https://www.palmefonden.se/category/prize-recipients/ | language=sv | access-date=24 June 2022}}
- 2023 {{ill|Marta Chumalo|de|Marta Tschumalo}}, Eren Keskin, Narges Mohammadi{{cite web | title=Prize recipients 2023 | website=OLOF PALMES MINNESFOND | date=9 January 2023 | url=https://www.palmefonden.se/2023-marta-chumalo-eren-keskin-och-narges-mohammadi/ | language=sv | access-date=22 May 2023}}{{cite web | last=Heflik | first=Katharina | title=Menschenrechte: Drei Frauenrechtsaktivistinnen mit Olof-Palme-Preis ausgezeichnet | website=Die Zeit | date=9 January 2023 | url=https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2023-01/menschenrechte-frauenrechtsaktivistinnen-olof-palme-preis | language=de | access-date=30 October 2024}}
- 2024 Bellingcat{{cite web | title=2024 – Bellingcat | website=OLOF PALMES MINNESFOND | date=8 January 2024 | url=https://www.palmefonden.se/2024-bellingcat/ | language=sv | access-date=30 October 2024}}{{cite web | title=Bellingcat får Olof Palmepriset – avslöjar desinformation | website=SVT Nyheter | date=30 January 2024 | url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/journalistgruppen-bellingcat-far-olof-palmepriset-hotet-kommer-inifran | language=sv | access-date=30 October 2024}}{{cite web | last=Nevéus | first=Ingmar | title=Datordetektiverna i Bellingcat får prestigefyllda Palmepriset | website=Dagens Nyheter | date=8 January 2024 | url=https://www.dn.se/varlden/datordetektiverna-i-bellingcat-far-prestigefyllda-palmepriset/ | language=sv | access-date=30 October 2024}}
- 2025 Utøya
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.palmefonden.se/ Olof Palme Foundation] {{in lang|sv|en}}