Kaci Kullmann Five, Head of Nobel Peace Prize Committee, Dies at 65
Shirin Ebadi said that But Kaci Kullman Five has, in general, been a strong defender of human rights
and human rights champions and defenders, something we must assume that she brought with her into the Nobel Committee,
Prime Minister Erna Solberg, a member of the Conservative Party, wrote on Facebook
that Norway had "lost a strong and warm person," and she called Ms. Kullmann Five "a pioneer" for women in politics.
Asle Sveen, an author and historian, said that Ms. Kullmann Five "had walked with her back straight" and had defended the integrity and independence of the award to Mr. Liu by stating
that the committee’s decision had been unanimous — a fact she repeated when Norway normalized relations with China in 2016.
21, 2017
OSLO — Kaci Kullmann Five, a former Norwegian political leader who was the chairwoman of the committee
that awards the Nobel Peace Prize, died here on Sunday.
Jens Stoltenberg, a former Labor Party prime minister who is now secretary general of NATO, wrote on Facebook
that Ms. Kullmann Five was a "role model and pioneer for my generation of politicians." Follow Henrik Pryser Libell on Twitter @hlibell.
Ms. Kullmann Five, a former member of the Norwegian Parliament, which appoints the five-member Nobel committee, joined the panel in 2003.
