The Nobel Peace Prize is always presented in Oslo and this year King Harald and Queen Sonja were joined by Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit at Oslo City Hall for the ceremony. 

The Norwegian king awarded the prestigious prize to a Japanese group, Nihon Hidankyo, that is working towards a nuclear-free planet. 

The group, whose full name is the Japan Confederation of A and H Bomb Sufferers Organisations, was cited for ”its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.”

Three representatives of Nihon Hidankyo – Terumi Tanaka, Shigemitsu Tanaka and Toshiyuki Mimaki – collected the award.

Queen Sonja wore a bright turquoise skirt suit with a coordinating pillbox hat for the ceremony while the Crown Princess wore a stunning embroidered ivory coat from Valentino and white trousers. 

In the evening, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess represented the royal family at a gala dinner marking the presentation of the Peace Prize. Crown Princess Mette-Marit wore a black and white floral print gown from Ole Yde for the evening, a gown that she has reworn several times over the last decade. 

This was the first time since 2003 that King Harald, who has had mobility and health issues in recent times, did not attend the banquet.

Haakon and Mette-Marit also began their day with an engagement. Before the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, they attended the 2024 Save the Children’s Peace Prize Party.