Norway braces for Trump's reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

[Celerity]

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/09/norway-braces-for-trumps-reaction-if-he-does-not-win-nobel-peace-prize



With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves for potential repercussions to US-Norway relations if it is not awarded to Donald Trump. The Norwegian Nobel Committee pointedly said on Thursday that it had reached a decision about who would be named 2025 peace prize laureate on Monday, several days before Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire under the US president’s Gaza plan.

Taking into account the timeframe and the composition of the independent five-person committee, most Nobel experts and Norwegian observers believe it is highly unlikely that Trump will be awarded the prize, leading to fears in the country over how he will react to being overlooked so publicly. Kirsti Bergstø, the leader of Norway’s Socialist Left party and its foreign policy spokesperson, said Oslo must be “prepared for anything.”

“Donald Trump is taking the US in an extreme direction, attacking freedom of speech, having masked secret police kidnapping people in broad daylight and cracking down on institutions and the courts. When the president is this volatile and authoritarian, of course we have to be prepared for anything,” Bergstø told the Guardian. “The Nobel Committee is an independent body and the Norwegian government has no involvement in determining the prizes. But I’m not sure Trump knows that. We have to be prepared for anything from him.”

Trump has long been outspoken about his belief that he should be awarded the peace prize, an honour previously bestowed on one of his presidential predecessors, Barack Obama, in 2009 for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”. In July, Trump reportedly called Jens Stoltenberg, Norway’s finance minister and the former Nato secretary general, to ask about the Nobel prize. At the UN last month, Trump falsely claimed that he had halted seven “unendable wars”, telling world leaders: “Everyone says I should get the Nobel peace prize.”

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[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Norwegians are not a fearful people

While their government may be aware of potential repercussions if Trump doesn’t win the Peace prize, I don’t believe any Norwegian is “steeling” themselves in preparation for Trump’s reaction to losing.

More likely, they are quietly grateful not to be Americans.

Remember, Norwegians tried and executed their leader who collaborated with the Nazis (from whom we get the term Quisling), and exhumed the bodies of all the dead Nazis buried in their country and shipped them back to Germany- the only occupied country to do so, or so we were told by our tour guide.

Trump doesn’t scare them.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. And ethical. The credibility of the Peace Prize would be qualified if awarded

because of threat, coercion, and/or duress.

[republianmushroom]

3. He should not win the Nobel Peace prize.

He is killing people on boats in international waters. Peace ?

[Blue Owl]

4. Fuck Trump

Just in case you missed it I SAID FUCK TRUMP

[durablend]

5. Probably declare war on them over the weekend

[Jim__]

6. "US president may ... even declare Norway an enemy," What pathetic childish stupidity.

How can anyone think this idiot can lead a nation?

[dalton99a]

7. Yeah, let's give it to a cruel tyrant who is destroying his own country and attacking his own citizens

[leftstreet]

8. Couldn't they just give him a Participation Trophy?

He'd make it sound better than the actual peace prize

[Sogo]

9. What an awful picture. He looks pale (must have forgotten his orange paste) and washed out.

Of course, he also looks ugly, as usual....

[question everything]

10. Their excuse, for now, that it is too late for this year

[Mz Pip]

11. How peaceful of him.

Whiny toddler will throw tantrum if he doesn’t get his special prize. He’ll throw rocks through the window of the people who didn’t give it to him. What a belligerent baby.

[EdmondDantes_]

12. Hopefully so will the White House staff.

Ketchup will fly, tantrums will happen. Hopefully someone hides his phone charger so he can't post on Truth Social.

[AntiFascist]

13. LOL, someone should inflate a giant Trump baby balloon in Norway n/t

[Ocelot II]

14. They are aware that he's a vindictive dick who thinks he's entitled to it,

quoting John Bolton, who said Trump thinks the world is divided into winners and losers; Trump considers himself a winner and therefore he should get the Peace Prize. It also bothers him a lot that Obama got it even after having been president for only a short time. The Norwegians realize that Trump probably either doesn't understand or doesn't care that the government doesn't control the Nobel committee, and they are prepared for blowback - their attitude seems to be, "Whatever; bring it on." They know they will have to deal with the Trump/Nobel problem every year for as long as Trump is president. https://www.nrk.no/urix/kan-usa-straffe-noreg-om-trump-ikkje-far-fredsprisen_-1.17574346

[Torchlight]

15. I'd both prepare and steel myself in preparation for any of his tantrums.

It doesn't imply fear, merely preparation for, and ensuring his tidal wave of overly-emotional hysterics doesn't hit them in the nation's pocketbook when he goes Full Tantrum on Oslo. I'd label that a rational response.

[NNadir]

16. Has there ever been such a fool as to demand this prize for himself with threats?

[IzzaNuDay]

17. Norway, we have your back!

We in the US know we are led by a delusional, demented mind, who is a racist, misogynistic and sex predator. He doesn’t deserve any Nobel prize. Stand your ground. We support the Nobel’s committee choice.