Stockholm: Special Peace Ceremony Held at the Nobel Museum with the Participation of Kurdish Activists

A special event focusing on peace and the significance of the Nobel Peace Prize was held at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, coinciding with the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Representatives of the Kurdish diaspora and prominent Swedish political figures attended the event.

On 9 October 2026, the same day the Nobel Peace Prize laureate was announced, the Nobel Museum organized a special programme to discuss global peace and highlight the Nobel laureate. A number of Kurds living in Sweden took an active part in the event, including members of the Koma Netewan organization and the Kurdish Diaspora Women’s Association.

Margot Wallström, Sweden’s former Minister for Foreign Affairs, was one of the ceremony’s main speakers. In her address, she highlighted the meaning and significance of the Nobel Peace Prize and the importance of working to achieve peace around the world. She also emphasized the need for states to remain committed to respecting human rights, including both individual rights and the collective rights of nations and peoples.

As part of the programme, participants visited a special exhibition inside the museum dedicated to the concept of peace and the life and achievements of Alfred Nobel. The ceremony concluded with several musical performances.

The event at the Nobel Museum coincided with the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo, which awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, a prominent South African jurist and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from among 287 nominees.

The award to Pillay recognized her decades-long struggle against the apartheid regime, as well as her ongoing efforts at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court in The Hague. It also reaffirmed the principle that lasting peace can only be achieved through the rule of law and justice.

In this context, the ceremony in Stockholm, attended by a prominent figure such as Margot Wallström and representatives of Kurdish civil society organizations in Sweden, provided an important opportunity to bring the legitimate rights of the Kurdish people into alignment with universal principles of justice and human rights on the international stage.