Fredrik Bajer

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Fredrik Bajer (born April 21, 1837 in Vesteregede ; died January 22, 1922 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish politician and parliamentarian. For his commitment to international peacekeeping and above all for his work with the Bureau International Permanent de la Paix (Permanent International Peace Office), of which he was president, he received the 1908 Nobel Peace Prize with Klas Pontus Arnoldson .

Fredrik Bajer

Life

Fredrik Bajer was the son of a clergyman and attended the Sorø Akademi from 1848 to 1854 . Shortly before graduation, he dropped out of school to become a career officer and went to the Copenhagen Military Academy . He completed this in 1856 and was assigned to the cavalry as a second lieutenant . After participating in the German-Danish War of 1864, he decided to become a peace politician. In 1865 he retired from the army and financed himself and his family by teaching at various schools in Copenhagen.

In 1867 Bajer joined the Société Française pour l'arbitrage entre nations (International Peace League) of Frédéric Passy and promoted it very intensively in the countries of Scandinavia . In 1869 he was chairman of an electoral association in Copenhagen and in 1872 was elected to the Danish parliament in this position. Until 1895 he was a member of the Danish Reichstag, where he was very committed to women's rights and social issues. He wanted to enforce proportional representation , reduce tariff barriers and replace the traditional army with popular militias . His wife Matilde Bajer , a very active women's rights activist and pacifist, and he founded the Danish Women's League in 1871 . In 1882 Bajer founded the Danish Peace Society , which later became the Danish Peace Society , of which he was chairman from 1884 to 1892.

On November 13, 1891, Bajer was one of the founding members of the Bureau International Permanent de la Paix at the Peace Congress in Rome , which was based in Bern , Switzerland . He became the first president of this organization and remained so until 1907; thereafter he was honorary president. As a participant, he attended the peace congresses of the International League for Peace and Freedom as well as the Scandinavian national peace congresses and almost all world peace congresses. For his work he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908 together with Klas Pontus Arnoldson . At the Nobel Prize ceremony, he was critical of the inadequate organization of the peace movement. After retiring from active peace work, he had to watch the First World War destroy his ideals. Bajer died in Copenhagen in 1922.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jad Adams: Women and the Vote. A world history. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870684-7 , page 185.

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