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“The award schedule cannot be changed. It can’t be awarded in Norway first, nor can it be awarded in Sweden first. If we tell the Nobel Committee in the Norwegian Parliament to come to Sweden, they won’t listen. The right to award the Nobel Peace Prize is something that the Norwegian government is very proud of,” Forsbeg said.
“Then what if we go to Norway?” asked Doctor Oskar of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
“That doesn’t make sense either,” objected Professor Markus. “We have to award three prizes. Should we travel all the way to Norway and present them there?”
“This isn’t something your national pride should be hurt by. We’re giving a good prize to an outstanding person on a great day; the location doesn’t really matter,” Oskar said. “Doctor Markus, the people who give the Peace Prize are often very politically active and often give it to movements, so they might be more sensitive about moving the awarding to another country. But aren’t we scientists? Science has no borders, right?”
“Still, we can’t. Even if we don’t care, the people will. We’ll be criticized.”
“Then what if we go to Korea?” Princess Desideria asked after listening for a while.
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