How are the members of the Nobel Prize Committee chosen ?

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Since the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901, the Peace Prize has, in accordance with Alfred Nobel's will, been awarded by a committee of five, appointed by the Storting (the Norwegian Parliamant), but without the committee being formally responsible to the Storting. According to rules laid down by the Storting, election to the committee was to be for a six-year term, and members could be re-elected. The committee's composition should reflect the relative strengths of the political parties in the Storting, but the committee has elected its own chairman and deputy chairman. It was never required by the rules and on some occasions the matter has been debated, but so far all committee members have been Norwegian nationals. In the nomination and selection process, the committee has the assistance of a secretary since the establishment of the Norwegian Nobel Institute in 1904, this person also being the institute's director, as well as of a number of permanent and ad hoc consultants. http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/articles/committee/ Mar 25 12, 10:39 PM

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences acts as the selection board for the Nobel prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Economics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Sciences The Karolinska Institutet awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolinska_Institutet And, the Swedish Academy awards the Nobel Prize in Literature. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Academy Mar 25 12, 10:59 PM