On 10th of December 1901 the first Nobel Peace Prize was awarded. It went to Henry Dunant, founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross, who shared the first Nobel Peace Prize with Frédéric Passy, a leading international pacifist of the time.

Since then, the Red Cross has been awarded the Peace Prize three times.
The Red Cross: Three-time recipient of the Peace Prize

Four of them given out in Stockholm and one, the Peace Prize, in Christiania, as Oslo was then called. You can read more about that here: From the first Nobel Prize award ceremony, 1901

Henry Dunant (1828–1910). Switzerland, “for his humanitarian efforts to help wounded soldiers and create international understanding”

Frédéric Passy (1822–1912). France, “for his lifelong work for international peace conferences, diplomacy and arbitration.”

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