The minister may receive the Nobel Prize for the war speech

Published 1 April 2024 at 08.11

Cultural news. Civil Defense Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M) has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature for his well-known speech “There can be war in Sweden”. This is stated by the Swedish Academy, which appoints the prize winners, in a press release.

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This week, the Swedish Academy publishes the names of the people who have been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature . A nomination procedure that is new for this year.

On Monday, it was clear that Civil Defense Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin will be awarded the year's first nomination for his speech “There can be war in Sweden”. He gave the speech during the National People's and Defense Conference in Sälen in January, and it quickly became known both for its serious content and for its high stylistic level.

“I don't want to primarily appeal to your fear” and ” let me do it with the power of the office” are some of the most famous lines in the much-publicized speech.

Academy member Peter Englund announced the nomination at a ceremony in the Stock Exchange in Old Stockholm on Monday, sharing at the same time of the Swedish Academy's motivation, which reads:

“For having explained the grim reality of serious times to an as yet ignorant Swedish population with his exalted rhetorical genius and with patriotic calm.”

Carl-Oskar Bohlin himself commented on the nomination in a written statement to TT.

“Because I felt that this was part of the outcome room, I am surprised and happy that the jury has reasoned”, he writes and continues:< /p>

“Since I gave my speech in January, the positive reactions from the public have flowed into the government office, and the fact that I am now receiving recognition, even from the Swedish Academy, is extremely gratifying”.