Letter: Return to sender
Yesterday, Serrena Iyer addressed a letter to Sweden in the News (“What did Obama do?” Oct. 13). While I am sure my native country is delighted to receive such an eloquent letter, I cannot help but wonder whether Iyer intended to send it to Norway. A committee of the Norwegian parliament selects the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
When Alfred Nobel died in 1896, Sweden and Norway were joined under one king but kept separate parliaments. Nobel gave his Peace Prize to the Norwegian parliament to taunt Swedish nationalists (of which the Swedish parliament was full at the time). Since...
Oh, Anders!