Trump Called Norwegian Minister to Ask About Nobel Peace Prize Nomination: Report

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President Donald Trump personally phoned Norway’s finance minister last month to press an unlikely diplomatic request, a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, according to new reports.

The president rang Jens Stoltenberg “out of the blue” as the minister walked through the country’s capital Oslo, Norwegian business daily Dagens Næringsliv reported Thursday

“He wanted the Nobel prize – and to discuss tariffs,” the newspaper quoted unnamed sources as saying.

It is reportedly not the first time Trump has raised the subject with Stoltenberg, a former NATO secretary-general. In a statement to Reuters, Stoltenberg confirmed the call but framed it as a discussion on “tariffs and economic cooperation” ahead of a separate conversation with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre.

“I will not go into further detail about the content of the conversation,” he told the outlet, noting that White House officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and trade representative Jamieson Greer, were on the line.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee, appointed by the country’s parliament, receives hundreds of nominations each year before unveiling its laureates in October.

Four former U.S. presidents, including Barack Obama, have claimed the prize, but Trump has long aired grievances over his absence from the winners’ list.

In June, he wrote on Truth Social: “No, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that’s all that matters to me!”

Trump is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday to discuss a peace deal that would see an end to the long-running Ukraine-Russia war.