The Student Peace Prize

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The Student Peace Prize

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The Student Peace Prize is awarded bi-anually to students and student organizations working to promote peace, freedom, human rights, and democracy.

The prize is awarded on behalf of all Norwegian students. For more than a decade the Student Peace Prize has been a way to support students all over the world who are doing important work to promote peace and human rights. The Student Peace Prize is an award to students working for freedom, democracy and peace anywhere in the world. The prize is awarded on behalf of all the students in Norway and is presented at the ISFiT festival in Trondheim every other year. To this day, nine students and student organizations from Burma, East Timor, Zimbabwe, Colombia, Western Sahara, Croatia, Iran and Bahrain have received the prize.

05/10/2026

👋 Har du lyst til å designe og lage statuetten som tildeles vinneren av Studentenes Fredspris? Den Internasjonale Studentfestivalen i Trondheim arrangerer denne seremonien februar 2027, og vi søker kreative kunststudenter eller unge kunstnere som vil være med å hedre fred!
Vinneren av Studentenes Fredspris 2027 vil motta en statuette som skal representere verdiene til prisen - vi søker derfor en kunstinteressert student i Norge som kan bringe sin egen stemme og visuelle inntrykk i prosjektet, for å skape en statuette som symboliserer fred, solidaritet og samhold blant verdens studenter.
Alt av materialkostnader vil bli dekket og den valgte kunstneren vil motta et honorar som fastsettes ut fra prosjektets omfang og kompleksitet. Kunstneren blir presentert gjennom Studentenes Fredspris kanaler og i programmet til seremonien, samt motta en invitasjon til å delta på seremonien i Olavshallen i Trondheim 14. februar 2027.
Søknader kan sendes på mail til .[email protected], og inneholder følgende:
Motivasjonstekst (maksimum én side)
Portefølje, eller eksempler på tidligere arbeid (3 stk)
Vi oppfordrer deg til å inkludere et enkelt design eller beskrivelse av din visjon for statuetten. Designet kan senere tilpasses etter at prisvinneren er kunngjort.

Søknadsfrist: 11. oktober 2026

Vi gleder oss til å se deres design for statuetten😁

01/10/2026

No one is free until everyone is free. +

07/08/2025

Enes Hocaoğulları, LGBTIQ+ activist, youth delegate to the Council of Europe and activist at ÜniKuir has been detained in Ankara for exercising his freedom of speech!

He has been arrested after delivering a speech at the Council of Europe about the dismissal of mayors and the overall democratic and human rights situation in Turkey. He is now charged with "publicly disseminating misleading information" and ‘inciting public hatred and hostility’ by the Turkish government.

Free speech is not a crime!

19/03/2025

Last Sunday was an eventful day, as the Walk of Peace took place prior to the Peace Ceremony.
The Walk of Peace is an important tradition, with a torchlight procession, where students, volunteers, participants and others, come together to honour all of our laureates 🕊️
As a part of the walk, we walked past the collection of memorial stones in Jomfrugata, on our way to Olavshallen to celebrate this years’ laureate IPEN 🩵
With phenomenal attendance, the Walk of Peace turned into a memorable experience.
Thank you for joining us on this peaceful walk!

📷 Fotogjengen

18/03/2025

On Sunday we celebrated our newest laureate Iniciativa Puentes por los Estudiantes de Nicaragua (IPEN) in Trondheim. Met by a standing ovation in Olavshallen, IPEN received the Student Peace Prize for their courageous and tireless work for academic freedom, democracy, and the right to higher education in Nicaragua.

The evening was full of inspiring speeches by leader of NSO Kaja Ingdal Hovdenak, minister of research and higher education Sigrun Aasland, Selma Bratberg leader of the Peace Prize committee, and our very own Martin Støldal Gjervan leader of the Student Peace Prize. As well as captivating performances by Studentersamfundets Symfoniorkester, Naarth, and Nicaraguan musician Katia Cardenal.

We continue to support IPEN in their work and share their dream of a free and democratic Nicaragua. As our leader Martin so beautifully put it in his speech: «When humankind is in need of itself, students are there».

16/03/2025

Today is the day of the Student Peace Prize!🩵

Reserve your free seat for the Peace Ceremony here: https://olavshallen.eventim-billetter.no/webshop/webticket/shop?event=2199

The ceremony will honor this year’s laureate, Iniciativa Puentes por los Estudiantes de Nicaragua, for their courageous work in promoting academic freedom and the right to education. This ceremony is one of the defining events of ISFiT and should not be missed! During the ceremony the prize will be handed out to IPEN, they will give their acceptance speech, in addition to a wide spectre of cultural performances in the biggest concert hall in Trondheim.

IPEN is a non-profit organization based in Costa Rica, founded by students from Nicaragua. Since 2022, IPEN has been advocating for the right to education and academic freedom in their home country. The organization emerged following the massive protests in Nicaragua in 2018, which were met with violent repression by the government. Many of IPEN’s founding members were expelled from Nicaraguan universities and now live in exile in Costa Rica and Romania to continue their studies and express themselves freely. Today, IPEN supports students in multiple countries and has helped at least 150 students pursue their education outside Nicaragua.

To get to know IPEN a bit better, you can watch the video of them here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibBbs_hDF6w

Before the ceremony, Walk of Peace is arranged to honor IPEN. This is a torchlight procession from Studentersamfundet in Trondhjem, to Olavshallen. Meet up is at 17:00 at Studentersamfundet. ISFiT provides torches. After the Ceremony, there is another event in Nidarosdomen, the Cathedral in Trondheim. Here you can experience Nidarosdomen, with music from the organ. Silent Night starts after the Ceremony.

Join us in an evening of celebration!🕊️🩵

06/03/2025

The Age of Disagreement + Panel Discussion: The War Against Young Russians.

When: March 10th, 2025
Where: Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem

Do young people have a future in Russia?

What does the future hold for young Russians fighting for democracy and freedom? We follow courageous activists who have risked everything for a better future. They supported opposition leader Alexei Navalny, but after his death, many were forced to flee. Can Russia ever become a democracy without war?

Join us for a powerful panel discussion and film screening on youth resistance in Putin’s Russia. The panel will be moderated by a representative from the Student Peace Prize and among the participants is DOXA journalist Ekatarina Martynova. The panel will be followed by a film screening of The Age of Disagreement, a Russian documentary film by Andrey Loshak (2024). The Norwegian Helsinki Committee will give a short introduction to the film.

Language: English

Reserve your seat for the panel discussion and film screening through the link in our bio🕊️
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Cover picture credits: «Generasjon uenighet». En dokumentarfilm av Andrej Loshak.

07/01/2025

The Student Peace Prize is proud to announce that this year we will be working with DOXA Magazine as our Peace Project🩵 While awarding the prize to a new laureate, we also have a bi-annual Peace Project where further cooperate with previous laureates and support them in areas they need assistance🕊️

In early 2024, the Russian government designated DOXA Magazine as an «undesirable organization» which means affiliation with the magazine can lead to heavy fines and prison sentences. Despite this, DOXA continues their tireless work for free press and freedom of expression in Russia.

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