US EditionNorwegian FA chief Klaveness calls on FIFA to abolish peace prize
Lise Klaveness said football’s governing body should leave peace awards to independent institutions and support a transparent investigation into the Trump decision.
- Norwegian Football Association President Lise Klaveness urged FIFA to abolish its peace prize, stating that awarding such prizes is not FIFA's mandate and suggesting that the Nobel Institute should handle them.
- The FIFA peace prize faced criticism after being awarded to U.S. President Donald Trump in December at the 2026 World Cup draw.
- Klaveness highlighted that football bodies like FIFA should avoid awarding political prizes due to sensitivity and the need for independent criteria and governance.
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The Norwegian football president has made two attacks that are directly directed at FIFA President Gianni Infantino, but it has not been possible to hear whether the DBU supports it.
The Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) demonstrated this Monday in favor of abolishing the Peace Prize created by FIFA and announced that it will support a complaint for violating political neutrality by delivering the award to the President of the United States, Donald Trump.Continue reading...
Stockholm. The controversial Peace Prize awarded by FIFA to Donald Trump is far from coming out of the discussion before the 2026 World Cup. Lise Klaveness, president of the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF), pointed out that the highest body of football in the world should eliminate the award and suggested that the granting of such recognitions be left solely to the Nobel Institute in Oslo.
Lise Klaveness, president of the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF), pointed out that FIFA should eliminate the Peace Prize that was given to Donald Trump.But not only in relation to the aforementioned Donald Trump, but in general, because the FIFA Peace Prize causes the organization to be involved in unnecessary political issues.Norway considers that the FIFA Peace Prize given to Trump is unnecessaryIn a recent interview to Norwegian media, Li…
Norway's football association president Lise Klaveness demands that the controversial FIFA Peace Prize be abolished again! A corresponding question from the Norwegian broadcaster NRK affirmed the 45-year-old, who had criticized the World Federation repeatedly in the past. FIFA President Gianni Infantino had awarded the prize for the first time at the World Cup draw in December – to US President Donald Trump. This had provoked a lot of criticism.…
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