Beatrice Fihn

Beatrice Fihn
Fihn in 2016
Born
Beatrice Fihn

(1982-11-17) 17 November 1982 (age 42)
Gothenburg, Sweden
SpouseWill Fihn Ramsay
Parent(s)Carina Fihn, Göran Bylin

Beatrice Fihn (born 17 November 1982[1]) is a Swedish lawyer. She was the executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) from 2014 to 1 February 2023.[2]

On 6 October 2017, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize honor was given to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) "for its efforts to raise awareness of the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons use and for pioneering efforts to achieve a treaty-based ban on nuclear weapons."[3][4]

During the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at Oslo City Hall held on 10 December 2017, Fihn jointly received medals and diplomas on behalf of ICAN alongside Setsuko Thurlow, who survived Hiroshima in 1945.

  1. ^ "Beatrice Fihn". 10 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Beatrice Fihn's Fight for a Future Free of Nuclear Weapons". Time. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  3. ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 2017". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. ^ Gladstone, Rick (6 October 2017). "Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Group Opposing Nuclear Weapons". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved 29 March 2022.