7 things you need to know about Nobel Prize for Peace

On the fourth day of 'Nobel Week', the Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the winner of 2015 Nobel Peace Prize.

Nobel Peace Prize is the rockstar of all Nobel Prize. More people on Earth are eager to know who won the prestigious award. It is believed that working closely with Bertha von Suttner influenced Alfred Nobel's views on peace. Therefore, the peace prize was added as the final prize in Nobel's will.

Here are a few things one must know about Nobel Peace Prize - 

1. Beginning in 1901, so far the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 95 times.

2. So far 16 women have been awarded the Nobel prize for peace

3. Le Duc Tho, a Vietnamese peace activist, refused to accept the peace prize when he was awarded it jointly with Henry Kissinger in 1973.

4. 64 Peace Prizes have been given to one Laureate only. 29 Peace Prizes have been shared by two Laureates. 2 Peace Prizes has been shared between three persons

5. Malala Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel Peace Laureate who was awarded the prize when she was 17. Joseph Rotblat was the oldest recipient. He was 87 when he was awarded the prize.

6. German pacifist Carl von Ossietzky, Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi, and Chinese human rights activists Liu Xiaobo were under arrest at the time they were awarded Nobel Peace Prize

7. 61 is the average of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates