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Christian Louis Lange was a Norwegian statesman and pacificist. He served as the Secretary-General of the Interparliamentary Union from 1909 to 1933 and maintained the organization through World War I, supervising its move to Geneva after the conflict. Lange was the Norwegian delegate to the League of Nations from 1920 to 1938, serving as a “standing advisor.” He was a leader in encouraging disarmament, solving the Sino-Japanese conflict, and promoting pacificism. Lange received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1921 with Hjalmar Branting and was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Institute from 1938. Lange died on December 11, 1938 in Oslo. 1869 -- Born in Stavanger, Norway 1899 -- Secretary of the Committee of Arrangements for the Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union held in Oslo 1900-1909 -- Secretary of the Norwegian Parliament's Nobel Committee, the precursor to the Norwegian Nobel Institute; planned the institute's building and founded the library 1907 -- Technical Delegate of the Norwegian government at the Second Hague Peace Conference 1909-1933 -- Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union; he maintained the organization through World War I and moved its administrative and editorial headquarters to Geneva after the conflict -- Advisor to the Norwegian Nobel Institute 1915 -- Active in the work of the Dutch-based Central Organization for a Lasting Peace 1916-1929 -- Special Correspondent for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1919 -- Published Histoire de l'Internationalisme (The History of Internationalism) 1920-1938 -- Norwegian Delegate to the League of Nations; involved in disarmament, political questions, the Sino-Japanese conflict, and arms reduction 1921 -- Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1934-1938 -- Member of the Norwegian Nobel Institute 1938 -- Died in Oslo
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