The United Nations received a prize created by an inventor from Sweden.
The Nobel Peace Prize ( Norwegian : Nobels fredspris ) is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by the Swedish industrialist , inventor , and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel , along with the prizes in Chemistry , Physics , Physiology or Medicine , and Literature . United Nations . The organization won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 , and a number of its officers and agencies have also been awarded the prize .