The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five, appointed by the Storting (the Norwegain parliament). According to the rules laid down by the Storting, election to the committee is for a six-year term, and members can be re-elected. The committee's composition reflects the relative strengths of the political parties in the Storting. Although this is not a requirement, all committee members have been Norwegian nationals.

——from nobelprize.org & each person's introduction from wiki 

 

Thorbjørn Jagland (Chairman) , President of the Storting

He married journalist Hanne Grotjord in 1975.[5] Jagland lives in Lier just outside of his birthtown Drammen, whereas Grotjord bought a house in Risør in 2002 due to her work situation.[6] He has two sons, Anders (born 1978) and Henrik (born 1986).
In 1966, at age 16, he joined the Lier chapter of the Workers' Youth League (AUF). Jagland graduated from secondary school in 1969, and from the University of Oslo in 1975 with a 1-year degree in economics. By 1973, he was elected leader of the Workers' Youth League in Buskerud, a position he held until 1975. That year, he was elected member of the Buskerud county council. In 1977, he became the national leader of the Workers' Youth League, a position he held until 1981.[4] During this period, he said he wanted to bridge the gaps between the youth wing and the mother party, but also expressed the need for the Workers' Youth League to have its own political platform. Important issues he supported at that time included the nationalization of the oil industry, permission to conduct petroleum test boring outside Northern Norway, and that the state should use income from the petroleum industry to nationalize domestic industry.
From 1981, he worked as a secretary for the Labour Party; he became acting general secretary in 1986 and was formally appointed to the position in 1987. In 1986, he also became chairman of the Labour Party's international committee. He held both positions until 1992, when he was elected party leader, succeeding long-time leader Gro Harlem Brundtland.


Geir Lundestad (Secretary) , Professor, Director of the Nobel Institute

Geir Lundestad (b. 1945) is a Norwegian author and educator best known for his association with the Norwegian Nobel Institute, for which he serves as Director, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee, for which he serves as a permanent Secretary.[1][2] In his work with the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Lundestad does not cast a vote for the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize,[3] but he is frequently a spokesperson for the committee.
Born in Sulitjelma, Lundestad studied history at the University of Oslo and University of Tromsø, graduating in 1970 with an MA and in 1976 with a PhD respectively. From 1974 to 1990, he held various professorships at the University of Tromsø before beginning his positions with the Norwegian Nobel Institute and Committee. Subsequently, he has been associated with the University of Oslo as an Adjunct Professor of International History. Lundestad spent several years in the United States as a research fellow, at Harvard University, from 1978 to 1979 and again in 1983, and at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., between 1988 and 1989.

Kaci Kullmann Five (Deputy Chairman), Adviser Public Affairs

Kaci Kullmann Five (born April 13, 1951) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party, and a business professional. She was born Karin Cecilie Kullmann in Bærum and was educated in Law, French language and Political Science (cand.polit.) at University of Oslo in 1981. Before Kullmann entered politics she was a consultant in the Norwegian Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise, NHO.
She was member of the County Council of Bærum 1975-1981 and served then as deputy leader in the Executive Committee for Education. From 1977 to 1979 she was the first female leader of the Conservative Youth Association.
She was a member of the Norwegian parliament, the Storting 1981-1997 and was Deputy Chairman of the Parliament 1985-1986 and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Opposition 1986-1989, and again 1990-1991. From 1982 to 1988 she also served as Deputy Party Chairman. Kullmann was Minister of Trade and Shipping Cabinet Syse from 1989 to 1990. In 1991 she was elected chairman of the Conservative Party, succeeding Jan P. Syse, but resigned after only four years in 1994.
After leaving parliament in 1997 Kullmann has been a Managing Director in Aker RGI and since 2002 as advisor. She is member of the Board of Directors in Statoil, Norway's largest oil company, in Scheiblers Legacy and in SOS Kinderdorf Norway and Head of the Board of Directors of the Radio Channel P4. Kullmann is married to Carsten O. Five, former editor of the magazine Dine Penger (Your Money).


Sissel Rønbeck (Member) , Deputy Director, Directorate for Cultural Heritage

Sissel Marie Rønbeck (born 1950) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was Minister of Administration and Consumer Affairs 1979-1981, Minister of Environmental Affairs 1986-1989, and Minister of Transport and Communications 1996-1997. Between 1981 and 1993 she was a parliamentary representative for Oslo in the Norwegian legislature, Storting. She is currently deputy director of the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Riksantikvaren), and a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Inger-Marie Ytterhorn (Member) , Senior political adviser to the Progress Party's Parliamentary Group

Inger-Marie Ytterhorn (born 18 September 1941) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party.
She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1989, but was not re-elected in 1989. She later served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1993–1997 and 1997–2001.
Her late husband Bjørn Erling Ytterhorn was also a member of the Norwegian Parliament.

Ågot Valle (Member) , Member of Parliament

Ågot Valle (born May 26, 1945 in Levanger) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV). She was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1997.
She worked as a physiotherapist and a county council member in Hordaland before entering national politics. She has also been involved in the organization Nei til EU (No to the EU).