Photographs of President and Mrs. Obama's trip to Oslo, Norway for the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony, 2009

The President and First Lady traveled to Oslo, Norway, on December 10, 2009 for the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony.  President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

There are photographs from the Nobel Peace prize Ceremony at the Raadhuset Main Hall inside Oslo City Hall.  There are photos of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama attending the 2009 Nobel Banquet in the Hall of Mirrors at the Grand Hotel; visiting with King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit at the Slottet Royal Palace; and participating in the U.S. Embassy meet and greet at the Grand Hotel.  There are photos of President Obama participating in a bilateral meeting and a joint press conference with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg at the Prime Minister's office.  There are photos of Mrs. Obama visiting with Ingrid Schulerud, spouse of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, at the Prime Minister's residence.  There are also arrival and departure photos.

2,452 assets

  • Photographs

The Executive Office of the President (EOP) instance of the Electronic Records Archive (ERA) contains electronic records created or received by Obama administration staff. These records are stored in Search and Access Sets (SAS) that represent their originating computer program, such as the White House Photo System.

The photographs are a subseries of a larger series, which includes all photographs taken by White House photographers during the Obama administration.  This subseries is arranged chronologically by the photo identifier (P number), which is formatted as PMMDDYYXX-####:

  • P (for Presidential photographs)
  • MMDDYY (Date of image capture)
  • XX (Photographer’s initials)
  • [dash]
  • Frame number

Electronic Records

     Nobel Peace Prize Trip 12-2009 contains 2,459 photos, of which 2,431 are released in full and 28 are withheld in full.

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Barack Obama Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Audiovisual materials in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, USC) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.

Official records of Barack Obama’s presidency are housed at the Barack Obama Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivists, 2024.