Soccer official calls for 'abolishment' of FIFA Peace Prize months after Donald Trump awarded honor
The president of Norway's football federation, Lise Klaveness, believes the FIFA Peace Prize should be 'abolished,' a mere four months after U.S. President Donald Trump was awarded the honor
U. S. President Donald Trump was awarded the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize by Gianni Infantino ahead of the World Cup draw in December -Credit:Stephanie Scarbrough - Pool/Getty Images In December 2025, U.
S. President Donald Trump became the first-ever recipient of FIFA’s controversial Peace Prize. But if the president of Norway’s football federation has her way, he will also be the award’s final ever winner.
Awarded by FIFA President Gianni Infantino with a medal and a large trophy on stage during the draw for the 2026 World Cup , which is set to be held across the U. S. , Mexico, and Canada, the newly created honor had only been announced a month prior.
Coincidentally, this came shortly after Trump was unsuccessful in being named the year’s Nobel Peace Prize recipient - something he had publicly pushed for beforehand. Instead, the Norwegian Nobel Institute awarded the coveted 2025 prize to Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado. The institute praised her “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.