Ana from Spain, Elena from Italy, Ilona from Poland and Larkin from Malta, will join EU leaders in Oslo for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. These four young Europeans won the drawing and writing contest organised by the EU institutions, in partnership with the European Youth Forum.

The EU announced the name of the four young Europeans that will attend the official Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony which will be held in Oslo. Ana from Spain, Elena from Italy, Ilona from Poland and Larkin from Malta, will join the EU delegation invited by the Presidents of the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament. They will attend the official ceremony on 10 December as well as the Nobel Peace Prize concert on 11 December.

The contest attracted close to 5,400 applications, from 33 countries: 1,173 drawings for the age group 8-12, 1 870 texts for the age group 13-17 and 2,354 texts for the age group 18-24. "Peace, Europe, Future: What does Peace in Europe mean to you?" This was the question put to young people from the EU and acceding or candidate countries aged between 8 and 24. Children aged 8 to 12 expressed their answer in a drawing, young people aged 13 to 24 in a short text of maximum 120 characters, in any of the 23 EU official languages.

The fourth winner was chosen by a vote by the public on Facebook: 16 additional pre-selected entries from the categories 18-24 were posted. The winner and the 9 runners-up of the Facebook vote will also be invited to Strasbourg for a special event around the Nobel prize on 12 December at the European Parliament.