<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>US President Donald Trump discussed how he wanted the Nobel Peace Prize when he called a Norwegian government minister last month, according to reports.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Out of the blue, while Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg was walking down the street in Oslo, Donald Trump called," the Norwegian business newspaper </span><em><span>Dagens Naeringsliv</span></em><span> reported, citing unnamed sources.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He wanted the Nobel Prize – and to discuss tariffs."</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/how-donald-trump-and-vladimir-putin-relationship-evolved-since-first-meeting/828750e8-51ad-49a2-9236-6786230f1267" rel="" target="_blank" title="How Trump and Putin's relationship has evolved since they first met"><strong><span>How Trump and Putin's relationship has evolved since they first met</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Stoltenberg told the Reuters ageny the call concerned tariffs and economic collaboration in the lead-up to Trump's call with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Store.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Stoltenberg also said several White House officials, including US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer were on the call.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I will not go into further detail about the content of the conversation," he said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/trump-tells-norwegian-minister-he-wants-a-nobel-peace-prize/77fc5483-eb28-451e-9079-c242c887ec43" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The White House and the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not reply to requests for comment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/israel-gaza-update-mike-huckabee-details-us-reaction-australia-palestine-recognition/d1b0f06f-4242-41d3-89a9-94c04547739c" target="_blank" title="Disappointment and some disgust': US reaction to Australia's Palestine recognition plan"><strong><span>Disappointment and some disgust': US reaction to Australia's Palestine recognition plan</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Recipients of the yearly awards are selected by the five-person committee from hundreds of entries before they're announced in October.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Several nations, such as Israel, Pakistan and Cambodia, have nominated Trump for his efforts brokering peace deals and ceasefires.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The US President had previously raised the prize with Stoltenberg, a former secretary general of the NATO military alliance, the Norwegian newspaper reported.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three US presidents have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, with the last being Barack Obama in 2009.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/Z8tJCf"><strong><span>Sign up here</span></strong></a><strong><span> to receive our daily newsletters and breaking news alerts, sent straight to your inbox.</span></strong></div></div>