Alfred Nobel Rests in Peace People like Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela Aung San Suu Kyi, Kofi Annan, Lech Walesa and Mother Teresa have become famous all around the world ...They are all winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. But none of them would have received their prize and the recognition it brings if it had not been for one Swedish man Alfred Nobel. When Alfred joined the Nobel family company, it had been developing explosives for many years. Alfred's father Immanuel, had started the family fortune by working for the Russian army to produce landmines and sea mines, which are bombs that are put under