Barack Obama receives the Nobel peace prize in Oslo

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama disembark from Air Force One at Gardermoen Airport in Oslo on 10 December 2009 as they arrived in Norway to attend the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony Photograph: Jewel Samad/guardian.co.uk

Indonesian students hold national flags in front of the bronze statue of young President Barack Obama during the unveiling ceremony at Menteng park in Jakarta, Indonesia. The statue of Obama as a 10 year old has been erected in the park to inspire children in the country where he lived as a young boy Photograph: Mast Irham/guardian.co.uk

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participate in the Nobel Prize Signing Ceremony at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo Photograph: Jewel Samad/guardian.co.uk

President Barack Obama signs the Nobel guest book as first lady Michelle Obama, behind, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjoern Jagland, left, and committee member, Sissel Roenbeck, right, look on during a Nobel signing ceremony at the Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway Photograph: Terje Bendiksby/guardian.co.uk

President Barack Obama signs a guest book at the Nobel Prize Signing Ceremony at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo Photograph: Jewel Samad/guardian.co.uk

President Barack Obama chats with Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg as they look out over the city at the Prime Minister's office during a meeting in Oslo Photograph: Jewel Samad/guardian.co.uk

President Barack Obama, right, and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, second left, of Norway take their seats for a meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Oslo Photograph: Jewel Samad/guardian.co.uk

President Barack Obama pauses as he and Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg talk to reporters after their meeting in Oslo Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/guardian.co.uk

First Lady Michelle Obama removes dust from President Barack Obama's suit as Norway's King Harald looks on at the Royal Castle in Oslo Photograph: Daniel Sannum Lauten/guardian.co.uk

Nobel Peace Prize laureate, US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive for the Nobel Peace prize award ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo Photograph: Jan Johannessen/guardian.co.uk

President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama enters the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at City Hall in Oslo Photograph: John McConnico/guardian.co.uk

Nobel peace Prize laureate, President Barack Obama and Nobel Committee member Kaci Kullmann Five in the Oslo Hall for the ceremony Photograph: Bjorn Sigurdson/guardian.co.uk

The Nobel Peace prize award ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo Photograph: Olivier Morin/guardian.co.uk

Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjoern Jagland sits by Nobel Peace Prize laureate, US President Barack Obama during the Nobel Peace prize award ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo Photograph: Olivier Morin/guardian.co.uk

Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjoern Jagland, left, speaks during the Nobel Peace prize award ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo Photograph: Olivier Morin/guardian.co.uk

President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama listens to the Chairman of the Nobel committee Thorbjorn Jagland Photograph: Odd Andersen/guardian.co.uk

Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjoern Jagland speaks with Nobel Peace Prize laureate, US President Barack Obama during the Nobel Peace prize award ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo Photograph: Olivier Morin/guardian.co.uk

Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland applauds as Nobel Peace Prize laureate U.S. President Barack Obama poses with his diploma and medal after receiving the prize at the award ceremony in Oslo City Hall Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/guardian.co.uk

Nobel Peace Prize laureate, US President Barack Obama holds his diploma and medal during the Nobel Peace prize award ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo Photograph: Jewel Samad/guardian.co.uk

Nobel Peace Prize laureate US President Barack Obama delivers the Nobel Lecture during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo City Hall. The Nobel committee is awarding the peace prize to Obama for 'his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples' and cited his push for nuclear disarmament Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/guardian.co.uk

Norwegian Nobel Committee members, chairman Thorbjoern Jagland, Kaci Kullmann Five, Sissel Marie Roenbeck and Inger-Marie Ytterhorn listen as Nobel Peace Prize laureate US President Barack Obama delivers the Nobel Lecture during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at Oslo City Hall Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/guardian.co.uk

US President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama leave the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony ahead of members of the Nobel committee at City Hall in Oslo Photograph: Olivier Morin/guardian.co.uk