When Donald Trump called Norway's finance minister last month to discuss trade tariffs, he also asked about the Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian financial newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv reported today.

Out of nowhere, while Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg was walking down the street in Oslo, Donald Trump called him, Dagens Naeringsliv reported, citing unnamed sources. According to what they said: He wanted the Nobel Peace Prize – and to discuss tariffs.

With hundreds of candidates nominated each year, Nobel laureates are selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, whose five members are appointed by the Norwegian parliament in accordance with the will of 19th-century Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel.

Some countries, including Israel, Pakistan and Cambodia, have nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation of peace agreements or ceasefires, and he has said he deserves the highest honor, which has been awarded to four former US presidents.

Trump's obsession with the Nobel Prize and tariffs

The announcement comes in October in Oslo. The Norwegian newspaper reveals that this is not the first time Trump has brought up the award in a conversation with Stoltenberg, the former Secretary General of the NATO military alliance.

According to the report, Stoltenberg said the phone call was to discuss trade tariffs and economic cooperation ahead of a phone conversation between the US president and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Sturre.

Asked if Trump raised the Nobel Prize as an issue, Stoltenberg replied: I will not elaborate further on the content of the conversation.

White House officials, including US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, participated in the phone call, Stoltenberg said.