On 1 December 2010 the first speech by a Nobel Peace Laureate was held in the Frauenkirche. Martti Ahtisaari, who won the prize in 2008, opened a special series of lectures which, from now on, will see a Nobel Peace Laureate invited to the rebuilt place of worship every year. The speeches bear a message of peace from the Frauenkirche around the world, carried on the voices of outstanding peacemakers.

Candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize are people who have “done the most or best work for fraternity between nations” and "the holding and promoting of peace congresses", as Alfred Nobel decreed in 1895. One hundred years later the Frauenkirche was reconstructed in Dresden with the same aims, creating asymbol calling for tolerance and peace between nations and religions.

With great patience and firm trust in reconciliation between people and nations, the apparently impossible can be achieved. Martti Ahtisaari has always lived in the spirit of this trust. In the first Nobel Peace Laureate speech the Finn spoke about his experiences as a peace envoy in Kosovo and Namibia, and the challenges and opportunities for lasting peace.