Nobel Peace Prize winner Ebadi Shirin had a hectic Wednesday, first taking part in the Save the Children celebration of the prize with Crown Princess Mette-Marit outside Oslo's city hall before rushing to an audience at the palace an hour before the prize ceremony.

Iranian lawyer and human rights advocate Shirin Ebadi receiving the Nobel Peace Prize from committee leader Ole Danbolt Mjoes at the ceremony in Oslo's City Hall.

Ebadi met Queen Sonja, acting regent Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit. The busy schedule on Nobel award day also affected the royals, with the crown princess missing a photo session at the palace before the audience with Ebadi.

Ebadi told the French newspaper Le Figaro that she had decided to give the peace prize of SEK 10 million (USD 1.37 million) to human rights groups, particularly those championing the rights of children, journalists, prisoners of conscience and jailed students, in her homeland Iran.

"I plan to invest the money in humanitarian organizations I head in Iran," Ebadi told Le Figaro.

Ebadi said Iranian authorities still had a lot to do.

"Compared to the situation 25 years ago I can only see progress but in a range of areas freedom is still limited. Freedom and democracy don't come on a silver platter, but is also not achieved with the help of American tanks," Ebadi told Le Figaro.

Conservative religious groups Basij warned that Ebadi's behavior was creating tension at home.

"Mrs. Ebadi has not just questioned Islam's decrees by appearing without a veil, she has also provoked the religious feelings of students by taking a man by the hand at Amir Kabir University. This has created tensions at the university that have lasted weeks," student members of the Basij movement said in a statement.

Freedom and Politics [15:41]