Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
The Nobel Peace Prize 1922
Name: Fridtjof Nansen
Birth: 10 October 1861, Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway
Death: 13 May 1930, Oslo, Norway
Institution: Norway
Award: Originator of “Nansen passports” (for refugees), Norwegian Delegate, Société des Nations, Explorer, Scientist
Subject: humanitarian work
Ministered to refugees – methods became classic: custodial care, repatriation, rehabilitation, resettlement, emigration, integration.
Love of mankind is politics in practice.
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Biography
The various biographies included here lay emphasis on different aspects of Fridtjof Nansen’s life and work.
Fridtjof Nansen: A pioneer of knowledge, University of Oslo
‘Fridtjof Nansen. Man of many facets’. Article by Linn Ryne
On Fridtjof Nansen from The Fram Museum
Fridtjof Nansen – the humanist, from Norwegian Refugee Council
Nansen a man of action and vision’ from UNHCR
Works by or about Fridtjof Nansen at Internet Archive (scanned books original editions color illustrated)
Works by Fridtjof Nansen at Project Gutenberg (plain text and HTML)
Find in a library near you. In OCLC Worldcat website search box, copy and paste name of laureate. Click. In list of books, click book of interest to you. Computer probably uses a 5-digit zip code where you are physically located. Scroll down to libraries near you which possess book. Possibly more than one person with same name.