Fridtjof Nansen - Nobel Peace Prize — 1922
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Fridtjof Nansen

Prize
Nobel Peace Prize — 1922
for his leading role in the repatriation of prisoners of war, in international relief work and as the League of Nations' High Commissioner for refugees
Citizenship
Norway Norway
Languages
Norwegian
date of birth
10/10/1861
place of birth
Vestre Aker
date of death
5/13/1930
place of death
Polhøgda
Lived
68 years

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member of
  • American Philosophical Society
    • start time: 1897
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 9/25/1900
  • Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
  • Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
  • Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
  • Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
  • Paneuropean Union
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
position held
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
    • end time: 1927
    • start time: 1922
  • ambassador of Norway to the United Kingdom
    • start time: 1906
    • end time: 1908
  • honorary presidency
occupation
  • scientific collector
  • politician
  • diplomat
  • professor
  • zoologist
  • speed skater
  • polar explorer
  • writer
  • photographer
educated at
  • University of Oslo
field of work
  • oceanography
employer
  • University Museum of Bergen
  • University of Oslo
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