Fridtjof Nansen

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diplomat explorer human humanitarian scientist

Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, and humanitarian renowned for his Arctic expeditions and pioneering work on behalf of refugees after World War I.

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Label	Occurrences
Fridtjof Nansen canonical	50
Fridtjof Nansen lived here until his death in 1930	1
Fritjof Nansen	1
Nansen	1
Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen	1
Norwegian humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen	1
Norwegian scientist Fridtjof Nansen	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diplomat ⓘ explorer ⓘ human ⓘ humanitarian ⓘ scientist ⓘ
awardReceived	Cullum Geographical Medal ⓘ Murchison Medal ⓘ surface form: Murchison Award Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ surface form: Nobel Peace Prize 1922 Royal Geographical Society Founder’s Gold Medal ⓘ Royal Geographical Society Patron’s Medal ⓘ Vega Medal ⓘ
burialPlace	Polhøgda, Lysaker, Norway ⓘ
child	Odd Nansen ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Norway ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1861-10-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1930-05-13 ⓘ
educatedAt	Royal Frederick University ⓘ
employer	University of Oslo ⓘ
expedition	Greenland ice cap crossing ⓘ surface form: 1888 Greenland crossing expedition Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean ⓘ surface form: 1893–1896 Fram expedition
fieldOfWork	humanitarianism ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ oceanography ⓘ polar exploration ⓘ
knownFor	Arctic exploration ⓘ Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean ⓘ Greenland ice cap crossing ⓘ Nansen passport ⓘ surface form: Nansen passport for stateless refugees work for refugees after World War I ⓘ
memberOf	Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ⓘ
namedAfter	Fridtjof Nansen Institute ⓘ Nansen Basin ⓘ Nansen Island ⓘ Nansen Sound ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Norwegian ⓘ
notableWork	Farthest North ⓘ Greenland ice cap crossing ⓘ surface form: The First Crossing of Greenland
occupation	author ⓘ oceanographer ⓘ university professor ⓘ zoologist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Store Frøen, Aker, Norway ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Lysaker, Norway ⓘ
positionHeld	League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ⓘ Norwegian ambassador to the United Kingdom ⓘ Rector of the University of Oslo ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
shipUsed	Fram ⓘ
spouse	Eva Nansen ⓘ

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Nansen Refugee Award → namedAfter → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

University of Oslo → hasNotableAlumni → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fritjof Nansen

Nansen passport → namedAfter → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Nansen passport → introducedBy → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees → namedAfter → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees → firstHolder → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees → notablePersonInRole → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Nansen Basin → namedAfter → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Nansen Medal → namedAfter → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Fram Museum → hasExhibitionTheme → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Fridtjof Nansen Award for Excellence in Science → namedAfter → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Store Frøen, Aker, Norway → associatedWith → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Lysaker, Norway → historicallyAssociatedWith → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

subject surface form: Lysaker

Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean → leader → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Fram expedition across the Arctic Ocean → commander → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Greenland ice cap crossing → leader → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Greenland ice cap crossing → participant → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Greenland ice cap crossing → organizedBy → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Greenland ice cap crossing → authorOfAccount → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Farthest North → author → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Farthest North → mainCharacter → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Fram → expeditionLeader → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Fram → operator → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Odd Nansen → father → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ

Polhøgda, Lysaker, Norway → formerResident → Fridtjof Nansen ⓘ