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[[File:Fridtjof Nansen 1.png|thumb|230px|Fridtjof Nansen]]
'''Fridtjof Nansen''' (10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, humanitarian, diplomat and scientist. In 1922 he was awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for his work on behalf of the displaced victims of the [[First World War]] and related conflicts.<ref>[https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1922/nansen/facts/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1922/nansen/facts/]</ref>
==Life==
Nansen became the first to cross [[Greenland]] on skis, and later also achieved success with his Fram expedition to the [[North Pole]].<ref>[https://www.frihetskamp.net/fridtjof-nansen-mot-verdens-ende/ Fridtjof Nansen mot «verdens ende»]</ref> After the First World War, he became strongly involved in helping millions of refugees and ethnic minorities who, after new state formations, were in a vulnerable position. He was particularly committed to do something about the famine in Russia and to stopping the genocide of the [[Armenians]] after the dissolution of the [[Ottoman Empire]].

In later life, Nansen began to get involved in political life in [[Norway]], he was one of the founders of the [[anti-communist]] organization [[Fedrelandslaget]] (the Fatherland League), where he became one of the leaders. In 1929 he went on a tour for the Fatherland League on the ship ''Stella Polaris'', holding speeches from [[Bergen]] to [[Hammerfest]]. 

==Death==
Fridtjof Nansen died on 13 May 1930 and the funeral was on 17 May, the Norwegian National Day.<ref>[https://www.frihetskamp.net/nansen-og-fedrelandslaget/ Nansen og Fedrelandslaget]</ref> Nansen described himself as an [[agnostic]].

==Gallery==
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File:Fridtjof Nansen with his daughter Irmelin circa 1908.png|Fridtjof Nansen with his daughter Irmelin, circa 1908
File:Nansen in front of an Armenian orphanage, 25 June 1925.png|Nansen in front of an Armenian orphanage, 25 June 1925
File:Vidkun Quisling and Fridtjof Nansen 1920s.png|Vidkun Quisling and Fridtjof Nansen, 1920s
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==Further reading==
*''Fridtjof Nansen: A Book for the Young'' by Jacob B. Bull

==References==
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