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Fridtjof Nansen

Politician · born October 10, 1861 · died 1930

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Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, a scientist, a diplomat, a humanitarian, and the co-founder of the Fatherland League.

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  1. ~61Received the Nobel Peace Prize1922

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