The definition of a refugee at this time was an individual with either a Nansen passport or a " Certificate of Eligibility " issued by the International Refugee Organization.

* In 1961 the King was a laureate of the Nansen Refugee Award.

" In the same year, The UN refugee agency ( UNHCR ) named Memorial the winner of the annual Nansen Refugee Award for its wide range of services on behalf of forced migrants and internally displaced people in the Russian Federation, as well as refugees from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

In Parliament, Chataway took up the issue of refugees, especially in Africa, and campaigned so hard during World Refugee Year that he was awarded a Nansen Medal.

The crew of the Tampa received the Nansen Refugee Award for 2002 from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) for their involvement in the events.

The Nansen Refugee Award formerly known as the Nansen Medal is given annually by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to individuals or groups in recognition of outstanding service to the cause of refugees.

More than 60 individuals, groups or organizations have won the Nansen Refugee Award since Eleanor Roosevelt became the first winner in 1954.

The Nansen Refugee Award is given annually by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in recognition of outstanding service to the cause of refugees.

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Led by Fridtjof Nansen, the Commission for Refugees was established on 27 June 1921 to look after the interests of refugees, including overseeing their repatriation and, when necessary, resettlement.

It also established the Nansen passport as a means of identification for stateless persons.

One of its innovations in this latter area was the 1922 introduction of the Nansen passport, which was the first internationally recognized identity card for stateless refugees.

In April 1895 the Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen struck out for the Pole on skis after leaving Nansen's icebound ship Fram.

Using the ship Fram (" Forward "), earlier used by Fridtjof Nansen, he left Norway for the south, leaving Oslo on 3 June 1910.

Prior to the establishment of UNHCR, Fridtjof Nansen was the League of Nations High Commissioner of the Nansen International Office for Refugees, from 1922.

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The Nansen International Office for Refugees was awarded the 1938 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to establish the Nansen passports.

While Nansen passports are no longer issued, present national authorities, including the United Nations, issue documents for stateless people and refugees.

Population transfer prevented further attacks on minorities in the respective states while Nansen was awarded a Nobel Prize for Peace.

The first international co-ordination on refugee affairs came with the League of Nations ' appointment of Fridtjof Nansen to the newly created post of High Commissioner for Refugees.

In 1930, the Nansen International Office for Refugees was established as a successor agency to the Commission.

Its most notable achievement was the Nansen passport, a passport for refugees, for which it was awarded the 1938 Nobel Peace Prize.

On 31 December 1938, both the Nansen Office and High Commission were dissolved and replaced by the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees under the Protection of the League.

* Nansen Academy-the Norwegian Humanistic Academy-The Nansen Academy is an educational institution for adult students with different political, religious and cultural backgrounds.

Whilst leading this expedition, Jackson and his men were contacted on 17 June 1896, by the Norwegian arctic explorer Fridtjof Nansen and his companion Hjalmar Johansen, whom had not been heard of for three years and were presumed dead, who were trying to reach Spitsbergen by kayak.

In 1991, he won The Lisl and Leo Eitinger Prize for his work with refugees and human rights, Eigil Nansen is also known for lighting the first Winter Olympic Flame in 1952.

Nansen goes on to point out that Pytheas must have stopped to obtain astronomical data ; presumably, the extra time was spent ashore.

The ancient perimeter, according to Nansen based on the 23800, was 2375 miles.

The plan was to sail along the coast of Siberia and go into the ice farther to the north and east than Nansen had.

Fridtjof Nansen was Professor of Zoology and Rector-elect, and was also known as an explorer, humanitarian and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

This particular adaptation, which used film footage of the city and stories from the community, was adapted and directed by Alan Lyddiard who then re-created it at Betty Nansen Theatre in Copenhagen in 2005.

The Nansen passport was developed as a result of a series of citizenship laws in European countries, including but not limited to the United Kingdom, Germany and France, that excluded millions of ethnic minorities, which were erstwhile residents in their countries, from attaining citizenship.

The Nansen Office was plagued by problems of financing, an increase in refugee numbers, and a lack of co-operation from some member states, which led to mixed success overall.

* 1872: The oldest ski club in North America still existing is the Nansen Ski Club, which was founded in 1872 by Norwegian immigrants of Berlin, New Hampshire under a different name.

Fridtjof Nansen believed that the use of sled dogs was the only effective way to explore the north and used Samoyeds on his polar expeditions.

One of the first tourists in Hemsedal was the famous Norwegian polar explorer Fritjof Nansen who visited in 1898 and stayed at the Bjøberg Fjellstue.

In 1883, Fridtjof Nansen participated, and was a main attraction, having then won fame by finishing the distance Bergen to Oslo on skis.