Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained early fame as a polar explorer, leading the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and his scientific work spanned zoology and neuroscience before he turned to oceanography later in his career. He went on to play a major role in Norwegian independence as a diplomat, and near the end of his life devoted himself to humanitarian work through the League of Nations, creating the Nansen passport for stateless people and receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his refugee relief efforts.
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The couple had three children; the first died in infancy, the second, born 10 October 1861, was Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen.
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Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (Norwegian: [ˈfrɪ̂tːjɔf ˈnɑ̀nsn̩]; 10 October 1861 - 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
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13 May 1930
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was a Norwegian polymath
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He led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888
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born in Vestre Aker
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died in Polhøgda
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also known as Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen
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citizen of Norway
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