Nansen passport
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Nansen passports, originally and officially stateless persons passports, were internationally recognized refugee travel documents from 1922 to 1938, first issued by the League of Nations's Office of t
The front cover of a Nansen passport (green stripe), written in French, the diplomatic language
Nansen passport cover; Police office, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1930
Nansen passport renewal stamp; Nansen International Office for Refugees, 1930
Memorial plaque (partial view); outside wall, City Hall, Oslo, Norway, 2007
Fridtjof Nansen
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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
Nansen passport
…for Refugees to stateless refugees. They quickly became known as "Nansen passports" for their promoter, the Norwegian statesman and polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen. The end of World War I saw significant turmoil, leading to a refugee crisis. Numerous governments were toppled, and national borders were redrawn…
Nansen in 1890
Nansen in 1865 (age 4)
Nansen as a student in Christiania (1880, age 19)
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, whose 1883 expedition had penetrated 160 kilometres (100 mi; 90 nmi) into the Greenland icecap