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Eigil Nansen

Eigil Nansen was the son of architect and humanist Odd Nansen and the grandson of explorer and humanist Fridtjof Nansen.

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The opening ceremony of the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Eigil Nansen with the Olympic Torch. source ↗

Eigil Nansen (18 June 1931 – 27 February 2017) was the son of architect and humanist Odd Nansen and the grandson of explorer and humanist Fridtjof Nansen.1

In 1991, he won The Lisl and Leo Eitinger Prize for his work with refugees and human rights.2 Nansen is also known for lighting the first Winter Olympic cauldron, in 1952.

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  1. Han tente OL-ilden i 1952 - og feires som en konge i Sibir, Dagbladet, 1 March 2017. Accessed 1 March 2017.
  2. http://www.uio.no/om_uio/priser/eitinger/previous.html The Lisl and Leo Eitinger Prize @ The University of Oslo