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Fridtjof Nansen

1861 - 1930

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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. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and co-founded the Fatherland League. He led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, traversing the island on cross-country skis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fridtjof Nansen has received more than 2,771,280 page views. His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Fridtjof Nansen is the 18th most popular explorer (down from 17th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Norway (up from 11th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Explorer.

Fridtjof Nansen is most famous for his exploration of the Arctic and his invention of a new type of ship, the Fram.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Fridtjof Nansen ranks 18 out of 498. Before him are Francis Drake, Francisco Pizarro, Prince Henry the Navigator, Abel Tasman, Pedro Álvares Cabral, and Xuanzang. After him are Juan Sebastián Elcano, Jacques Cartier, David Livingstone, Jacques Cousteau, Erik the Red, and Vitus Bering.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Fridtjof Nansen ranks 4. Before him are Rabindranath Tagore, Mehmed VI, and Rudolf Steiner. After him are Lou Andreas-Salomé, Georges Méliès, Charles Édouard Guillaume, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Victor Horta, Erich von Falkenhayn, Georgy Lvov, and Alfred North Whitehead. Among people deceased in 1930, Fridtjof Nansen ranks 2. Before him is Arthur Conan Doyle. After him are Alfred Wegener, Ilya Repin, Zewditu, Vladimir Mayakovsky, William Howard Taft, Allvar Gullstrand, Joan Gamper, Christiaan Eijkman, Fritz Pregl, and Miguel Primo de Rivera.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Fridtjof Nansen ranks 10 out of 1,039. Before him are Harald V of Norway (1937), Edvard Grieg (1843), Henrik Ibsen (1828), Anni-Frid Lyngstad (1945), Knut Hamsun (1859), and Niels Henrik Abel (1802). After him are Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832), Harald Fairhair (850), Erik the Red (950), Queen Sonja of Norway (1937), Thor Heyerdahl (1914), and Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939).

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Among EXPLORERS In Norway

Among explorers born in Norway, Fridtjof Nansen ranks 2. Before him are Roald Amundsen (1872). After him are Erik the Red (950), Thor Heyerdahl (1914), Ingólfr Arnarson (850), Otto Sverdrup (1854), Naddodd (900), Thekla Resvoll (1871), Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Carl Anton Larsen (1860), and Hjalmar Johansen (1867).

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