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a passport issued after World War I by the League of Nations to refugees unable to establish citizenship.[1920-25; after F. NANSEN, on whose initiative an agreement to issue such passports was signed]
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Nansen passport
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Nansen, Fridtjof — born Oct. 10, 1861, Store Frøen, near Kristiania, Nor. died May 13, 1930, Lysaker, near Oslo Norwegian explorer and statesman. In 1888 he led the first expedition to cross the ice fields of Greenland. On a later expedition, in 1895, in an attempt … Universalium
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