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 the co-founder of the Fatherland League. The Nobel Peace Prize 1922, announced December 10, 1922. Fridtjof Nansen, “for his leading role in the repatriation of prisoners of war, in international relief work and as the League of Nations' High Commissioner for refugees”. Fridtjof Nansen: born 1861, Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).