Fridtjof Nansen Yerevan in Soviet Armenia, and to find homes for a further 40,000 in Syria and Lebanon. In 1938, the year in which it was superseded by a wider-ranging body, the Nansen Office was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1954, the League's successor body, the United Nations, established the Nansen Medal, later named the Nansen Refugee Award, given annually by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to an individual, group or organisation "for outstanding work on behalf of the forcibly displaced". Numerous geographical features bear his name: the Nansen Basin and the Nansen-Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic Ocean; Mount
Brandon Nansen Brandon Nansen Brandon Nansen (born 3 November 1993) is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a lock or loose forward for the Dragons in Newport, Wales. Previously Nansen represented North Harbour in New Zealand's provincial rugby tournament and the Blues in Super Rugby. He plays internationally for the Samoa national rugby union team. Nansen attended Sacred Heart College and represented at under-16 and under-18 level. He started his senior career in 2013, playing for . He quickly became a regular in the side and went on to make 9 appearances for them as they lifted the