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Nansen Refugee Award

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The Nansen Refugee Award was established in 1954.

Nansen Refugee Award

Summary

Nansen Refugee Award is an award[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nansen Refugee Award won the Eleanor Roosevelt[3].
  • Nansen Refugee Award won the Dorothy D. Houghton[4].
  • Nansen Refugee Award won the Juliana of the Netherlands[5].
  • Nansen Refugee Award won the Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart[6].
  • Nansen Refugee Award won the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies[7].
  • Nansen Refugee Award won the David Hoggett[8].
  • Nansen Refugee Award's instance of is recorded as award[9].
  • Fridtjof Nansen is named after Nansen Refugee Award[10].
  • Nansen Refugee Award took place at Geneva[11].
  • Nansen Refugee Award's Commons category is recorded as Nansen Refugee Award[12].
  • +1954-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nansen Refugee Award[13].
  • Nansen Refugee Award began on +1954-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Nansen Refugee Award's official website is recorded as http://www.unhcr.org/nansen[15].
  • Nansen Refugee Award's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nansen Refugee Award[16].
  • Nansen Refugee Award's conferred by is recorded as Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees[17].

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Designation and Status

Nansen Refugee Award's instance of is recorded as award[9].

History and Context

+1954-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Nansen Refugee Award[13]. Fridtjof Nansen is named after it[10].

Why It Matters

Nansen Refugee Award ranks in the top 4% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

FAQs

What awards did Nansen Refugee Award receive?

Honors received include Eleanor Roosevelt[3], Dorothy D. Houghton[4], Juliana of the Netherlands[5], and Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart[6].

Related Entities

Angela Merkel award Canada Daisaku Ikeda Eleanor Roosevelt Fridtjof Nansen Graça Machel Juan Carlos I of Spain Juliana of the Netherlands Julius Nyerere Luciano Pavarotti Mustafa Dzhemilev Olav V of Norway Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld Queen Sonja of Norway Richard von Weizsäcker Seretse Khama Ted Kennedy Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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