Odd Nansen

Odd Nansen ( born December 6, 1901 in Kristiania (now Oslo), † June 27, 1973 in Oslo) was a Norwegian architect and philanthropist, son of Norwegian statesman Fridtjof Nansen and co-founder of UNICEF.

Work

Odd Nansen founded in 1936 Nansen assistance to refugees and stateless persons. My office was closed in the fall of 1942 by the Norwegian Nazi -controlled authorities. Already in January 1942 Nansen was imprisoned, first in the Norwegian camp Grini ( to Akershus, near Oslo), and later in the German concentration camp Sachsenhausen, where he was liberated in April 1945.

In 1946 he co-founded the Children's Fund (UNICEF ).

Awards (selection)

Writings (selection )

  • Fra Dag Til Dag, 3 volumes, Dreyer, Oslo 1946
  • From day to day, Dulk, Hamburg, 1949 ( abridged edition, German Ingeborg Goebel )
  • I ellevte time. En roll call til Europarådet om det Tyske flyktningeproblem, Dreyer, Oslo 1951
  • Tommy. En sannferdig continued rappelling, Sansoni, Oslo 1970 ( about Thomas Buergenthal, whom he had met in Sachsenhausen concentration camp ).
  • Architect ( Norway)
  • Prisoner in Sachsenhausen concentration camp
  • Knight of the Grand Cross of Merit with Star and Sash
  • Support of the St. Olav's Order ( Commander )
  • Norwegian
  • Born 1901
  • Died in 1973
  • Man
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