EigilNansen, grandson of the famous explorer Fridtjof Nansen, lights the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Oslo.
With the 1952 Games, Norwegian athletes finally could showcase their supremacy before an enthusiastic hometown crowd, and the country’s passion for winter sports would be on display for the world.
As a tribute to Fridtjof Nansen, who crossed Greenland on skis in 1888, his grandson EigilNansen carried the torch along the stretch into Bislett stadium.
Teddy was crushed in ice and the crew rescued by East Greenlanders.
Presentation inscription from Eigil Knuth (the editor) to Birket-Smith (member of the organising committee).
Compilation of information relating to the forthcoming expedition; includes details of personnel, support aircraft and ship, radio procedures, stores, revolvers and rifles, scientific instruments, photograph equipment, etc. Probably only a few copies were printed, for issue to expedition members and support staff.
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It was then relayed by 94 skiers all the way to Oslo.
EigilNansen, grandson of famous explorer Fridtjof Nansen who was the first man to lead an expedition across the ice fields of Greenland, lit the first Winter flame.
Oslo-native Hjalmar Andersen stole the show at his home-Olympics winning all three long distance speed skating events in the 1,500m, 5,000m, and 10,000m races.
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, where it was handed from the Norwegian ski champion Lauritz Bergendal to EigilNansen, grandson of the famous explorer Fridtjof Nansen, who lit the cauldron.
Speed skater Hjalmar Andersen starred for the host nation, winning three gold medals.
EigilNansen, grandson of the famous explorer Fridtjof Nansen.
As noted above, the entire relay was done by skiers, most of them either famous in Norway or descendants of famous skiers of the past.
The Olympic cauldron was lit by EigilNansen, grandson of Fridtjof Nansen, the explorer, scientist, and humanitarian who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922.
During his days as an explorer, he led an expedition that crossed Greenland on skis.
The well-known philanthropists of Armenian origin Kirk Kirkoryan and Gerald Kafeschyan have been awarded Fridtjof Nansen Medal.
The director of the Fridtjof Nansen Foundation Felix Bakhchinyan says that Kafeschyan has made an invaluable contribution to Armenian economy development, restoration of Cascade Museum in Yerevan.
In the past decade the foundation has conferred medals on the grandson of Fridtjof NansenEigilNansen, ex prime minister of Russia Nikolay Rizhkov, the president of the National Academy of Norway, the Armenian and NKR presidents, Armenia's prime minister and DM, some writers and scientists.
EigilNansen, the grandson of Frithjof Nansen, the great explorer, lights the Olympic flame at the Bislet Stadium in Oslo for the opening of the winter Olympic Games.
Norwegian ski jumper Torbjorn Falkanger takes the Olympic oath on behalf of all the contestants during the opening ceremony of the sixth winter Olympic games at Bislett Stadium in Oslo on 15th February 1952.
More than 200.000 American draft refusal cases were sent to the Justice Department for prosecution, of these only about 8.000 were convicted and 3.000 served times in prison, untold persons failed to register for the draft...
This movement began as a protest against the planned production of the neutron bomb and continued as a protest movement against the NATO's "twin track" policy of the modernization of the organization's nuclear forces coupled with the arms control talks of the super powers.
However, most of the American CO's during World War II were pacifists.
