Nansen Refugee Award laureates

chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)

American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884–1962)

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

Italian operatic tenor (1935–2007)

French official and politician (1926–2020)

Tanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania (1922–1999)

international humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation

President of Germany from 1984 to 1994

Edward Moore Kennedy was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-most-senior member of the Senate when he died. He is ranked fifth in U.S. history for length of continuous service as a senator. Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the father of U.S. representative Patrick J. Kennedy.

king of Norway (1903-1991)

Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1980 (1909-2004)

Russian historical and civil rights society

First President of Botswana (1921–1980)

Queen of Norway since 1991

Canadians are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Canadian.

Mozambican humanitarian activist and politician

humanitarian organization

husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1911-2004); prince consort of the Netherlands (1911-2004)

Leader of the Crimean Tatar National Movement

award conferred by the UN Refugee Agency

Brazilian archbishop, cardinal and theologian (1921-2016)

non-governmental organization (1970-)

Namibian physician and politician, recipient of Nansen Refugee Award (1991)

Afghan teacher, Nansen Refugee Award recipient (2015)

Burundian humanitarian

British runner and politician (1931-2014)

Maltese lawyer

International aid organization with headquarter in France

Italian lawyer and activist (1943–2003)

Patriarch of Ethiopia (1935-2012)

Argentine pianist (1940–2022)

nun from Democratic Republic of the Congo, recipient of Nansen Refugee Award (2013)

Dutch politician (1901-1956)

Somali teacher and activist, recipient of Nansen Refugee Award (2012)

British politician (1929-2011)

national Red Crescent society of Malaysia

Norwegian sailor

non-governmental organization of Search and Rescue

Argentine activist (1898-1964)

Japanese businessperson

Norwegian missionary (1921-2009)

American activist

French social activist and Righteous Among the Nations