Eigil Nansen

{{Short description|Norwegian human rights activist (1931–2017)}} thumb|The opening ceremony of the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Eigil Nansen with the Olympic Torch. '''Eigil Nansen''' (18 June 1931 – 27 February 2017) was the son of architect and humanist Odd Nansen and the grandson of explorer and humanist Fridtjof Nansen.<ref>[http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/han-tente-ol-ilden-i-1952---og-feires-som-en-konge-i-sibir/66642215 Han tente OL-ilden i 1952 - og feires som en konge i Sibir], ''Dagbladet'', 1 March 2017. Accessed 1 March 2017.</ref>

In 1991, he won The Lisl and Leo Eitinger Prize for his work with refugees and human rights.<ref>http://www.uio.no/om_uio/priser/eitinger/previous.html The Lisl and Leo Eitinger Prize @ The University of Oslo</ref> Nansen is also known for lighting the first Winter Olympic cauldron, in 1952.

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{{S-start}} {{s-sports|oly}} {{succession box | title=Final Olympic torchbearer| before=John Mark | after=Paavo Nurmi and Hannes Kolehmainen| years=Oslo 1952}} {{s-bef|before=''First Final Torchbearer''}} {{s-ttl|title=Final Winter Olympic torchbearer|years=Oslo 1952}} {{s-aft|after= Guido Caroli}} {{S-end}}

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