NANSEN Meaning of NANSEN in English /nan"seuhn/ ; Norw. /nahn"seuhn/ , n.Fridtjof /frddit"yof/ , 1861-1930, Norwegian arctic explorer, zoologist, and statesman: Nobel peace prize 1922. Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012