Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Nansen Academy – Norwegian Humanistic Academy (Norwegian: Nansenskolen – Norsk humanistisk akademi) is a folk high school in Lillehammer, Norway.It was named after Fritjof Nansen, and was established in 1938 by Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Jr., Anders Platou Wyller and Henriette Bie Lorentzen. Founded as a humanist and anti-totalitarian institution, it was closed and dissolved during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, after only one year of existence (its first school year started in 1939). It resurfaced after the occupation, in 1946.The Nansen Academy initiated the Norwegian Festival of Literature and the first national dialogues between religions in Norway. It organizes the yearly Olympic academies in cooperation with the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of sports. The Nansen Academy also organises a center working on dialogue in warzones and for peace education, the Norwegian Peace Center and Nansen Dialogue. The academy received the Fritt Ord Award in 1987 and an UNESCO award in 1998. The present director is Heidrun Sørlie Røhr."@en }
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- Nansen_Academy abstract "The Nansen Academy – Norwegian Humanistic Academy (Norwegian: Nansenskolen – Norsk humanistisk akademi) is a folk high school in Lillehammer, Norway.It was named after Fritjof Nansen, and was established in 1938 by Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Jr., Anders Platou Wyller and Henriette Bie Lorentzen. Founded as a humanist and anti-totalitarian institution, it was closed and dissolved during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, after only one year of existence (its first school year started in 1939). It resurfaced after the occupation, in 1946.The Nansen Academy initiated the Norwegian Festival of Literature and the first national dialogues between religions in Norway. It organizes the yearly Olympic academies in cooperation with the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of sports. The Nansen Academy also organises a center working on dialogue in warzones and for peace education, the Norwegian Peace Center and Nansen Dialogue. The academy received the Fritt Ord Award in 1987 and an UNESCO award in 1998. The present director is Heidrun Sørlie Røhr.".