Nansen Academy
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| name = Nansen Academy
| native_name = {{native name|no|Nansenskolen – Norsk Humanistisk Akademi}}
| latin_name =
| image = Nansenskolen logo.svg
| alt =
| caption = Logo of Nansenskolen
| location = Lillehammer, Norway
| streetaddress = Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsonsgate 2
| coordinates = {{coord|61|6|28|N|10|27|55|E|type:landmark_region:NO}}
| founded = 1938
| status = Folk High School
| lower_age = 19
| upper_age = 82
| imagesize = 200px
| postalcode = 2609
| headteacher = Unn Irene Aasdalen
| homepage = [http://www.nansenskolen.no/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=57&Itemid=95 www.nansenskolen.no]
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The Nansen Academy – Norwegian Humanistic Academy ({{langx|no|Nansenskolen – Norsk Humanistisk Akademi}}) is a folk high school in Lillehammer, Norway.{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Nansenskolen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|editor=Henriksen, Petter|url=http://www.snl.no/Nansenskolen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=22 July 2009}}
History
Nansen Academy was founded as a humanist and anti-totalitarian institution. The school was named after polar explorer, scientist, author and humanist Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). His work embodied essential elements of humanism: active love of one's neighbour and freedom of thought.{{cite encyclopedia|url = https://nbl.snl.no/Fridtjof_Nansen |title=Fridtjof Nansen|encyclopedia =Norsk biografisk leksikon |author= Karl H. Brox|accessdate=June 1, 2018}}
The school was established in 1938 by Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup Jr. (1894–1980) Bishop of the Diocese of Hamar together with future Norwegian Resistance Movement members Anders Platou Wyller (1903-1940) and Henriette Bie Lorentzen (1911–2001). Its first school year started in 1939.
It was closed and dissolved during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, after only one year of existence.
It resurfaced after the liberation of Norway at the end of World War II and re-opened in 1946.Pål Repstad, Teologisk profilering i sosial kontekst. Kristian Schjelderups liv, tid og teologi, Kristiansand 1994, pp. 436–437
The Nansen Academy offers a one-year study founded in the Folk high school tradition common to Scandinavian nations.
The interdisciplinary programme is mainly based on social and humanistic sciences. Historical, holistic and ethical perspectives are encouraged. The main aim is to inspire independent thinking and reflection, as well as creativity, as a basis for active participation in society. All students attend classes in philosophy, international security politics and cultural history (art, literature, music) as well as their chosen programme. The students stay in dormitories on campus.{{cite web|url = http://www.danishfolkhighschools.com/about-folk-high-schools/history/ |title=A brief history of the folk high school|publisher =The Association of Folk High Schools in Denmark|accessdate=June 1, 2018}}
The Nansen Academy initiated the Norwegian Festival of Literature (Norsk Litteraturfestival) 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 war zones and for peace education, [http://peace.no/NO/ Nansen Center for Peace and Dialogue]. The academy received the Fritt Ord Award (Fritt Ords pris) in 1987 and received Honourable Mention for the “UNESCO Prize for Peace Education” in 1998.{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Norsk_Litteraturfestival|title= Norsk Litteraturfestival|publisher=Store norske leksikon|author= Fred Huvenes
|accessdate=June 1, 2018}}{{cite encyclopedia|url= https://snl.no/Fritt_Ord|title= Fritt Ord|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|author= Jon Gunnar Arntzen|accessdate=June 1, 2018}}{{cite web|url= http://www.unesco.org/archives/multimedia/?pg=33&s=films_details&id=207&vl=Eng&vo=2|title=Honourable mention: Fridtjof Nansen Academy (Norway)|date=24 March 2014 |publisher= UNESCO|accessdate=June 1, 2018}}
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References
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Other sources
- Forfang, Halvard Grude (1977) Nansenskolen 1936-1940 : to venners drøm og dåd (Oslo : Gyldendal) {{ISBN|82-05-09335-0}}
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Category:Folk high schools in Norway
Category:Buildings and structures in Lillehammer
Category:Education in Innlandet
Category:Educational institutions established in 1938
Category:1938 establishments in Norway
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