Nansen medal for Outstanding Research
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The Nansen medal for Outstanding Research is a Norwegian
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Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 medal awarded by the Nansen fund.

The medal is awarded to scientists who have produced research of international significance of a very high level. The medal is awarded to Norwegian scientists or to scientists residing permanently in Norway.

The medal is awarded to recipients of the Fridtjof Nansen prize for outstanding research since 2003 and was approved as an official Norwegian medal by Royal Resolution on 25 April 2007.

The Nansen Prize has been awarded since 1897 and in a ceremony in 2003 all living prizewinners were awarded the medal. Since 2003 the prize and the medal has been awarded in the same ceremony.

The medal is ranked 15 in the ranking of orders, decorations and medals of Norway.
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