| Nansen passport | |
|---|---|
 The front cover of a Nansen passport (green stripe), written in French, the diplomatic language | |
| Type | Passport |
| Issued by | League of Nations |
| First issued | 1922 |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility | Stateless refugees |
| Expiration | 1938 |
Nansen passports, originally and officially stateless persons passports, were internationally recognized refugee travel documents from 1922 to 1938, first issued by the League of Nations's Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees to stateless refugees.[1] They quickly became known as "Nansen passports" for their promoter, the Norwegian statesman and polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen.
- ^ "The Little-Known Passport That Protected 450,000 Refugees" Atlas Obscura. Retrieved October 10, 2017