Holberg Medal

The Holberg Medal (Danish: Holberg-Medaljen) is an award to a Danish author of fiction or writer on science. It is awarded by the Danish association of authors, and is an appreciation of a literary or scientific work or of the award winner's authorship as a whole. The prize is often awarded on 3 December, the birthday of Ludvig Holberg. The first award was given in 1934 in connection with the 40th anniversary of the Danish association of authors.

The winner is decided by a committee consisting of 1 member from the Danish Ministry of Culture's literature council, two representatives from the University of Copenhagen and two representatives from the Danish association of authors.

Prize winners 1934 – Vilhelm AndersenLitteraturpriser.dk Litteraturpriser.dk] 1935 – Sven Clausen 1937 – Valdemar Rørdam 1938 – Th.A. Müller 1939 – Jacob Paludan 1940 – Thit Jensen 1941 – Henrik Pontoppidan 1942 – Frederik Poulsen 1943 – Otto Rung 1944 – Johannes Jørgensen 1945 – Tom Kristensen 1946 – Harry Søiberg 1947 – Carl Erik Soya 1948 – Paul la Cour 1949 – Karen Blixen 1950 – Hans Hartvig Seedorff Pedersen 1951 – Torben Krogh 1952 – Martin A. Hansen 1953 – Helge Topsøe-Jensen 1954 – H.C. Branner 1955 – Knuth Becker 1956 – Palle Lauring 1957 – Kjeld Abell 1958 – F.J. Billeskov Jansen 1959 – Knud Sønderby 1960 – William Heinesen 1961 – Robert Neiiendam 1962 – Finn Methling 1963 – Otto Gelsted 1964 – Morten Borup 1965 – Hans Scherfig 1966 – Aage Dons 1967 – Hakon Stangerup 1968 – Willy-August Linnemann 1969 – Steen Eiler Rasmussen 1970 – Rudolf Broby-Johansen 1971 – Leif Panduro 1972 – K.E. Løgstrup 1973 – Villy Sørensen 1974 – Oluf Friis 1975 – Aage Kragelund 1976 – Elsa Gress 1977 – Jens Kruuse 1978 – Erik Knudsen 1979 – Klaus Rifbjerg 1980 – Aage Hansen 1981 – Svend Kragh-Jacobsen 1982 – Heðin Brú 1983 – Thorkild Bjørnvig 1984 – Lise Sørensen 1985 – Jørgen Gustava Brandt 1986 – Halfdan Rasmussen 1987 – Inger Christensen 1988 – Svend Eegholm Pedersen 1989 – Ulla Ryum 1990 – Svend Aage Madsen 1991 – Sven Holm 1992 – Suzanne Brøgger 1993 – Erik A. Nielsen 1994 – Ole Wivel 1995 – Henrik Stangerup 1996 – Astrid Saalbach 1997 – Per Højholt 1998 – Jess Ørnsbo 1999 – Carsten Jensen 2000 – Bent Holm 2001 – Benny Andersen 2002 – Keld Zeruneith 2003 – Ebbe Kløvedal Reich 2004 – Erling Jepsen 2005 – Thomas Bredsdorff 2006 – Line Knutzon 2007 – Klaus Peter Mortensen 2008 – Anders Matthesen 2009 – Jørn Lund 2010 – Nikoline Werdelin 2011 – Ursula Andkjær Olsen 2012 - Rune Lykkeberg 2013 - Henning Mortensen 2014 - Karen Skovgaard-Petersen 2015 - Dorrit Willumsen 2016 - Ivar Gjørup 2017 - Kaspar Colling Nielsen 2018 - Peter Zeeberg 2019 - Helle Helle 2020 - Birgitte Possing 2021 - Dorte Karrebæk 2022 - Ditlev Tamm 2023 - Frederik Cilius

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