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Sonning Prize

The Sonning Prize () is a Danish culture prize awarded biennially for outstanding contributions to European culture. It is named after the Danish editor and author Carl Johan Sonning (1879–1937), who established the prize by his will.

A prize was first awarded in 1950 to Winston Churchill. However, a sequence of annual awards in this name was established in 1959 with the award to Albert Schweitzer followed by Bertrand Russell in 1960, the criterion being someone who "has accomplished meritorious work for the advancement of European civilization", and judged by a committee of the Senate of the University of Copenhagen. From 1971, it was awarded every second year.

Prize winners are chosen by a committee chaired by the rector of the University of Copenhagen which decides on laureates from a selection of candidates proposed by European universities. The prize amounts to DKK 1 million (~€135,000) and the award ceremony is always held on or around 19 April (Sonning's birthday) in Copenhagen.

Sonning Prize laureates

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YearRecipientLifespanOccupationCountry
19501874–1965Author and statesmanUnited Kingdom
19591875–1965Philosopher and physicianFrance
19601872–1970PhilosopherUnited Kingdom
19611885–1962PhysicistDenmark
19621898–1976ArchitectFinland
19631886–1968TheologianSwitzerland
19641910–1969Theologian and humanitarianBelgium
19651894–1972Author and statesmanAustria
19661907–1989ActorUnited Kingdom
19671900–1985TheologianNetherlands
19681905–1983AuthorUnited Kingdom
19691902–1998AuthorIceland
19701897–1976AuthorWest Germany
19711924–1997Author and social activistItaly
19731902–1994PhilosopherAustria
19751906–1975Author and politologistWest Germany
19771912–2009PhilosopherNorway
19791919–1986PhilanthropistAustria
19811926–2016PlaywrightItaly
19831908–1986AuthorFrance
19851900–1991AuthorFaroe Islands
1987b. 1929Sociologist and philosopherWest Germany
19891918–2007Film and theatre directorSweden
19911936–2011Author and statesmanCzechoslovakia
19941941–1996Film directorPoland
19961927–2015AuthorGermany
19981918–2008ArchitectDenmark
2000b. 1936Author and theatre directorItaly
2002b. 1944PoliticianIreland
2004b. 1952Video and installation artistUnited Kingdom
20061929–2019PhilosopherHungary
2008b. 1937ArchitectItaly
20101929–2022AuthorGermany
2012b. 1952AuthorTurkey
2014b. 1942Film directorAustria
2018b. 1956Film directorDenmark
2021{{cite weblast=Wenandefirst=Christiantitle=b. 1948Author and dissidentBelarus
2023b. 1946Performance artistSerbia
2025b. 1946Physical ChemistFrance

References

References

  1. "Michael Haneke: Sonning Prize Laureate 2014".
  2. (11 October 1950). "CHURCHILL HONORED TRIPLY IN DENMARK".
  3. Hjelmslev, Louis. (2003). "Address Delivered at the University of Copenhagen on the Occasion of the Award of the Sonning Prize to Bertrand Russell, 19 April 1960". Project MUSE.
  4. (7 June 2023). "Sonning Prize". University of Copenhagen.
  5. (13 September 2023). "Sonningprisen – Store norske leksikon".
  6. Favrholdt, D.. (2013). "Complementarity Beyond Physics (1928-1962)". Elsevier Science.
  7. (29 September 2008). "Höchster dänischer Kulturpreis für Renzo Piano".
  8. (3 April 2014). "Instruktør Michael Haneke får Sonningprisen 2014".
  9. (10 January 2018). "Lars von Trier receives the 2018 Sonning Prize".
  10. (18 January 2023). "Marina Abramović modtager Sonningprisen".
  11. (9 April 2025). "Hervé This modtager Sonningprisen".
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