Peer Gynt Prize

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Norway
Surname/tag: Norway

Biography

Information on this page is based on Peer Gynt Prize Wikipedia Page, except as otherwise footnoted.

The Peer Gynt Prize is a private Norwegian Prize presented annually starting in 1971 to a person or institution that has "achieved distinction in society and contributed to improving Norway's international reputation" as determined by Peer Gynt AS on behalf of the representatives of the Storting.^[1]

The award is presented at the Peer Gynt festival, which has been held in August since 1928, the centennial of Henrik Ibsen's birth.

Currently part of Norway Project - MiniChallenge

A list of Prize Winners:

Year	Person or Institution	Contribution	Dates or living	NLPC[2]	Notes: Members (if not a person)
1971	Einar Gerhardsen	former Prime Minister	(1897-1987)[3]
1972	Per Aabel	actor	(1902-1999)[4]
1973	Liv Ullmann	actress	living [5]	Y
1974	Erik Bye	singer and artist	(1926-2004)[6]
1975	Erling Stordahl	singer and advocate for disabled persons	(1923-1994)[7]
1976	Øivind Bergh	conductor	(1909-1987)[8]
1977	Birgit Sunnaas	founder of Sunnaas Hospital, specialty rehabilitation[9]	(1914-1992)[10]		Spouse of Rolf Sunnaas
1977	Rolf Sunnaas	founder of Sunnaas Hospital, specialty rehabilitation[9]	(1916-1979)[11]		Spouse of Brigit Sunnaas
1978	Arve Tellefsen	violinist	living[12]	N	no relatives in Wikipedia
1979	Grete Waitz	marathon runner	(1953-2011)[13]
1980	Anne-Cath. (Schulerud) Vestly	author	(1920-2008)[14]
1981	Cato Zahl Pedersen	disabled sportsperson	living[15]	N	no family members on wikipedia
1982	Jens Evensen	diplomat, lawyer and politician	(1917-2004) [16]
1983	Thorbjørn Egner	author and artist	(1912-1990)[17]
1984	Crown Princess Sonja		living[18]	Y	now queen consort
1985	Bobbysocks	winners of the Eurovision Song Contest	all living	N	Hanne Krogh and Elisabeth Andreassen[19]
1986	Annie Skau Berntsen	nurse and missionary	(1911-1992)[20]
1987	a-ha, musical group		all living[21]	Y*	Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (?); Magne Furuholmen(Y); and Morten Harket(Y)
1988	Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra				Mariss Jansons (1943-2019), conductor [Latvian][22]
1989	Norwegian Olympic Committee[23]	Lillehammer winter olympics			president Arne Myhrvold, living[24]
1989	Ole Edvin Sjetne (1930-2005)	Lillehammer winter olympics	(~1930-2005)[25]		president of Lillehammer Olympic Committee
1990	Thorvald Stoltenberg	politician and United Nations official	(1931-2018)[26]
1991	Hans-Wilhelm Steinfeld	journalist	living[27]	Y	wikipedia: 7 languages, brothers mentioned in English (box), nynorsk and bokmål
1992	Bjørn Dæhlie	cross-country skier	living[28]	N	wikipedia: no nuclear relatives on wikipedia
1992	Vegard Ulvang	cross-country skier	living[29]	N	wikipedia: no nuclear relatives on wikipedia
1993	Kjetil André Aamodt	alpine skier	living[30]	N	wikipedia: no nuclear relatives on wikipedia
1994	Mona Juul	diplomat; Oslo Accords	living[31]	Y	wikipedia: 11 languages; spouse of Terje Rød Larsen; no parents/siblings
1994	Terje Rød Larsen	diplomat; Oslo Accords	living[32]	Y	wikipedia: 12 languages; spouse of Mona Juul; no parents/siblings
1995	Johann Olav Koss	speed skater and founder of Right To Play; Sportsman of the year, joint with Bonnie Blair - Olympic Aid to Eritrea	living[33]	Y	wikipedia: spouse in bokmål and svensk (but no parents, spouse not notable)
1996	Jostein Gaarder	author, environmental activist?	living[34]	Y	wikipedia: 54 languages, mother in norsk (bokmål og nynorsk) and svensk.
1997	Gro Harlem Brundtland	United Nations official and former Prime Minister; first female Prime minister of Norway	living[35]	Y	wikipedia: 77 languages, father Gudmund Harlem also notable. Gro has an unlisted WikitreeProfile - Living Harlem - 33683236.
1998	Norway women's national handball team			N	coach, Marit Breivik (living)[36]
1999	Thor Heyerdahl	ethnographer and adventurer	(1914-2002)[37]
2000	Bellona Foundation[38]	Environmental organizaation		N	founder, Frederic Hauge (living)[39]
2001	Knut Vollebæk	politician and diplomat	living [40]	N	wikipedia: 11 languages; relatives only in Norsk (bokmål)
2002	Eva Joly	lawyer against corruption	living[41]	Y	wikipedia: 11 languages; husband deceased; birth name - Gro Eva Farseth
2003	Åsne Seierstad	journalist and author	living[42]	Y	wikipedia: 24 languages; parents on English and norsk Wikipedia
2004	Arne Dekke Eide Næss (1912-2009)	philosopher and mountaineer	(1912-2009)[43]
2005	Jan Egeland	diplomat and United Nations official	living[44]	Y	wikipedia: 18 languages; wife on English and bokmål wikipedia
2006	Kjell Inge Røkke	entrepreneur	living[45]	Y	wikipedia: 8 languages; English - 2 spouses; Nynorsk - 1 spouse; Bokmål - father, 2nd great-p grandfather, 2 wives, and one son; French - 1 son; Persian - 2 spouses, father. Other languages do not mention relatives to the best of my knowledge Ellingson-287 03:56, 5 November 2023 (UTC).
2007	Leif Ove Andsnes	pianist	living[46]	Y	wikipedia: 23 languages; English - partner and 3 children under 13; Bokmål - parents (living, not notables), wife (same as partner); Italian - wife and children; French - sister
2008	Snøhetta AS	international architecture company, Oslo Opera house[47]		N	founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, living[48]
2009	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	footballer and UNICEF ambassador	living[49]	Y	wikipedia: 56 languages. English - parents, wife, three children; Bokmål - parents, wife, three children (all living)
2010	Dissimilis Norway			N
2011	Magnus Carlsen	chess player	living[50]	Y	(Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen) wikipedia: 85 languages. English - parents (living); Nynork - parents & three sisters (living) -- names only in both.
2012	Marit Bjørgen	cross-country skier	living[51]	N	wikipedia: 42 languages
2012	Jens Stoltenberg	politician	living[52]	Y	wikipedia: 80 languages; son of Thorvald Stoltenberg
2013	Jo Nesbø	author and musician	living[53]	N	wikipedia: 50 languages; no relatives
2014	Norway Cup	one of the world's largest football tournaments[54]		N/A
2015	May-Britt Moser	scientist and Nobel Prize winners in 2014	living[55]	Y	wikipedia: 65 languages; no relations in English except husband
2015	Edvard Moser	scientist and Nobel Prize winners in 2014	living[56]	Y	wikipedia: 51 languages; English & Nynorsk- wife, parents, grandfather, sister
2016	Deeyah Khan	film director, music producer, composer and human rights defender	living[57]	?	27 languages
2017	Julie Andem	director, screenwriter and television producer	living[58]	N	wikipedia: 10 languages
2018	Elisabeth Hoff	nurse, humanitarian aid worker in Syria 2012–2019		N	No wikipedia page.
2019	Kjetil Jansrud	alpine skier	living[59]	N	wikipedia: 30 languages; no relatives in English or Bokmål
2019	Aksel Lund Svindal	alpine skier	living[60]	N	wikipedia: 34 languages; no relatives in English or Bokmål
2020	Maja Lunde	author	living[61]	N	wikipedia: 15 languages; no relatives in English or Bokmål
2021	Birgit Skarstein	paralympic athlete	living[62]	N	wikipedia: 7 languages; no relatives in English or Bokmål
2022	Maren Lundby	ski jumper	living[63]	N	wikipedia: 23 languages; no relatives in English or Bokmål
2023	Lise Klaveness[64]	President of the Norwegian Football Federation	living[65]	N	wikipedia: 12 languages; no relatives in English or Bokmål

Sources

1. ↑ Peer Gynt AS is a private "entertainment" company, best known for running the Peer Gynt festival. See https://www.linkedin.com/company/peer-gynt-as.
2. ↑ Notable Living Profile Candidate
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einar_Gerhardsen
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_Aabel
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liv_Ullmann
6. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Bye
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Stordahl
8. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%98ivind_Bergh
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunnaas_sykehus
10. ↑ https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birgit_Sunnaas
11. ↑ https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Sunnaas
12. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arve_Tellefsen
13. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grete_Waitz
14. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne-Cath._Vestly
15. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_Zahl_Pedersen
16. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Evensen
17. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Egner
18. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Sonja_of_Norway
19. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbysocks!
20. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Annie Skau Berntsen"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
21. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-ha
22. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Philharmonic
23. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
24. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Arne Myhrvold"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
25. ↑ https://www.nrk.no/innlandet/ole-sjetne-er-dod-1.43290
26. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Thorvald Stoltenberg"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
27. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Hans-Wilhelm Steinfeld"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
28. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Bjørn Dæhlie"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
29. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Vegard Ulvang"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
30. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Kjetil André Aamodt"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
31. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Mona Juul"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
32. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Terje Rød-Larsen"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
33. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Johann Olav Koss"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
34. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Jostein Gaarder"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
35. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Gro Harlem Brundtland"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
36. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Marit Breivik"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
37. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Thor Heyerdahl"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
38. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Bellona Foundation"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
39. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Frederic Hauge"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
40. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Knut Vollebæk"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
41. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Eva Joly"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
42. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Åsne Seierstad"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
43. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Arne Næss"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
44. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Jan Egeland"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
45. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Kjell Inge Røkke"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
46. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Leif Ove Andsnes"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
47. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Snøhetta (company)"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
48. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Kjetil Trædal Thorsen"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
49. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Ole Gunnar Solskjær"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
50. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Magnus Carlsen"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
51. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Marit Bjørgen"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
52. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Jens Stoltenberg"
    [/w/index.php?title=Jens_Stoltenberg&oldid=1182998307 Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia] (accessed 4 November 2023)
53. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Jo Nesbø"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
54. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Norway Cup"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
55. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "May-Britt Moser"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
56. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Edvard Moser"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
57. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Deeyah Khan"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
58. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Julie Andem"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
59. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Kjetil Jansrud"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
60. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Aksel Lund Svindal"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
61. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Maja Lunde"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
62. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Birgit Skarstein"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
63. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Maren Lundby"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 4 November 2023)
64. ↑ Image headline
65. ↑ Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Lise Klaveness"
    Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 16 December 2023)