Faroese Cultural Prize

Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins (Faroese Cultural Prize) has been awarded by the Faroese government to Faroese writers, musicians, artists etc. since 1998. In 2004 no award was given. From 1998 to 2000 only one award was given, but in 2001 they established an additional award, half as big as the original.

The prize is awarded by a board appointed by the Ministry of Culture. The board also gives additional special awards of 50.000 Danish Koroner and/or so-called sømdargávur or Sømdargáva landsins (grants), given as a lifelong annual grant of DKK 20 000. The main award, Mentanarvirðisløn landsins, is DKK 150.000, and the heiðursgáva landsins (award of honour) is DKK 75.000 koroner.

In 2011 the awards were announced in December, with the next awards announced on 15 January 2013, which was William Heinesen's birthday. This was also the first time that the event was held in Klaksvík, being announced in Spaniastova and broadcast live on national Faroese radio.^[1] The following year the prizes were handed out on 15 January in Stóra Pakkhús (The Large Storage House) in Vágur.

Awarded cultural persons[]

Mentanarvirðisløn landsins – Faroese Cultural Prize[]

Faroese Cultural Prize 2013 was handed to Tróndur Patursson in Stóra Pakkkhús in Vágur on 15 January 2014. Bjørn Kalsø Minister of Culture handed the award.

The main award, the Mentanarvirðisløn landsins (Faroese Cultural Award), is DDK 150.000. These persons have won the award since it started in 1998:

2019 – Hanus G. Johansen^[2]
2018 – ^[3]
2017 – Barbara í Gongini^[4]
2016 – Rúni Brattaberg^[5]
2015 – Annika Hoydal^[6]
2014 – ^[7]
2013 – Tróndur Patursson, artist^[8]
2012 – , poet, writer, artist and musician^[9]
2011 – Jóanes Nielsen, writer and poet^[10]
2010 – Sunleif Rasmussen, composer^[11]
2009 – (Kári P.), poet and singer/songwriter^[12]
2008 – Ebba Hentze, writer^[13]
2006 – Zacharias Heinesen, artist (painter)
2005 – , artist
2004 – No award given
2003 – Hanus Kamban, short story writer and translator
2002 – , writer
2001 – , actor and theatre director
2000 – Ingálvur av Reyni, artist (painter)
1999 – Jens Pauli Heinesen, novelist, short story writer and poet
1998 – Regin Dahl, poet and composer

Heiðursgáva landsins – Faroese Award of Honour[]

received the Faroese Award of Honour 2013. cultural minister handed over the award.

Heiðursgáva landsins is DKK 75.000. These persons and cultural institutions have received the award since 2001:

2019 – ^[14]
2018 – Astrid Andreasen^[3]
2017 – ^[15]
2016 – ^[16]
2015 – Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen, architect^[17]
2014 – ^[18]
2013 – , writer, editor^[19]
2012 – Marianne Clausen
2011 – Kristian Blak, Danish/Faroese composer, musician and owner of TUTL record company
2010 – , who started Sprotin, which publishes Faroese books. He has written and published several Faroese dictionaries
2009 – , theatre actor^[20]
2008 – , who got the award for his work with the Faroese chain dance and his gifts as skipari of the Faroese dance. (Skipari means skipper or captain, a title given to the person who leads the dance and starts the singing of every verse.)^[21]
2007 – No award given
2006 – Jógvan Isaksen, crime fiction writer. He is also the head of , which is a Faroese publishing house in Copenhagen.^[22]
2005 – ^[23]
2004 – No award given
2003 –
2002 –
2001 – Fuglafjarðar Sjónleikarafelag

Other Special Awards[]

The board can give a special award of DKK 50.000 if they think it appropriate. These persons have received the award:

Award to Young artist – (Virðisløn til ungt listafólk)[]

received the Young Artist Award 2013. It was bestowed by , the Minister of Culture.

2019 – No award given
2018 – Búi Rouch, dancer og choreographer
2017 – , singer and songwriter.^[24]
2016 – , poet^[25]
2015 – , film director^[26]
2014 – , musician^[27]
2013 – , writer and musician^[28]
2012 – – young artist
2011 – Sakaris Stórá – young film director (25 years old in 2011)

Málrøktarvirðisløn Landsins – Award for exceptional work on the Faroese Language[]

2010 – Jóhan Hendrik Winther Poulsen, linguist

Serstøk virðisløn – Special Award[]

This special award is DKK 50.000. These persons have received the award:

2019 – The publication house with the brothers Zacharias Zachariasen and Flóvin Tyril^[29]
2006 – Jón Hilmar Magnússon
2001 – Ebba Hentze, children's writer

Sømdargáva landsins[]

Sømdargáva lansins (Faroese Grant) is DKK 20.000, an annual subsidy for the rest of their lives.

2015 -
2014 - Oddvør Johansen^[30]
2014 - Katrin Ottarsdóttir
2012 – Ebba Hentze
2012 – Hanus G. Johansen
2012 –

References[]

^ Nordlysid.fo Spaniastova karmur um Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins
^ Lindenskov, Eirikur (15 January 2020). "Hanus G. Johansen fekk Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins". in.fo. Sosialurin. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Winther, Dávur (24 January 2019). "Mentanarvirðislønir landsins 2018". Norðlýsið. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
^ Rana, Danjal av (24 January 2018). "Barbara fekk virðislønina". in.fo. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ Klakstein, Eyðun (25 January 2017). "Vágbingur varð heiðraður á Tvøroyri". in.fo. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ in.fo - Annika Hoydal fekk Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins
^ in.fo - Sterk og kensluborðin strok
^ in.fo, Tróndur fekk mentunarvirðislønina
^ MMR.fo Archived 31 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine (The Faroese Ministry of Culture)
^ Vencil.wordpress.com, Virðislønir landsins
^ Snar.fo, Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins og Heiðursgáva Landsins 2010^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Planet.fo, Kári P útilokar ikki nýggja útgávu
^ "BFL.fo, Ebba Hentze". Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
^ "Simme fær Heiðursgávu landsins 2019". kvf.fo. Kringvarp Føroya. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
^ Rana, Danjal av (24 January 2018). "Frits fekk heiðursgávuna" (in Faroese). In.fo. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ Klakstein, Eyðun (25 January 2016). "Steinprent fekk heiðursgávu landsins". in.fo. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ in.fo - J. P. Gregoriussen fekk Heiðursgávu Landsins, Eirikur Lindenskov 15.01.2016
^ in.fo - Tey av Kamaranum fáa heiðursgávu
^ in.fo, Heiðursgávan latin Árna Dahl
^ "MMR.fo, Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins og Heiðursgáva Landsins 2009". Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
^ BBS.fo^{[permanent dead link]}
^ MS.fo, Um Mentunargrunnin
^ "MMR.fo, Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins og Heiðursgáva Landsins, 4. januar 2006". Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
^ Rana, Danjal av (24 January 2018). "Konni Kass fekk fyrstu virðislønina". In.fo. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
^ Klakstein, Eyðun (25 January 2017). "Ung listakvinna úr Nólsoy heiðrað". in.fo. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ in.fo - Andreas Høgenni virðisløn til ungt listafólk, Eirikur Lindenskov 15.01.2016
^ Dugir at leggja løg og sløg væl til rættis
^ in.fo, Trygvi Danielsen ársins unga listafólk
^ Lindenskov, Eirikur (15 January 2020). "Serstaka virðisløn landsins fær forlagið Leirkerið". in.fo. Sosialurin. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
^ in.fo - Oddvør og Katrin heiðraðar

External links[]

Logir.fo KUNNGERÐ NR. 90 FRÁ 28. OKTOBER 2008 UM STUÐUL TIL MENTAN OG LIST (Faroese law about financial support of Faroese culture and art)

[1] Nordlysid.fo Spaniastova karmur um Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins

[2] Lindenskov, Eirikur (15 January 2020). "Hanus G. Johansen fekk Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins". in.fo. Sosialurin. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

[Norðlýsið-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Winther, Dávur (24 January 2019). "Mentanarvirðislønir landsins 2018". Norðlýsið. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

[4] Rana, Danjal av (24 January 2018). "Barbara fekk virðislønina". in.fo. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

[5] Klakstein, Eyðun (25 January 2017). "Vágbingur varð heiðraður á Tvøroyri". in.fo. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[6] .fo - Annika Hoydal fekk Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins

[7] .fo - Sterk og kensluborðin strok

[8] .fo, Tróndur fekk mentunarvirðislønina

[9] MMR.fo Archived 31 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine (The Faroese Ministry of Culture)

[10] Vencil.wordpress.com, Virðislønir landsins

[11] Snar.fo, Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins og Heiðursgáva Landsins 2010^{[permanent dead link]}

[12] Planet.fo, Kári P útilokar ikki nýggja útgávu

[13] "BFL.fo, Ebba Hentze". Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2012.

[14] "Simme fær Heiðursgávu landsins 2019". kvf.fo. Kringvarp Føroya. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

[frits-15] Rana, Danjal av (24 January 2018). "Frits fekk heiðursgávuna" (in Faroese). In.fo. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

[16] Klakstein, Eyðun (25 January 2016). "Steinprent fekk heiðursgávu landsins". in.fo. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[17] .fo - J. P. Gregoriussen fekk Heiðursgávu Landsins, Eirikur Lindenskov 15.01.2016

[18] .fo - Tey av Kamaranum fáa heiðursgávu

[19] .fo, Heiðursgávan latin Árna Dahl

[20] "MMR.fo, Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins og Heiðursgáva Landsins 2009". Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2012.

[21] BBS.fo^{[permanent dead link]}

[22] MS.fo, Um Mentunargrunnin

[23] "MMR.fo, Mentanarvirðisløn Landsins og Heiðursgáva Landsins, 4. januar 2006". Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2012.

[24] Rana, Danjal av (24 January 2018). "Konni Kass fekk fyrstu virðislønina". In.fo. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

[25] Klakstein, Eyðun (25 January 2017). "Ung listakvinna úr Nólsoy heiðrað". in.fo. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[26] .fo - Andreas Høgenni virðisløn til ungt listafólk, Eirikur Lindenskov 15.01.2016

[27] Dugir at leggja løg og sløg væl til rættis

[28] .fo, Trygvi Danielsen ársins unga listafólk

[29] Lindenskov, Eirikur (15 January 2020). "Serstaka virðisløn landsins fær forlagið Leirkerið". in.fo. Sosialurin. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

[30] .fo - Oddvør og Katrin heiðraðar

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