Komiprisen

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Komiprisen (literally comedy/comic awards) was an annual Norwegian award ceremony with awards in the categories: humour, stand up, revue, and comedy. The award was started to "honour Norway's foremost humorists and is awarded annually to those who have stood out as especially deserving within the . The award is organized and hosted by the national state channel NRK, and was first awarded 2001.[1] The award ceremony is not a strictly traditional ceremony, like the Oscar ceremony, but more riddled with various segments featuring stand-up, comedy, or parodies.[2]

The award has the following categories:

  • Best male and best female artist
  • Best
  • Best TV/film show
  • Best newcomer
  • Best Stand-up
  • Best act

and

  • Funniest of the year

There is also an , and an award for best craft.

The awards are chosen by a jury, apart from the "Funniest of the year" award which is voted on by the public.

, a stand-up comedian has won the most times; six. The TV-show Nytt på nytt has won five times.

References[]

  1. ^ "Derfor trekker Valen seg fra Komiprisen". Tv2.no. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  2. ^ "Komiprisen 2013 - NRK Kultur og underholdning - Nyheter og aktuelt stoff". Nrk.no. 2013-08-24. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
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