Prince Eugen Medal
Prince Eugen Medal Prins Eugen-medaljen | |
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Type | Royal medal |
Country | Sweden |
Presented by | The King of Sweden |
Established | 1945 |
Order of Wear | |
Next (higher) | Litteris et Artibus[1] |
Next (lower) | Prince Carl Medal[1] |
The Prince Eugen Medal (Swedish: Prins Eugen-medaljen) is a medal conferred by the King of Sweden for "outstanding artistic achievement".[2]
The medal was established in 1945 by the then King of Sweden, Gustaf V, in connection with the eightieth birthday of his brother Prince Eugen who was a noted painter and art collector.
It is awarded every year on 5 November, the name day of Eugen, and presented to the winners at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
Medallists[]
The following people have received the Prince Eugen Medal since its inception.[3] Winners are Swedish unless denoted otherwise.
Architects[]
- 1945 , , Ivar Tengbom
- 1947 Lars Israel Wahlman
- 1950 Sigurd Lewerentz
- 1951
- 1954 Paul Hedqvist, Alvar Aalto (Finland)
- 1956
- 1957 Hakon Ahlberg
- 1958 Kay Fisker (Denmark)
- 1959
- 1960 Arnstein Arneberg (Norway)
- 1961 Sven Markelius
- 1962 Arne Jacobsen (Denmark)
- 1963 Viljo Revell (Finland)
- 1964
- 1968
- 1970 ,
- 1972 , C.Th. Sørensen (Denmark)
- 1973 Jørn Utzon (Denmark)
- 1975 Kjell Lund (Norway)
- 1976 Carl Nyrén
- 1978
- 1980
- 1981 , Reima Pietilä (Finland)
- 1982 Sverre Fehn (Norway)
- 1983 Bengt Lindroos
- 1984
- 1986 , Henning Larsen (Denmark)
- 1988 , (Denmark)
- 1990
- 1991 Erik Asmussen (Denmark)
- 1992
- 1993 (furniture)
- 1994 , Juha Leiviskä (Finland)
- 1996
- 1998
- 2000
- 2002 Ralph Erskine
- 2003
- 2005 Gert Wingårdh
- 2004 Kristian Gullichsen (Finland)
- 2006 Jan Olav Jensen (Norway)
- 2007 Knud Holscher (Denmark)
- 2009 , Louise Campbell (Denmark)
- 2010
- 2011 Jan Gehl[4]
- 2012
- 2013 , Kjetil Trædal Thorsen (Norway)
- 2014 , Lene Tranberg (Denmark)
- 2016 , , ,
- 2017 Rainer Mahlamäki (Finland)
- 2018 (Iceland)
Painters[]
- 1945 Olle Hjortzberg, Isaac Grünewald,
- 1946 ,
- 1947 Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (Denmark), Henrik Sørensen (Norway)
- 1948 Vera Nilsson, Per Krogh (Norway)
- 1949
- 1950 Axel Nilsson
- 1951 Alf Rolfsen (Norway)
- 1954
- 1955 Axel Revold (Norway)
- 1957 Einar Jolin, Oluf Höst (Denmark), Marcus Collin (Finland)
- 1958 , Johannes Kjarval (Iceland)
- 1960 Siri Derkert,
- 1961 Evert Lundquist,
- 1963 Einar Forseth
- 1964 , Reidar Aulie (Norway)
- 1965 Max Walter Svanberg
- 1967 Lennart Rodhe, Richard Mortensen (Denmark)
- 1969
- 1971 Erik Olson, Henry Heerup (Denmark)
- 1973 ,
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976 , Svend Wiig Hansen (Denmark)
- 1977
- 1978 Sigrid Schauman (Finland), Arne Ekeland (Norway)
- 1979 (Danish), Gudmundur ”Erro” Gudmundsson (Iceland)
- 1980 Endre Nemes, Carl-Henning Pedersen (Denmark)
- 1981
- 1982
- 1983 , Harald Leth (Denmark), Lars-Gunnar Nordström (Finland), Inger Sitter (Norway)
- 1984 Egill Jacobsen (Denmark)
- 1985
- 1986 Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd
- 1987 , Ejler Bille (Denmark)
- 1989 , Paul Osipow (Finland)
- 1990 Per Kirkeby (Denmark)
- 1991 , , , Jan Groth (Norway)
- 1992 , Richard Winther (Denmark)
- 1993 , Jens Johannessen (Norway), Kristján Gudmundsson (Iceland)
- 1994 Lena Cronqvist
- 1995 Torsten Andersson
- 1996
- 1997 Ola Billgren, Olav Christopher Jenssen (Norway)
- 1998 , Magnús Pálsson (Iceland)
- 1999
- 2000 , (Norway)
- 2001
- 2002
- 2002
- 2004 , (Iceland)
- 2005 , A K Dolven (Norway)
- 2006 , Gunvor Nelson
- 2007 , Marie-Louise Ekman
- 2008 , Eija-Liisa Ahtila (Finland)
- 2009 Karin Mamma Andersson, (Finland)
- 2010 , (Norway), (Finland)
- 2011 Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir (Iceland)
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014 , (Finland)
- 2015 ,
- 2016
- 2017 John-Erik Franzén, Jockum Nordström
- 2018
Graphic Artists[]
- 1947
- 1955 Stig Åsberg
- 1956
- 1959
- 1963 Palle Nielsen (Denmark)
- 1967
- 1971 Torsten Billman
- 1973 Rolf Nesch (Norway)
- 1974 Pentti Kaskipuro (Finland)
- 1976 Sven Ljungberg
- 1979 Gunnar Norrman
- 1983
- 1984 (Finland)
- 1986
- 1988
- 1996 Outi Heiskanen (Finland)
- 1997
- 2003
- 2015
Sculptors[]
- 1945 Carl Eldh, Eric Grate, Carl Milles
- 1946
- 1947 Wäinö Aaltonen (Finland), Einar Jonson (Iceland)
- 1948 Erik Lindberg
- 1949
- 1951 John Lundqvist
- 1955 Gerhard Henning (Denmark)
- 1956 Stig Blomberg
- 1958
- 1959
- 1960 Adam Fischer (Denmark)
- 1962
- 1966
- 1967 Kain Tapper (Finland)
- 1968
- 1969 Gustaf Nordahl
- 1970 Arnold Haukeland (Norway)
- 1973
- 1974 Robert J. Jakobsen (Denmark)
- 1975 Liss Eriksson
- 1977
- 1979 Edvin Öhrström
- 1981 Elis Eriksson
- 1982 , Erik Thommesen (Denmark)
- 1985 , Sigurdur Gudmundsson (Iceland)
- 1987 Harry Kivijärvi (Finland)
- 1989 , (Iceland)
- 1990
- 1992 Mauno Hartman (Finland)
- 1993 Lars Englund
- 1994 Bjørn Nørgaard (Denmark)
- 1995 Bård Breivik (Norway)
- 1996
- 1998 Osmo Valtonen (Finland)
- 1999 Gert Marcus
- 2001 Eva Lange
- 2004
- 2005 Olafur Eliasson (Denmark)
- 2007
- 2009
- 2011 [4]
- 2012 Charlotte Gyllenhammar, Per Inge Bjørlo (Norway)
- 2013 Martti Aiha (Finland)
- 2014
- 2015 ,
- 2017 , Siri Aurdal (Norway)
Artisans[]
- 1945 , Carl Malmsten
- 1947 Erik Fleming
- 1949 Wilhelm Kåge
- 1951 Nathalie Krebs (Denmark)
- 1954 Barbro Nilsson
- 1957
- 1958 Wiwen Nilsson
- 1959 Axel Salto (Denmark), Hannah Ryggen (Norway)
- 1960
- 1961 Hans Wegner (Denmark), Dora Jung (Finland)
- 1964 , Kai Frank (Denmark)
- 1965 Bruno Mathsson
- 1968 Stig Lindberg
- 1970
- 1971
- 1971 Viola Gråsten
- 1977
- 1979
- 1979
- 1980 Kaisa Melanton, Tapio Wirkkala (Finland)
- 1981 Gertrud Vasegaard (Denmark)
- 1982 , Birger Kaipiainen (Finland)
- 1984
- 1985 , Benny Motzfeldt (Norway)
- 1986 Vuokko Eskolin-Nurmesniemi (Finland)
- 1987
- 1988 , Tone Vigeland (Norway)
- 1990 Ingrid Dessau, Synnøve Anker Aurdal (Norway)
- 1991 (Finland)
- 1992
- 1994
- 1995 , Alev Siesbye (Denmark), (Finland)
- 1996 Vibeke Klint (Denmark)
- 1997 Sigvard Bernadotte, Jane Reumert (Denmark)
- 1998
- 1999 Helena Hernmarck
- 2000 , Gutte Eriksen (Denmark)
- 2001 , Oiva Toikka (Finland)
- 2002 Hans Krondahl, Ursula Munch-Petersen (Denmark)
- 2003 (Norway)
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006 , Jacob Jensen (Denmark)
- 2008 Grete Prytz Kittelsen
- 2010
- 2011 (goldsmith)[4]
- 2012 (Finland)
- 2013 Annika Ekdahl
- 2015 Louise Hindsgavl (Denmark), (Norway)
- 2016 (Denmark)
Photographers[]
- 1974 Lennart Nilsson
- 2008 Hans Hammarskiöld
- 2011 Gunnar Smoliansky
Draftsmen[]
- 1972
- 1978
- 1984
- 1989 Stig Claesson
- 1995
Designers[]
- 2017 Eero Aarnio (Finland)
- 2018
See also[]
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden
- List of European art awards
- Prizes named after people
References[]
- ^ a b "Anvisningar för bärande av kungliga medaljer med mera" (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ "The Prince Eugen Medal". Royal Court of Sweden. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
- ^ "Medaljförläningar – Prins Eugen-medaljen" (in Swedish). Royal Court of Sweden. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ^ a b c "King presents Prince Eugen Medal". Royal Court of Sweden. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1945 establishments in Sweden
- Visual arts awards
- Awards established in 1945
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden