Willy Brandt Prize

The Willy Brandt Prize is an annual prize awarded by the Norwegian-German Willy Brandt prize foundation (in German: Norwegisch-Deutsche Willy-Brandt-Stiftung) since 2000. It is awarded to persons or institutions that make significant contributions to German-Norwegian relations.^[1] It is named after the former German Bundeskanzler Willy Brandt and comprises a Willy Brandt statuette by Nils Aas and a certificate.^[2] It is separate from the International Willy-Brandt Prize founded in 2011 by the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Prize winners[]

2018[]

2017[]

• sailing ship Thor Heyerdahl e.V.

2016[]

• Jon Fosse

2015[]

• , Norwegian journalist writing for Morgenbladet and author of the book "Tyskland stiger frem"
• , German journalist writing for Focus, The Art Newspaper, art – Das Kunstmagazin

2014[]

• Jan Garbarek, Norwegian Saxophonist
• Edvard-Munch-Haus e.V.

2013[]

• Jonas Gahr Støre, former Norwegian Foreign Minister
• Frank-Walter Steinmeier, former German Foreign Minister

2012[]

• Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian writer
• Action Reconciliation Service for Peace, a German organisation

2011[]

• Therese Bjørneboe, Norwegian journalist
• , German polar scientist

2010[]

• , Norwegian translator
• , Honorary Consul General for Norway in Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen and Brandenburg

2009[]

• Inge Lønning, Norwegian professor and politician
• , German historian

2008[]

• , Music teacher
• , School principal^[3]

2007[]

• Egon Bahr, German politician
• Thorvald Stoltenberg, former Norwegian Foreign Minister

2006[]

• Gymnasium Carolinum (Neustrelitz), Neustrelitz, a German academic school
• Stor-Elvdal ungdomsskole, Koppang, a Norwegian academy
• Herzog-Johann-Gymnasium in Simmern, Hunsrück, a German academic school

2005[]

• Björn Engholm (German), former Minister-President for Schleswig-Holstein
• Kåre Willoch (Norwegian), former Prime Minister of Norway

2004[]

• Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian writer
• Heiko Uecker, German professor

2003[]

• , Norwegian journalist
• , German historian

2002[]

• Wencke Myhre, Norwegian singer
• Horst Tappert, German actor

2001[]

• , former Director-General of Ruhrgas AG
• , German-Norwegian visual artist

2000[]

• Jahn Otto Johansen, journalist
• Gabriele Haefs, translator for the book Sofies Welt (English: Sophie's World)

External links[]

• Der Willy-Brandt-Preis

References[]