The Crown Prince Couple's Awards ( da, Kronprinspaarets Priser) are a set of culture and social prizes awarded annually by Crown Prince Frederik and

Princess Mary of Denmark Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, (born Mary Elizabeth Donaldson; 5 February 1972) is the wife of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. Frederik is the heir apparent to the throne, which means that should he succeed, Mary ...

. The awards were established in 2004 as a gift from the Bikuben Foundation on the occasion of the couple's marriage.

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There are currently four awards: the Crown Prince Couple's Culture Prize and the Crown Prince Couple's Social Prize, each worth 500,000 Danish kroner and two cultural Stardust prizes of 50,000 kroner each, awarded to rising stars. The objective of the awards is to highlight and recognize exceptional achievement in the arts and culture and in social work. The Culture Prize honours a Danish or Greenlandic artist with international potential while the Social Prize honours a groundbreaking Danish or Greenlandic project with international stature in the social sphere. The Stardust Prizes honour and highlight two young Danish or Greenlandic artists who are set to make a name.

Recipients

* 2005 ** Film director Per Fly (Culture Prize) ** Red Barnet (charitable donation) * 2006 ** Artist Olafur Eliasson (Culture Prize) **

Julemærkefonden Julemærkefonden (literally "The Christmas Seal Foundation") is a Danish charity that operates four so-called Christmas seal homes for children with social challenges. It issues an annual Christmas seal to finance its activities. History The fo ...

(charitable donation) * 2007 ** Actress

Sonja Richter Sonja Richter (born 4 January 1974) is a Danish actress. She is best known for her performance in the 2002 film ''Open Hearts'' by Susanne Bier, for which she was nominated for both the Bodil Award and the Robert Award. In a career which has so ...

(Culture Prize) ** Ventilen, a support organisation for lonely young people (charitable donation) * 2008 ** Musician

Tina Dickow Tina Dico (born Tina Dickow Danielsen on 14 October 1977) is a Danish singer-songwriter. She founded her own record label and releases her music independently, enjoying large success with her albums in her home country as well as critical acclai ...

(Culture Prize) ** Morgencaféen for hjemløse (charitable donation) * 2009 ** Cellist

Andreas Brantelid Andreas Brantelid (born 8 October 1987) is a Swedish-Danish cellist. He had his concerto debut at the age of 14 playing Elgar's Cello Concerto with the Royal Danish Orchestra The Royal Danish Orchestra (''Det Kongelige Kapel'') is a Danish orch ...

(Culture Prize) ** Musician Nanna Fabricius Øland and photographer

Joakim Eskildsen Joakim Eskildsen (born 1971) is a Danish art photographer. Career as a photographer Eskildsen born 1971 in Copenhagen. He was a pupil of Rigmor Mydtskov in Copenhagen and went to Finland in 1994 to study photographic book making with Pentti S ...

(Stardust Prizes) * 2010 ** Landsforeningen af væresteder (Social Prize) ** Rådgivningscenteret og mødestedet Bagland and værestedet Amarngivat (modest social prizes) * 2011 ** Architect

Bjarke Ingels Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels (; born 2 October 1974) is a Danish architect, founder and creative partner of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). In Denmark, Ingels became well known after designing two housing complexes in Ørestad: VM Houses and Mountain D ...

(Culture Prize) ** Writer Josefine Klougart and the band

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(Stardust Prizes) * 2012 ** Illustrator and writer

Jakob Martin Strid Jakob Martin Strid is a Danish cartoonist, who is known throughout Denmark for his successful series ''Strid'' in the Danish newspaper ''Politiken''. Before his mainstream success he drew for the socialist paper ''Socialisten''; both runs consist ...

(Culture Prize) ** Ungdommens Røde Kors (Social Prize) ** Accordionist Bjarke Mogensen and singer Nive Nielsen (Stardust Prizes) * 2013 - The awards were presented in the

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on 28 Oktober 2013 **Artists participating in the first seasons of the television drama series Forbrydelsen and

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Søren Sveistrup Søren Sveistrup (born 7 January 1968 in Kastrup) is a Danish screenwriter and author. His credits include '' The Killing'' and ''Nikolaj og Julie''. His first novel, ''The Chestnut Man'', was published in 2019 and adapted into a television seri ...

, main scriptwriter of Forbrydelsen, Seasons 1 to 3, Sofie Gråbøl, actress; Birger Larsen, director; Eric Kress, photographer; Niels Sejer, production designer; as well as

Adam Price Adam Robert Price (born 23 September 1968) is a Welsh politician serving as the Leader of Plaid Cymru since 2018. , he has sat in the Senedd for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, having previously been a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Carmart ...

, main scriptwriter of Borgen 1-2,

Sidse Babett Knudsen Sidse Babett Knudsen (; born 22 November 1968) is a Danish actress who works in theatre, television, and film. Knudsen made her screen debut in the 1997 improvisational comedy ''Let's Get Lost (1997 film), Let's Get Lost'', for which she receive ...

, actress; Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, director; Lasse Frank, photographer; Søren Gam, production designer (Culture Prize) ** Voluntary organisation

Natteravnene (English: 'the Night Ravens'), established in 1990, is a Norway, Norwegian-based franchise organisation of volunteers that encourages adult, sober citizens to walk around in the city in groups at night during the weekends. Their task is to be vi ...

(Social Prize) ** Violinist Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen and singer/songwriter Karen Marie Ørsted / MØ (Stardust Prizes) * 2014 - Presented in

Musikkens Hus Musikkens Hus (House of Music) is a venue in Aalborg, Denmark. It is located at Musikkens Plads (Music Square) by the Limfjord in the new cultural center area of the city. Opened in March 2014, the building contains a concert hall and practice r ...

, Aalborg, on 27 September **Designer

Cecilie Manz Cecilie Manz (born 1972) is a Danish industrial designer. In November 2017, Manz was awarded designer of the year in the Design Awards by Bo bedre, Costume Living, Nordic Living and Boligmagasiet. In September 2014, she won the Danish Crown Princ ...

(Culture Prize) **Support organisation TUBA (Social Prize) **Photographer Lærke Posselt and actress

Johanne Louise Schmidt Johanne Louise Schmidt (born 16 October 1983) is a Danish actress who has performed on both stage and in film. In September 2014, she received the Stardust Award, one of the Kronprinsparrets Priser presented by the Danish crown prince and his wife. ...

(Stardust Prizes)

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{{Reflist Danish awards Awards established in 2004 Awards for contributions to culture Arts awards Awards for contributions to society

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