The King Olav V's Prize for Cancer Research is a research award given annually by the

Norwegian Cancer Society The Norwegian Cancer Society ( no, Kreftforeningen) is a non-profitmaking organisation in Norway. History It was established as no, Norsk Forening til Kreftens Bekjempelse, label=none in 1938, and took the current name when it merged with no ...

to a researcher who has distinguished himself through his scientific contributions to Norwegian cancer research. It was established in 1992.

Recipients

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Norwegian Cancer Society (Norwegian)
* 1992 – Per Magne Ueland, Institute of Pharmacology of the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen ( no, Universitetet i Bergen, ) is a research-intensive state university located in Bergen, Norway. As of 2019, the university has over 4,000 employees and 18,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 194 ...

. * 1993 – Terje Espevik, Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine of the

Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

(NTNU). * 1994 – Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale, Department of Genetics,

Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet Hospital Trust ( no, Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet HF) was created in 2005 when Rikshospitalet merged with the Norwegian Radium Hospital. The trust belongs to the Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health ...

. * 1995 – Stein-Ove Døskeland, Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Bergen. * 1996 – Rune Blomhoff, Department of Nutrition,

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

. * 1997 – Sophie D. Fosså, Oncology Department,

. * 1998 – Kirsten Sandvig, Department of Biochemistry of the Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet. * 1999 – Per Eystein Lønning, Department of Cancer of Haukeland University Hospital. * 2000 – Anders Waage, Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine of the NTNU. * 2001 – Erling Seeberg, Microbiological Institute of the Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet. * 2002 – Eiliv Lund, Institute for Society Medicine of the

University of Tromsø The University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (Norwegian: ''Universitetet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet''; Northern Sami: ''Romssa universitehta – Norgga árktalaš universitehta'') is a state university in Norway an ...

. * 2003 –

Sjur Olsnes Sjur Olsnes (23 August 1939 – 18 July 2014) was a Norwegian biochemist. He was born in Bergen, but grew up in Vaksdal. He took his medicine degree at the University of Bonn, and worked at the University of Bergen from 1967 to 1968 before being h ...

, Department of Biochemistry of the Institute for Cancer Research of the Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet. * 2004 – Erlend B. Smeland, Department of Biochemistry of the Institute for Cancer Research of the Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet. * 2005 – Stein Kaasa, Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, NTNU * 2006 – Øystein Fodstad, Department for Tumour Biology of the Radiumhospitalet-Rikshospitalet * 2007 – Ragnhild A. Lothe, Department for Cancer Prevention of the Institute for Cancer Research, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet * 2008 – Hans Einar Krokan, Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine of NTNU * 2009 – Lars A. Akslen, Gades Institute of the University of Bergen and Haukeland University * 2010 – Lars Vatten, NTNU * 2011 – Sverre Heim, Cytogenetic Cancer Section, Radiumhospitalet-Rikshospitalet * 2012 – Claes Göran Tropé, Department of Gynecological Cancer, Oslo University, Radiumhospitalet-Rikshospitalet * 2013 – Olav Dahl, Haukeland University Hospital * 2014 – Harald Stenmark, University of Oslo * 2015 – Rolf Bjerkvig, University of Bergen * 2016 - Kjetil Taskén, University of Oslo * 2017 - Per Ottar Seglen, University of Oslo * 2018 - Vessela Kristensen, University of Oslo * 2019 - Anne Simonsen ; Norwegian Breast Cancer Group (NBCG) (two prizewinners) *2020 - Bjarne Bogen, University of Oslo *2021 - Bjørn Tore Gjertsen, University of Bergen

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{{reflist * Based on equivalent article on Norwegian wiki Medicine awards Norwegian awards Awards established in 1992

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