The Reumert Award (Danish: Årets Reumert) is an annual Danish awards ceremony to recognize excellence in theatre achievements in

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. The award was founded by the in 1998, and has been handed annually since then. There are 16 award categories as well as 10 talent awards. A jury of ten specialists in theatre selects the recipients, who receive a statuette and a prize. As of 2016, the recipients also receive an amount of money. The recipients of the Reumert Award of Honour receive DKK 200,000, the recipients of the Talent Prize receive DKK 35,000 and all other categories-recipients receive DKK 40,000. The Reumert prize is named after the Danish actor

Poul Reumert Poul Reumert (26 March 1883 – 19 April 1968) was a Danish stage and film actor. An incredibly skilled theater actor who made a name for himself in major roles such as Elverhoj, Genboerne and Flegermusen. He debuted after theater school in ...

(1883–1968).

Recipients

Reumert Award of Honour

From 1998–2013 the award was called the Bikuben Award of Honour. Since 2014 it is called the Award of Honour (Årets hæderspris). * 1998

Bodil Udsen Bodil Birgitte Udsen (12 January 1925 – 26 February 2008) was a Danish actress. She was a student at the Rysensteen Gymnasium in Copenhagen in 1944 and entered film in 1955. She also worked extensively in Danish theatre and appeared in the ...

, actor * 1999

Lisbeth Balslev Lisbeth Balslev (born 21 February 1945) is a Danish operatic soprano with an international career, especially in Wagnerian operas. Balslev was born in Aabenraa and originally trained as a nurse. She then studied singing, first at the Academy o ...

, opera singer * 2000

Jørgen Reenberg Jørgen Reenberg (born 8 November 1927) is a Danish film actor. He has appeared in 30 films since 1948. He was born in Denmark. He is the brother of Danish film director Annelise Reenberg. He made his film debut in Three Years Later from 1948 a ...

, actor * 2001 , dramatist, director, actor, and theatre manager * 2002

Nikolaj Hübbe Nikolaj Hübbe (born 30 October 1967) is artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. Career Since becoming artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet, Hübbe has successfully staged new productions of Bournonville's ''Napoli'' (2009) and ''A ...

, royal ballet dancer * 2003

Ghita Nørby Ghita Nørby (born 11 January 1935) is a Danish actress with 117 film credits to her name from 1956 to 2005, making her one of the most active Danish actresses ever. Early life Nørby was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, the daughter of opera singer ...

, actor * 2004 , actor * 2005

Preben Kristensen Preben Kristensen (born 14 March 1953) is a Danish actor. He first came to attention as one of the musical comedy trio Linie 3 in 1979. He was educated from the drama school of Aarhus Theatre in 1978 and has since the played at most major th ...

, actor * 2006

Thomas Lund Thomas Haubro Lund (born 2 August 1968) is a retired badminton player from Denmark who affiliate with Kastrup Magleby club. Career Lund was one of the world's leading doubles specialists of the 1990s, particularly in mixed doubles. He was a s ...

, dancer * 2007

Stig Fogh Andersen Sir Stig Fogh Andersen (February 24, 1950 in Hørsholm) is a Danish operatic tenor. He is considered one of the most famous Wagner-tenors, "one of the leading Siegfried (opera), Siegfrieds in the world today". He is married to Tina Kiberg, who i ...

, royal opera singer * 2008

Kirsten Olesen Kirsten Olesen (born 1949) is a Danish actress who since 1979 has been with Copenhagen's Royal Danish Theatre. In Denmark, she is known above all for taking the part of Agnes, a housemaid, in the popular television series ''Matador'' (1978–1982 ...

, actor * 2009

Silja Schandorff Silja Maria Wendrup Schandorff (born 1969) is a Danish ballerina who performed with the Royal Danish Ballet from 1985 to 2009. She has since served the Royal Theatre as ballet instructor and deputy ballet master. Biography Born on 10 February 196 ...

, dancer * 2010

Jytte Abildstrøm Jytte Abildstrøm (born 25 March 1934) is a Danish film actress. She has appeared in 40 films since 1956. She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. She and her husband Søren Mygind are the parents of Peter Mygind. Filmography * '' Julestjerner'' ( ...

, actor and theatre manager * 2011

Lars Mikkelsen Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen (born 6 May 1964) is a Danish actor. He has played Copenhagen mayoral election candidate Troels Hartmann in the drama series ''The Killing (Danish TV series), The Killing'', List of Sherlock characters#Charles Augustus Ma ...

, actor * 2012

Tim Rushton Timothy John Rushton MBE (born 18 March 1963 in England) is a British choreographer and from 2001 to 2018 artistic leader of the Copenhagen-based Danish Dance Theatre, Denmark's largest modern dance company. Tim Rushton was trained at The Royal Ba ...

, choreograph and the leader of Dansk Danseteater * 2013 , director * 2014 , actor * 2015

Kirsten Dehlholm Kirsten Dehlholm (born 5 April 1945) is a Danish artist and artistic theatre director. She has created over 30 presentations combining scenography with performance art, employing a wide variety of techniques, media and materials. Biography Born in ...

, theatre leader and director * 2016

Lisbet Dahl Lisbet Dahl (born 9 April 1946 in Copenhagen is a Danish actress, instructor for the revue Cirkusrevyen. She has appeared in more than 50 Danish movies and TV-shows, and been on Danish TV numerous times. She is also known for playing Revue. Dah ...

, actor and director

Reumert Special Award

The name of this award was Reumert Special Award (Årets Reumert Særpris) in 2000 and 2002, and again since 2014. In 2012–13 it was called the Reumert Jury Award. * 2000

Preben Harris Preben Harris (born 30 March 1935) is a Denmark, Danish film and stage actor. Harris joined the Aarhus Theater in 1957 and worked in the Cinema of Denmark from 1964. Selected filmography *''Måske i morgen'' – 1964 *''Blind makker'' – 197 ...

, actor and director * 2002 Jacob Schokking, director * 2012 "BLAM!" with Neander Teater * 2013 "Manifest 2083", CaféTeatret * 2014 "Boys Don't Cry", Mungo Park and Eventministeriet, Det Kongelige Teater * 2015 "Ungdom", Republique * 2016 "Hår på den", Teater Grob and Frit Fald

Reumert for Best Performance

* 1999 "Personkreds 3", Betty Nansen Teatret/Edison * 2000 "Sælsomt Mellemspil", Det Kgl. Teater * 2001 "Hamlet", Aalborg Teater * 2002 "Når vi døde vågner", Betty Nansen Teatret * 2003 "Kabale og Kærlighed", Det Kgl. Teater * 2004 "Flugt", Det Kgl. Teater * 2005 "Demokrati", Betty Nansen Teatret * 2006 "Havfruen", Kaleidoskop og Cirkus Cirkör * 2007 "Nick Cave Teaterkoncerten", Aarhus Teater * 2008 "Et Drømmespil", Betty Nansen Teatret * 2009 "Breaking the Waves", Odense Teater * 2010 "Richard III" på Det Kgl. Teater * 2011 "Den unge Werthers lidelser", Det Kgl. Teater * 2012 "Mågen", Det Kongelige Teater * 2013 "Skakten", Aarhus Teater og CaféTeatret * 2014 "Metamorfoser", Det Kongelige Teater * 2015 "Beton", Aalborg Teater * 2016 "Lad den Rette komme ind", Odense Teater

Reumert for Best Actress

* 1999

Tammi Øst Tammi Øst (born 1 October 1958) is a Danish actress. Øst was born in Copenhagen, and was trained at the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance in 1982. In 1988 she played the leading role of Katinka in Max von Sydow's film o ...

for "Aske til Aske – Støv til Støv", Husets Teater * 2000

for "Sælsomt Mellemspil", Det Kongelige Teater * 2001 for "Så enkel er kærligheden", Rialto Teatret * 2002

Trine Dyrholm Trine Dyrholm (; born 15 April 1972) is a Danish actress, singer and songwriter. Dyrholm received national recognition when she placed third in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix as a 14-year-old singer. Four years later, she again achieved national re ...

for "4:48 Psykose", Betty Nansen Teatret/ Edison * 2003 for "Fra regnormenes liv", Det Danske Teater * 2004 for "Dødsdansen", Betty Nansen Teatret/Edison * 2005 for "Anna Karenina", Aalborg Teater * 2006 for "Den Kaukasiske Kridtcirkel", Det Kongelige Teater * 2007 for "Pietà", Husets Teater, and "Håndbog i overlevelse", Teater Grob * 2008

Sofie Gråbøl Sofie Gråbøl (; born 30 July 1968) is a Danish actress. She has starred in a number of films, with her breakthrough role in the 1986 Danish film '' Early Spring'', directed by Astrid Henning-Jensen, playing the lead role in the film version of T ...

for "Et drømmespil", Betty Nansen Teatret * 2009

for "Ansigtet mod væggen", Holland House and Café Teatret and "Stuk", Det Kongelige Teater * 2010 for "Bygmester Solness", Det Kongelige Teater * 2011 for "Marguerite Viby – en pige med pep", Off/Off Production, and "Hitler on the Roof", Leman & Rosenbaum * 2012

for "Gengangere", Det Kongelige Teater * 2013

for "Kirsebærhaven", Aalborg Teater * 2014 for "Indenfor murene", Aalborg Teater * 2015 for "Det der er", Husets Teater * 2016

Benedikte Hansen Benedikte Hansen (born 24 September 1958) is a Danish actress, best known to international audiences for her role as Hanne Holm in the television series ''Borgen''. Hansen is the daughter of Dr Flemming Hansen (died 2003) and his wife Aase Riegels ...

for "Tørst", performed on the Abelone Koppel

Reumert for Best Actor

* 1999 "Personkreds 3", Edison, Betty Nansen Teatret * 2000

Søren Pilmark Søren Louis Pilmark (born 16 October 1955) is a Danish actor. Pilmark has worked as a film and theatrical actor, a director, and as an author. Career Theater Pilmark graduated from the School of Acting at Aarhus Theater in 1977, where he ...

, "København", Betty Nansen Teatret * 2001 , "The Phantom of the Opera” * 2002

Nikolaj Lie Kaas Nikolaj Lie Kaas (; born 22 May 1973) is a Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s. Kaas graduated from the National Theater School in Denmark in 1998. He first appeared on screen in Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's film ''The Boys from St. Petri'' i ...

"Peer Gynt” * 2003

Jesper Langberg Jesper Langberg (20 October 1940 – 29 June 2019) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films. Biography He was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He was the son of actor Sigurd Langberg and younger brother of actor Ebbe Langbe ...

, "Festen", Mammutteatret * 2004

Gyrd Løfqvist Gyrd Løfqvist (2 June 1921 – 1 May 2012) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1945 to 2006. Löfqvist came from a Norwegian-Swedish family living in Denmark. His mother was Norwegian, which gave him the Norweg ...

for "Gæsten", Teatret ved Sorte Hest * 2005 Henning Jensen, "Pinocchios Aske", Det Kongelige Teater * 2006

, "Indenfor murene", Det Kongelige Teater * 2007

Nicolas Bro Nicolas Bro (born 16 March 1972) is a Danish actor born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Background Bro grew up in a family of actors; his mother is Danish actress :da:Helle Hertz, Helle Hertz and father is the actor :da:Christoffer Bro, Christoffer Br ...

for "Faust", Det Kongelige Teater * 2008 Nicolas Bro, "Hamlet", Det Kongelige Teater * 2009

Jens Albinus Jens Albinus (born 3 January 1965 in Bogense) is a Danish actor and director.''Usikker på indersiden. Interview: Jens Albinus'' Jyllands-Posten, 16 December 2005, Must, Side 28 Selected filmography * ''Anton'' (1996) – as Lærer, a teacher ...

, "Stuk", Det Kongelige Teater * 2010

Søren Sætter-Lassen Søren Sætter-Lassen (born 11 July 1955) is a Danish stage, film and television actor. Filmography Awards * 2000: Reumert award for best supporting actor, ''Don Carlos'' * 2010: Reumert award The Reumert Award (Danish: Årets Reumert) ...

for "Richard III", Det Kongelige Teater * 2011 for "Udslet Hornsleth", Teater V * 2012

for "Jeppe på Bjerget", Aarhus Teater * 2013

Ole Lemmeke Ole Lemmeke (born 10 January 1959 in Copenhagen) is a Danish actor. He is known for his work in ''Besat'', ''Magnetisøren's femte vinter'' and ''Den russiske sangerinde''. As of 2012, he was playing the role of Herman Bang in ''Bang and Betty'' ...

for "Bang og Betty", Folketeatret * 2014 Søren Sætter-Lassen, for "Faderen", Det Kongelige Teater * 2015 Olaf Johannessen for "Samtale før døden", Betty Nansen Teatret, "Mefisto", Betty Nansen Teatret og "Heksejagt", Det Kongelige Teater * 2016 Olaf Johannessen for "Puntila", Det Kongelige Teater

Reumert Talent Award

2014

* Benita Bünger, dancer, for her performance in ''Come Fly Away'', Den Kongelige Ballet.

2016

* Franciska Zahle, scenographer, for her scenography for Melodien der blev væk på Nørrebro Teater. * , actor, for his performance in ''Lad den rette komme ind'' and ''Brødrene Løvehjerte'' on Odense Teater. * Liv Helm, instruktør, for her iscenesættelse af Salamimetoden på Aarhus Teater, and ''Og nu: verden!'' på Husets Teater. * Marie Knudsen Fogh, actor, for her performance in Richard III and Daemon on Aalborg Teater. *

Morten Grove Frandsen Morten is a common given name in Norway and Denmark. Approximately 22,138 have this name as a given name in Norway and about 52 people have it as a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Morten Abel, Norwegian singer *Morten Andersen, Dan ...

, singer, for his performance in Leaves, Sort/Hvid and Copenhagen Opera Festival. * Nanna Rossen, singer, for his performance in Hairspray, Tivoli and Thomas Langkjær Entertainment. *

Simon Sears Simon Sears (born 25 January 1984) is a Danish actor. Early life and education Sears was born in Roskilde to an Italian father and Danish mother. He was raised in the town of Solrød Strand, and has two older siblings. When he was younger, Sear ...

, actor, for his performance in ''Sidst på dagen er vi alle mennesker'' on Mammutteatret. * Tobias Praetorius, dancer, for his performance in ''Short Time Together'', Den Kongelige Ballet.

References

{{Reflist 1998 establishments in Denmark Danish awards Theatre awards

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