Telenor Culture Prize, titled 'Boundless Communication', is given annually to performing artists or organizations that have made an extraordinary contribution within culture in Scandinavia, but who also are established internationally. The prize was awarded for the first time in 1995 and since then has recognized artists and artistic organizations every year representing multiple disciplines. The prize is awarded to individuals, groups or institutions that have made a significant contribution to culture, across geographical, social and cultural borders. The prize is awarded for innovative performance or communication-related activities at the highest level, within or across artistic forms of expression

Telenor Culture Prize jury

* Martin Eia-Revheim, House Manager, Sparebankstiftelsen DNB, Leader of the Jury *

Lars Saabye Christensen Lars Saabye Christensen (born 21 September 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian/Danish author. Saabye Christensen was raised in the Skillebekk neighbourhood of Oslo, but lived for many years in Sortland in northern Norway; both places play a major r ...

, author *

Ingrid Lorentzen Ingrid Trøite Lorentzen (born 9 March 1972) is a Norwegian ballet dancer. Since August 2012, she has been artistic director of the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet. Early life Born in Trondheim, she grew up in the ...

, Artistic Director of the National Ballet * Alexandra Archetti Stølen, Festival Manager at Oslo World *

Henrik Mestad Henrik Mestad (born 22 June 1964) is a Norwegian stage, film, and television actor. He received the Hedda Award in 2011. Mestad was born in Oslo as a son of the politician Viking Mestad. He is educated at the Norwegian Theatre Academy and was h ...

, actor * Randi Winnem Due, Telenor Group

Recipients

* 1995 – Svein Tindberg, actor * 1996 – Wenche Øyen, artist * 1997 –

Kjersti Alveberg Kjersti Alveberg (26 July 1948 – 19 October 2021) was a Norwegian choreographer and dancer. Over the last 30 years of her career she created ballets for stage and television and won prestigious awards for her work. Early life Kjersti Alveber ...

, choreographer * 1998 – Kari Bremnes, singer, composer and lyricist * 1999 – Torun Lian, writer and film director * 2000 – Juni Dahr, actress * 2001 –

Ingvar Ambjørnsen Ingvar Even Ambjørnsen-Haefs (born 20 May 1956) is a Norwegian writer. He is best known for his "Elling" tetralogy: ''Utsikt til paradiset'' (1993), ''Fugledansen'' (1995), ''Brødre i blodet'' (1996), and ''Elsk meg i morgen'' (1999). ''Brødr ...

, writer * 2002 – none, as explained above * 2003 – The World Theatre, Oslo performance group * 2004 –

, ballet dancer * 2005 –

Anne Marit Jacobsen Anne Marit Jacobsen (born 7 November 1946) is a Norwegian stage and film actress. She was born in Oslo as the daughter of sculptor Thorbjørn Sigurd Jacobsen and opera singer Randi Heide Steen. She has been assigned to the National Theatre in ...

, actress * 2006 – International Child Art Museum * 2007 – Marilyn Mazur, percussionist and composer * 2008 –

Jonas Bendiksen Jonas Bendiksen (born 1977) is a Norwegian photojournalist based near Oslo. He has published the books ''Satellites'' (2006) and ''The Places We Live'' (2008) and received awards from World Press Photo, International Center of Photography, Natio ...

, photographer * 2009 –

Liv Ullmann Liv Johanne Ullmann (born 16 December 1938) is a Norwegian actress and film director. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses of all time, Ullmann is known as the muse and frequent partner of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. She acted in m ...

, actress and film director * 2010 – Olafur Eliasson, artist * 2011 – Norwegian Radio Orchestra * 2012 – Timbuktu, songwriter and rapper, the first Swedish recipient * 2013 –

Hisham Zaman Hisham Zaman (born 1 February 1975) is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter of Kurdish origin. He graduated from the Norwegian Film School at Lillehammer in 2004. His films center on the stories and inner dilemmas of characters united by a c ...

, filmmaker * 2014 –

Stian Carstensen Stian Carstensen (born 5 January 1971) is a multi-instrument Norwegian musician, entertainer and with Jarle Vespestad (drums) and Nils-Olav Johansen (vocal and guitar), central members of the Balkan-jazz orchestra Farmers market. Biography Ca ...

, musician * 2015 –

Jo Strømgren Jo Strømgren, born 1970 in Norway, was educated in classical ballet and had some years as a dancer before an injury made him pursue a multi-disciplinary creative career. As the artistic director of Jo Strømgren Kompani, a theatre company speci ...

, dancer, choreographer, theatre and film director * 2016 –

Deeyah Khan Deeyah Khan ( ur, , , born 7 August 1977) is a Norwegian documentary film director and human rights activist of Punjabi/Pashtun descent. Deeyah is a two-time Emmy Award winner, two time Peabody Award winner, a BAFTA winner and has received the ...

, filmmaker * 2017 –

Grete Pedersen Grete Pedersen (born 1960) is a Norwegian choral conductor and former footballer. Career in music She is noted for her work with Det Norske Solistkor which she has conducted since 1990. She often features Scandinavian repertoire, but her recording ...

, choral conductor * 2018 – Vanessa Baird, visual artist * 2019 – Kim Hiorthøy, electronic musician, graphic designer, illustrator, filmmaker and writer * 2020 –

Bugge Wesseltoft Jens Christian Bugge Wesseltoft (born 1 February 1964) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer, and producer, son of jazz guitarist Erik Wesseltoft. Career In 1989, Wesseltoft collaborated with the Knut Riisnæs Quartet and was soon after ...

, jazz musician * 2021 – Marvin Halleraker, cartoonist * 2022 -

Girl in Red Marie Ulven Ringheim (born 16 February 1999) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and record producer, known for her indie pop project Girl in Red (stylized as girl in red). Her early EPs ''Chapter 1'' (2018) and ''Chapter 2'' (2019) were recorded ...

, artist

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://www.telenor.com/about-us/culture-and-art/culture-programme/ Norwegian awards Awards established in 1995