The Crown Prince Couple's Awards () are a set of culture and social prizes awarded annually by Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. 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

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r 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 Per Fly Plejdrup (born 14 January 1960) is a Danish film director, generally credited simply as Per Fly. He has made many films and television shows broadcast on Danish television. Per Fly's awards includes the Crown Prince Couple's Culture Prize ...

(Culture Prize) ** Red Barnet (charitable donation) * 2006 ** Artist

Olafur Eliasson Olafur Eliasson (; born 5 February 1967) is an Icelandic–Danish artist known for sculptured and large-scaled installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer's experience. In 1995, ...

(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 T ...

(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 s ...

(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. In 2006 he won the Eurovision Young Musicians Eurovision Young ...

(Culture Prize) ** Musician Nanna Fabricius Øland and photographer Joakim Eskildsen (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 Dwe ...

(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 List of Danes#Artists, 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 ''Socialiste ...

(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 ''The Killing'' () is a Danish police procedural drama television series created by Søren Sveistrup and produced by DR in co-production with ZDF Enterprises. It premiered on the Danish national television channel DR1 on 7 January 2007 and ...

and Borgen:

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

, main scriptwriter of Forbrydelsen, Seasons 1 to 3,

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 ...

, actress; Birger Larsen, director;

Eric Kress Eric Kress (born 25 March 1962) is a Danish cinematographer. Biography Kress was born in Zürich on 25 March 1962 to a French father and a Danish mother. He studied cinematography at the National Film School of Denmark in Copenhagen from 1987 t ...

, photographer;

Niels Sejer Niels is a male given name, equivalent to Nicholas, which is common in Denmark, Belgium, Norway (formerly) and the Netherlands. The Norwegian and Swedish variant is Nils. The name is a developed short form of Nicholas or Greek Nikolaos, after Sain ...

, production designer; as well as

Adam Price Adam Robert Price (born 23 September 1968) is a Welsh politician who served as Leader of Plaid Cymru from September 2018 to May 2023. He has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr since 2016, having previously been ...

, 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'', for which she received both the Robert and Bodil ...

, actress;

Søren Kragh-Jacobsen Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (; born 2 March 1947, in Copenhagen) is a Danish film director, musician, and songwriter. He was one of the founders and practitioners of the Dogme95 project, for creating films without artificial technology or techniques. ...

, director; Lasse Frank, photographer; Søren Gam, production designer (Culture Prize) ** Voluntary organisation Natteravnene (Social Prize) ** Violinist Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen and singer/songwriter Karen Marie Ørsted / MØ (Stardust Prizes) * 2014 - Presented in Musikkens Hus, 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 Prin ...

(Culture Prize) **Support organisation

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(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 wi ...

(Stardust Prizes)

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

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