Rungstedlund Award


The Rungstedlund Award is an award of honor, founded by the Rungstedlund Foundation in 1991. The DKK 25,000 prize is annually handed to a person who has made a notable contribution in an area which interested Karen Blixen. The prize is handed at the birthday of Karen Blixen on 17 April. The award comes from a gift from Hørsholm Municipality at the opening of the Karen Blixen Museum on 14 May 1991.
Rungstedlund was the country house in Rungsted near Copenhagen which was owned by Karen Blixen from 1939-58. Rungstedlund is now the site of the Karen Blixen Museum.

Recipients of the Rungstedlund Award

YearAward winnerComment
2019Lars von Trier
2018Minik Rosing
2017Niels Barfoed
2016Jette Baagøe
2015Tom Buk-Swienty
2014Marianne Juhl and Marianne Wirenfeldt Asmussen
2013Karen-Lise Mynster
2012Gabriel Axel
2011Otto B. Lindhardt
2010Johannes Riis
2009Klaus Rifbjerg
2008Aage V. Jensen
2007Judith Thurman
2006Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen
2005Suzanne Brøgger
2003Aage Henriksen25 000 DKK
2002Lin HuaFrom China, translator
2001Inger ChristensenSpeech by Torben Brostrøm in Information on 18 April 2001
2000Liselotte Henriksen
1999Tove Hussein
1998Thorkild Bjørnvig
1997Bodil Kjer
1996Arne Schiøtz
1995Palle Nielsen
1994Clara Selborn
1993Meryl StreepUSA, for her role as Karen Blixen in the film Out of Africa based on Den afrikanske farm
1992Jørgen Gustava Brandt
1991Knud W. Jensen