Leonard Statuette

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Leonardstatuetten (The Leonard Statuette) is a prize awarded by the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association. The award is named after revue instructor, composer and director Einar Leonard Schanke, one of Norway's most important revue personalities. The prize is regarded the highest distinction in Norwegian revue. First awarded in 1968, the statuette is given to persons with a significant and lasting importance to Norway's entertainment industry.

Prize winners

This is a list of prize winners:

1968 – Arvid Nilssen, actor

1969 – Leif Juster, actor

1970 – not awarded

1971 – Kari Diesen, actress

1972 – Arve Opsahl actor

1973 – Bias Bernhoft, revue writer

1974 – Jens Book-Jenssen, actor

1975 – Carsten Byhring, actor

1976 – Rolf Just Nilsen, actor

1977 – Einar Schanke, instructor and composer

1978 – Rolv Wesenlund, actor

1979 – Otto Nielsen, revue writer

1980 – Arild Feldborg, revue writer

1981 – Alfred Næss, revue writer

1982 – Knut Solberg, scenographer

1983 – Elsa Lystad, actress

1984 – Harald Heide-Steen Jr., actor

1985 – Arild Haga, revue writer

1986 – Elisabeth Granneman, actress

1987 – Sølvi Wang, actress

1988 – not awarded

1989 – not awarded

1990 – Yngvar Numme, actor

1991 – Grethe Kausland, actress

1992 – not awarded

1993 – Dizzie Tunes: Tor Erik Gunstrøm, Svein-Helge Høgberg, Einar Idland, Øyvind Klingberg, Yngvar Numme, actors

1994 – Bjørn Sand, revue writer

1995 – Erik Diesen, revue writer

1996 – not awarded

1997 – Øystein Sunde, artist/composer/text writer

1998 – Hege Schøyen and Øivind Blunck, actors

1999 – Arthur Arntzen, humorist and satirist

2000 – Dag Frøland, actor

2001 – KLM (Trond Kirkvaag, Knut Lystad, Lars Mjøen, actors)

2002 – Odd Børretzen, humorist and satirist

2003 – Brit Elisabeth Haagensli, actor

2004 – not awarded

2005 – Andreas Diesen, revue historian

2006 - not awarded

2007 - Jon Skolmen, actor

2008 - Jakob Margido Esp, actor and humorist

References

Leonard Statuette Wikipedia

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