Holberg Prize

The Holberg Prize annually awards the Holberg International Memorial Prize and the Nils Klim Prize. It also organise a research competition called Holberg Prize School Project for upper secondary schools in Norway.

The Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund was established by the Norwegian Parliament 1 July 2003. On its inception, the fund's capital was NOK 200 million. The main purpose of the memorial fund is to raise the status of the academic fields of the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology. 
 
The Board of the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund annually awards the Holberg International Memorial Prize to outstanding scholars and the Nils Klim Prize to younger Nordic researchers. The formal award ceremony for the Holberg Prize takes place in Håkonshallen in Bergen in June. The prizes are intended to raise the status of these academic fields and to increase society's awareness of the importance of research in these fields. The Holberg Prize School Project is organised annually in order to stimulate interest among children and young people in these academic fields.

Holberg Prize laureates:
Jürgen Kocka (2011), Natalie Zemon Davis (2010), Ian Hacking (2009), Fredric R. Jameson (2008), Ronald Dworkin (2007), Shmuel N. Eisenstadt (2006), Jürgen Habermas (2005) and Julia Kristeva (2004).

The Nils Klim Prize is worth NOK 250.000 (app. €32,000/$42,000).

Nils Klim Prize laureates:
Jørn Jacobsen (2011), Johan Östling (2010), David Kristian Bloch (2009), Anne Birgitta Pessi (2008), Carina Keskitalo (2007), Linda Wedlin (2006), Dag Trygve Truslew Haug (2005) and Claes de Vreese (2004).

Deadline for nominations to the Holberg International Memorial Prize and the Nils Klim Prize 2012 is 15 September 2011. More information about the nomination. 

For more information about the Holberg Prize: www.holbergprisen.no

The annual return on the fund is allocated to the University of Bergen, which is responsible for making the award to prizewinners and other use of the assets. The University of Bergen has appointed a Board for the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund. The Board is chaired by Professor Jan Fridthjof Bernt at the University of Bergen, and consists of Professor Petter Aaslestad at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Professor Arild Underdal at the University of Oslo, Professor Marit Aamodt Nielsen at the University of Agder and Kjellbjørg Lunde, Director of Education at the County Governor of Hordaland.

The Holberg Prize is administered by the University of Bergen. The secretariat is formally attached to the office of the University Director. 

The annual return on the fund is allocated to the University of Bergen, which is responsible for making the award to prizewinners and other use of the assets. The University of Bergen has appointed a Board for the Ludvig Holberg Memorial Fund. The Board is chaired by Professor Jan Fridthjof Bernt at the University of Bergen, and consists of Professor Petter Aaslestad at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Professor Arild Underdal at the University of Oslo, Professor Marit Aamodt Nielsen at the University of Agder and Kjellbjørg Lunde, Director of Education at the County Governor of Hordaland.

The Holberg Prize is administered by the University of Bergen. The secretariat is formally attached to the office of the University Director.