Announcement for the 2020 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize
On Thursday, 5 March, at 09:00 CET, we will announce the Holberg Prize Laureate and Nils Klim Prize Laureate for 2020. The event will be live-streamed on this page.
Announcement for the 2020 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize
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The announcement ceremony will take place in the foyer at Media City Bergen, at 09:00 CET. (08:00 GMT).
The main speakers at the event will be Rector of the University of Bergen Dag Rune Olsen and Chair of the Holberg Board Sigmund Grønmo. We will also hear citations from the Holberg Committee and the Nils Klim Committee.
The event is open to the public.
The Holberg Prize is an international prize awarded for outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law and theology. The Prize is worth NOK 6 000,000 (approximately EUR 600,000 / USD 670,000).
The Nils Klim Prize is awarded annually to a young Nordic scholar under the age of 35, for outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology. The Prize is worth NOK 500 000.
