Leonard Statuette

Leonardstatuetten (The Leonard Statuette) is a prize awarded by the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association.^[1] The award is named after revue instructor, composer and director Einar Leonard Schanke, one of Norway's most important revue personalities.^[2] The prize is regarded the highest distinction in Norwegian revue.^[3] 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 ^[4]
• 1969 – Leif Juster, actor
• 1970 – not awarded
• 1971 – Kari Diesen, actress ^[5]
• 1972 – Arve Opsahl actor
• 1973 – Bias Bernhoft, revue writer ^[6]
• 1974 – Jens Book-Jenssen, actor
• 1975 – Carsten Byhring, actor
• 1976 – Rolf Just Nilsen, actor ^[7]
• 1977 – Einar Schanke, instructor and composer
• 1978 – Rolv Wesenlund, actor
• 1979 – Otto Nielsen, revue writer
• 1980 – Arild Feldborg, revue writer ^[8]
• 1981 – Alfred Næss, revue writer ^[9]
• 1982 – Knut Solberg, scenographer
• 1983 – Elsa Lystad, actress
• 1984 – Harald Heide-Steen Jr., actor
• 1985 – Arild Haga, revue writer
• 1986 – Elisabeth Granneman, actress ^[10]
• 1987 – Sølvi Wang, actress
• 1988 – not awarded
• 1989 – not awarded
• 1990 – Yngvar Numme, actor ^[11]
• 1991 – Grethe Kausland, actress
• 1992 – not awarded
• 1993 – Dizzie Tunes: Tor Erik Gunstrøm, Svein-Helge Høgberg, Einar Idland, Øyvind Klingberg, Yngvar Numme, actors ^[11]
• 1994 – Bjørn Sand, revue writer
• 1995 – Erik Diesen, revue writer ^[12]
• 1996 – not awarded
• 1997 – Øystein Sunde, artist/composer/text writer
• 1998 – Hege Schøyen and Øivind Blunck, actors
• 1999 – Arthur Arntzen, humorist and satirist ^[13]
• 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 ^[14]
• 2008 - Jakob Margido Esp, actor and humorist ^[3]

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