* The Crown Prince Couple’s Social Award goes to Kofoed’s School. Here, socially disadvantaged people are helped with, among other things, workshops and educational offers.
* With the two prices included at 500,000 kroner each. There is also a kaleidoscope created by the artist Olafur Eliasson.
* The Crown Prince and Crown Princess have also awarded two so-called star sprinkle prizes. The Cultural Star Sprinkle Award goes to choreographer Sebastian Kloborg. He gets it for his “progressive and experimental approach to choreography”.
* The Crown Prince Couple’s Social Star Spray Award goes to the association De Anbragtes Vilkår, which helps placed children and young people based on their own voices and experiences.
* The recipients of the star sprinkle prizes each receive 100,000 kroner.
* The Crown Prince Couple’s Prizes were established by the Beehive Foundation in 2004 as a wedding gift for the couple.
* The Crown Prince and Crown Princess nominate the award recipients on the recommendation of two advisory committees with expertise in culture and social work, respectively.
* The purpose is to honor and make visible actors who have made an effort with an international format in the cultural and social field, respectively.
* The award ceremony was held in Copenhagen in the first years, but has since 2011 been held every year in changing Danish cities. Last year it was in Odense.
* An exception, however, was in 2013, when the Crown Prince Couple’s Awards were held at the Sydney Opera House, Australia, as part of the official 40th anniversary celebration of Jørn Utzon’s world-famous architectural work.
Source: Bikubenfonden.
Source: The Nordic Page