Thursday 14. March 2019
On March 14 we will announce the winners of the Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize 2018. The ceremony can be watched live from this site.
Upcoming events
Laureates
Nils Klim Prize
2018
Francesca Refsum Jensenius
The Nils Klim Prize for 2018 was awarded to the Norwegian political scientist Francesca R. Jensenius.
Holberg Prize
2018
Cass R. Sunstein
The Holberg Prize 2018 was awarded to the American legal scholar Cass R. Sunstein.
Holberg Prize School Project
2018
Heggen Upper Secondary School
First prize in the Holberg Prize School Project 2018 was awarded to Elin Haugum, Emilie Jensen og Adele Grønningsæther from Heggen VGS.
News Holberg Prize
On 8 February, the Holberg Committee met in Rome, and Committee member Mary Beard delivered a lecture at the Royal Norwegian Embassy.
The Holberg Prize is delighted to be able to publish the written version of Prof. Achille Mbembe's address, given at the Holberg Debate on 1 December, 2018, in Bergen, Norway.
Nils Klim Prize News
The Nils Klim Committee met in Stockholm on 21 January for a final round of deliberations before deciding on their recommendation for the 2019 Nils Klim Prize Winner.
In 2011, Jørn Jacobsen was awarded the Nils Klim Prize for his research into Norwegian criminal law. In this interview from 2017 he talks about why he chose an academic career, the value of legal theory, and challenges in criminal law.