Leonardstatuetten

Leonardstatuetten (The Leonard Statuette) is a prize awarded by "Norsk revyforfatterforening", and is regarded the highest distinction in Norwegian revue. The award got its name from revue instructor, composer and director Einar Leonard Schanke, one of Norway's most important revue personalities from the 1950s until his death in 1992. First awarded in 1968, the statuette is given to persons with a significant and lasting importance to Norway's entertainment industry.

Prize winners

*1968 – Arvid Nilssen - actor
*1969 – Leif Juster - actor
*1970 – not awarded
*1971 – Kari Diesen - actress
*1972 – Arve Opsahl - actor
*1973 – Bias Bernhoft - revue writer
*1974 – Jens Book-Jenssen - actor
*1975 – Carsten Byhring - actor
*1976 – Rolf Just Nilsen - actor
*1977 – Einar Schanke - intructor and composer
*1978 – Rolv Wesenlund – actor
*1979 – Otto Nielsen - revue writer
*1980 – Arild Feldborg - revue writer
*1981 – Alfred Næss - revue writer
*1982 – Knut Solberg - scenographer
*1983 – Elsa Lystad - actress
*1984 – Harald Heide-Steen - actor
*1985 – Arild Haga - revue writer
*1986 – Elisabeth Granneman - actress
*1987 – Sølvi Wang - actress
*1988 – not awarded
*1989 – not awarded
*1990 – Yngvar Numme - actor
*1991 – Grethe Kausland - actress
*1992 – not awarded
*1993 – Dizzie Tunes: Tor Erik Gunstrøm, Svein-Helge Høgberg, Einar Idland, Øyvind Klingberg , Yngvar Numme - actors
*1994 – Bjørn Sand - revue writer
*1995 – Erik Diesen - revue writer
*1996 – not awarded
*1997 – Øystein Sunde artist/composer/text writer
*1998 – Hege Schøyen and Øivind Blunck - actors
*1999 – Arthur Arntzen - humorist and satirist
*2000 – Dag Frøland - actor
*2001 – KLM (Trond Kirkvaag, Knut Lystad, Lars Mjøen - actors)
*2002 – Odd Børretzen –humorist and satirist
*2003 – Brit Elisabeth Haagensli
*2004 – not awarded
*2005 – Andreas Diesen – revue historian
*2006 - not awarded

References