Telenor Culture Award

The Telenor Culture Award, also known as Boundless Communication, is an international award which is given annually by the Norwegian company Telenor. The award is a part of the Telenor Culture Programme, established in 1995 to underline the values of the company. Originally 100,000 NOK,^[1] it was raised to 250,000 NOK and then in 2014 to 500,000 NOK,^[2] and is awarded by a jury. According to the statutes, the award is given to individuals, groups and institutions that have contributed substantially to Scadinavian and international cultural life. Initially it was only given to Norwegians; it later became an international award.^[3][4][5]

From 1996 to 2002, the award was dated for the previous year; since 2003, it has been dated for the same year. There is thus no award dated 2002.

As of December 2014, the jury for the Telenor Culture Award consists of Ingrid Kindem (chairman), Nicolai Cleve Broch, Lars Saabye Christensen, Martin Eia-Revheim, Cecilie Broch Knudsen, Asta Busingye Lydersen, and Kai Rosenberg representing Telenor.^[3]

Recipients

• 1995 – Svein Tindberg, actor
• 1996 – Wenche Øyen, artist
• 1997 – Kjersti Alveberg, choreographer
• 1998 – Kari Bremnes, singer, composer and lyricist^[6][7][8]
• 1999 – Torun Lian, writer and film director
• 2000 – Juni Dahr, actor^[1]
• 2001 – Ingvar Ambjørnsen, writer^[9][10][11]
• 2002 – none, as explained above
• 2003 – The World Theatre, Oslo performance group^[12][13]
• 2004 – Ingrid Lorentzen, ballet dancer^[14]
• 2005 – Anne Marit Jacobsen, actress^[15][16]
• 2006 – International Child Art Museum^[17][18]
• 2007 – Marilyn Mazur, percussionist and composer^[19][20]
• 2008 – Jonas Bendiksen, photographer^[21]
• 2009 – Liv Ullmann, actress and film director^[11][22]
• 2010 – Olafur Eliasson, artist
• 2011 - Norwegian Radio Orchestra^[23][24]
• 2012 - Timbuktu, songwriter and rapper,^[25][26] the first Swedish recipient^[11]
• 2013 - Hisham Zaman, filmmaker^[27]
• 2014 - Stian Carstensen, musician^[2][28]
• 2015- Jo Strømgren
• 2016 -Deeyah Khan filmmaker

References

1. "Telenors kulturpris til Juni Dahr". Aftenbladet (in Norwegian). NTB. 14 February 2001.
2. "Telenors Kulturpris" (in Norwegian). NRK. 22 September 2014.
3. "Telenors kulturpris" (in Norwegian). Telenor. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
4. "Telenor Awards". Telenor. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
5. "The Telenor International Culture Prize AKA Boundless communication". Sceneweb. 2011.
6. "Kulturpris til Kari Bremnes". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). NTB. 28 January 1999.
7. "Kulturpris til Bremnes". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 28 January 1999.
8. "Kari Bremnes - Og så kom resten av livet" (in Norwegian). Kirkelig Kulturverksted. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
9. "Ingvar Ambjørnsen og Hvite Niggere". propaganda.net (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 December 2014.
10. Kristiansen, Karoline Riise (30 May 2006). "Ingvar Ambjørnsen: Djevelens fødselsdag". ABC Nyheter (in Norwegian).
11. "Jason "Timbuktu" Diakité har tilldelats Telenors internationella kulturpris för 2012 på 250 000 kronor". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). TT Spektra. 24 September 2012.
12. Leinslie, Elisabeth (9 October 2014). "Verdensteatret". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian).
13. Borchgrevink, Hild (20 September 2014). "Lisbeth J. Bodd (1958-2014)". scenekunst.no (in Norwegian).
14. "Ingrid Lorentzen: Ballettsjef" (in Norwegian). Norwegian National Opera and Ballet. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
15. Strindberg, Lisa Kristin (24 October 2005). "Pris til Anne Marit Jacobsen" (in Norwegian). NRK.
16. "Kongen feiret med Telenor". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 19 October 2011 [22 October 2005].
17. Børja, Maria (18 September 2006). "En kvart million til barnekunst". Dagbladet (in Norwegian).
18. "Telenor's Culture Award to Museum of Children's Art". The Norway Post. 2 September 2006.
19. "Kulturpris til Marilyn Mazur". Adressa (in Norwegian). NTB. 17 April 2012 [18 September 2007].
20. Sunde, Anikken (4 February 2008) [20 September 2007]. "Marilyn Mazur får Telenors kulturpris" (in Norwegian). NRK.
21. "Telenor's culture prize to Jonas Bendiksen". Telenor. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
22. Parbat, Kalyan (7 October 2009). "Live & Let Dream". The Economic Times.
23. Hansen, Christian (27 September 2011). "Fikk 250.000 av Telenor: Kringkastingsorkesteret fikk Telenors Kulturpris for 2011". Nettavisen (in Norwegian).
24. Vatne, Fred Olav (26 September 2011). "KORK fekk Telenors kulturpris: Kringkastingsorkestret heldt mandag kveld festkonsert for vinnaren av Telenors internasjonale kulturpris 2011 – utan å vite at det var dei som skulle få prisen" (in Norwegian). NRK.
25. Heggelund, Trond (25 September 2012). "Rapper fikk Telenors kulturpris for 2012". mobizmag.no (in Norwegian).
26. "Timbuktu fikk kulturpris". Bergens Avisen (in Norwegian). ANB-NTB. 24 September 2012.
27. Borchgrevink, Hild (4 September 2013). "Pris til Hisham Zaman". scenekunst.no (in Norwegian).
28. Riesto, Matti (24 September 2014). "Prisvinner til Sømnamessa". Brønnøysunds Avis (in Norwegian).

External links

• Telenor Culture Prize at www.telenor.com