Leonard Statuette

Leonardstatuetten is a prize awarded by the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association. The award is named after revue instructor, composer and director Einar Leonard Schanke , who was one of Norway's most important revue personalities. The prize is regarded the highest distinction in Norwegian revue. Awarded from 1968 to 2013, the statuette was given to persons with a significant and lasting importance to Norway's entertainment industry. The statuette was again awarded in 2019, when Eldar Vågan was the recipient.

Prize winners

This is a list of 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, instructor 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 Jr., 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
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
2008 - Jakob Margido Esp, actor and humorist
2009 – not awarded
2010 – Rune Gokstad and Øystein Bache
2011 – not awarded
2012 – Linn Skåber
2013 – Ingrid Bjørnov
2014 – Ole Paus
2015 – Knut Nærum
2016 – Anne Marit Jacobsen
2017 – Tore Ryen
2018 – Nils Vogt
2019 – Eldar Vågan
2020 – Tom Sterri
2021 – Atle Antonsen
2022 – Trond Hanssen
2023 – Anne-Kat. Hærland
2024 – Tom Mathisen & Herodes Falsk