Eckersberg Medal

The Eckersberg Medal (originally the Akademiets Aarsmedaille or Annual Academy Medal) is an annual award of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. It is named after Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, known as the father of Danish painting.

The Eckersberg Medal was created in 1883, on the 100th birthday of its namesake.

Eckersberg Medal recipients
Source (1940 onwards): Akademiraadet

1960s

 * 1960: Ejler Bille, Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen, Henry Luckow-Nielsen
 * 1961: Flemming Bergsøe, Jørgen Andersen Nærum
 * 1962: Preben Hornung, Svend Engelund
 * 1963: Anna Klindt Sørensen, Jeppe Vontillius
 * 1964: Albert Mertz, Sig. Vasegaard
 * 1965: Frede Christoffersen, Reidar Magnus, Erik Thommesen
 * 1966: Søren Georg Jensen, Poul Bjørklund
 * 1967: Poul Ekelund, Erling Frederiksen, Agnete Varming, Gunnar Westman
 * 1968: Ib Braase, Agnete Bjerre
 * 1969: Kjeld Hansen, Jørgen Haugen Sørensen, Willy Ørskov

1970s

 * 1970: Paul Gadegaard, Erling Jørgensen, Christian Poulsen
 * 1971: Kasper Heiberg, Richard Winther
 * 1972: Johannes Carstensen, Knud Hvidberg, Anna Thommesen (weaving), Sigrid Lütken, Jens-Flemming Sørensen
 * 1973: Helge Bertram, Erik Lynge
 * 1974: Henrik Buch, Rasmus Nellemann, Gert Nielsen
 * 1975: Arne Haugen Sørensen, Egon Fischer
 * 1976: Alfred Madsen, Niels Macholm
 * 1977: Gunnar Aagaard Andersen
 * 1978: Ib Geertsen, Poul Gernes, Jørn Larsen, Tage Stentoft
 * 1979: Henning Damgård-Sørensen, Else Fischer-Hansen, Arne Ungermann, Eva Sørensen

1980s

 * 1980: Emil Gregersen, Niels Guttormsen, Børge Jørgensen, Bjørn Nørgaard
 * 1981: Vera Myhre, Karin Nathorst Westfelt, Knud Munk
 * 1982: Sven Hauptmann, Anders Kirkegaard, Franka Rasmussen, Anna Maria Lütken, Gudrun Steenberg
 * 1983: Knud Hansen, Søren Kjærsgaard, Mogens Lohmann, Ole Sporring
 * 1984: Mogens Jørgensen, Tonning Rasmussen, Hans Christian Rylander, Kurt Trampedach, Ole Christensen
 * 1985: Seppo Mattinen, Elsa Nielsen, John Olsen, Agnete Therkildsen
 * 1986: Jørgen Rømer, Arne Johannessen, Kirsten Lockenwitz, Ingálvur av Reyni, Hein Heinsen
 * 1987: Nanna Hertoft, Frank Rubin
 * 1988: Leif Lage, Finn Mickelborg, Hanne Varming, Mogens Møller
 * 1989: Freddie A. Lerche, Gudrun Poulsen, Ole Heerup, Eiler Kragh, Peter Bonnén

1990s

 * 1990: Jørgen Boberg, Helle Thorborg, Thomas Bang
 * 1991: Jens Birkemose, Stig Brøgger, Torben Ebbesen
 * 1992: Kai Lindemann, Per Neble
 * 1993: Ingvar Cronhammar
 * 1994: Peter Brandes, Otto Lawaetz, Inge Lise Westman, Kirsten Dehlholm
 * 1995: Merete Barker, Troels Wörsel, Jørgen Roos (film), Kirsten Ortwed
 * 1996: Erik A. Frandsen, Sys Hindsbo, Bent Karl Jacobsen, Aksel Jensen, Kehnet Nielsen, Lene Adler Petersen, Kirsten Justesen, Thorbjørn Lausten
 * 1987: Erik Hagens, Karin Birgitte Lund, Eric Andersen, Margrete Sørensen
 * 1998: Henrik Have, Frithioff Johansen, Jytte Rex, Christian Lemmerz
 * 1999: Jesper Christiansen, Peter Lautrop, Ane Mette Ruge, Elisabeth Toubro