Leonard Statuette

Leonardstatuetten (Leonard Statuette) is a prize awarded by the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association. The award is named after revue instructor, composer and director Einar Leonard Schanke (1927–1992), 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 (Trond Kirkvaag, Knut Lystad, Lars Mjøen, actors)
 * 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 to 2018 – not awarded
 * 2019 – Eldar Vågan