The Board & the Sonning-Prize Committee

The recipient of the Sonning Prize is selected by the board of the Sonning-Foundation on the recommendation of a committee at the University of Copenhagen. The Committee is appointed by the Board of the University of Copenhagen.

The members of the Sonning Prize Committee are:

• Rector Henrik C. Wegener (chair)
• Prorector for Research David Dreyer Lassen 
• Associate Professor Gitte Buch-Hansen, Faculty of Theology
• Dean, professor, PhD Jacob Graff Nielsen, Faculty of Law
• Professor Hans H. Wandall, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
• Professor Mette Sandbye, Faculty of Humanities
• Professor Hanne Andersen, Faculty of Science
• Professor Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen, Faculty of Social Sciences

The members of the board of the Sonning-Foundation are:

• Rector Henrik C. Wegener
• University Director Søren Munk Skydsgaard
• Ex. Permanent Secretary Uffe Toudal Pedersen
  Appointed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science
• Peter Lodahl
  Appointed by the Ministry of Culture 
• Professor MSO Tine Damsholt, the Saxo-Institute
• Professor Michael Fjeldsøe, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies
• HK joint union representative Ingrid Kryhlmand