The Sonning Prize 2023 was awarded to the Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović. The award ceremony took place in the Ceremonial Hall at the University of Co​penhagen Friday 19 April 2024. Photo: Nikolai Linares
The Sonning Prize 2023 was awarded to the Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović. The award ceremony took place in the Ceremonial Hall at the University of Co​penhagen Friday 19 April 2024. Photo: Nikolai Linares

The Board and the Sonning-Prize Committee

Recipients of the Sonning Prize are 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.

Members of the Sonning Prize Committee

All from University of Copenhagen:

  • Rector David Dreyer Lassen (chair)
  • Prorector Eva Hoffmann
  • Associate Professor Anna Vind, Faculty of Theology
  • Dean, professor, 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

  

Members of the board of the Sonning-Foundation

  • Rector David Dreyer Lassen, University of Copenhagen
  • University Director Søren Munk Skydsgaard, University of Copenhagen
  • Director Peter Lodahl, Ouverture Productions
  • Permanent Secretary Hanne Meldgaard, Ministry of Higher Education and Science
  • Professor MSO Tine Damsholt, The Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen
  • Head of Centre Michael Fjeldsøe, Carl Nielsen Centre, Museum Odense
  • HK joint union representative Ingrid Kryhlmand, University of Copenhagen