# Hedda Award

The Hedda Award (Heddaprisen) is a Norwegian theatre award, first presented in 1998. It is named after the character "Hedda" from Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler. Among its categories, which have varied over the years, are: Best Theatre Production, Best Direction, Best Stage Performance, and occasionally an honorary prize. The prize is administered by the Association of Norwegian Theatres and Orchestras (Norsk teater- og orkesterforening) in collaboration with the Norwegian Theater Leaders' Forum (Norsk teaterlederforum).
Recipients of the honorary prize have included Wenche Foss (in 2002), Jon Fosse (2003), and Toralv Maurstad and Espen Skjønberg (both in 2005). Else Nordvang in 2008, Edith Roger in 2010 and Bjørn Sundquist in 2017.

## Awards

| Prismottaker | Award | Year |
| Nina Ellen Ødegård | Best Actress | 2017 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Jan Sælid | Best Actor | 2017 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Hildegunn Eggen | Best Supporting Actress | 2017 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Toralv Maurstad | Best Supporting Actor | 2017 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Sigrid Strøm Reibo | Best Direction | 2017 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Orlando | Production of the year | 2017 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Brune | Best production for children | 2017 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| We come from far, far away | Best production for youth | 2017 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Robert Wilson | Best Stage/Costume Design | 2017 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Ove Alexander Jamt Dahl, Morten Halle, Christine Lohre and Olav Nordhagen | Best Audiovisual Design | 2017 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Arne Lygre | Best Stage Text | 2017 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Ensemble «Edda» | Honorable Artistic Achievement | 2017 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Bjørn Sundquist | Hedda Honorary Award | 2017 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Ane Dahl Torp | Best Actress | 2016 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Kåre Conradi | Best Actor | 2016 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Mari Hauge Einbu | Best Supporting Actress | 2016 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Per Schaanning | Best Supporting Actor | 2016 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Tore Vagn Lid | Best Direction | 2016 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Solaris korrigert | Production of the year | 2016 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Den sommeren pappa ble homo | Best production for children and youth | 2016 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Sjur Miljeteig | Best Audiovisual Design | 2016 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Tore Vagn Lid and Cecilie Løveid | Best Stage Text | 2016 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Olav Myrtvedt | Best Stage/Costume Design | 2016 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Beaivváš Sámi Našunálateáhter | Honorable Artistic Achievement | 2016 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Marie Blokhus | Best Actress | 2015 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Torbjørn Eriksen | Best Actor | 2015 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Lena Kristin Ellingsen | Best Supporting Actress | 2015 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Espen Skjønberg | Best Supporting Actor | 2015 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Hanne Tømta | Best Direction | 2015 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Hamlet | Production of the year | 2015 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Wizard of Oz | Best production for children and youth | 2015 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Bård Lie Thorbjørnsen | Best Stage/Costume Design | 2015 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Verdensteatret | Best Audiovisual Design | 2015 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Alexander Mørk-Eidem | Best Stage Text | 2015 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Hundre hemmeligheter | Best production for children and youth | 2015 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Lisa Lie and PONR | Honorable Artistic Achievement | 2015 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Mariann Hole | Best Actress | 2014 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Vidar Magnussen | Best Actor | 2014 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Renate Reinsve | Best Supporting Actress | 2014 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Sigmund Sæverud | Best Supporting Actor | 2014 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Tyra Tønnessen | Best Direction | 2014 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Perpleks | Production of the year | 2014 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Bård Lie Thorbjørnsen | Best Stage/Costume Design | 2014 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Eirik Hegdal, Asle Karstad and Trondheim Voices | Best Audiovisual Design | 2014 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Alan Øyen and Andrew Wale | Best Stage Text | 2014 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Verdensteatret | Hedda Honorary Award | 2014 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Gisken Armand | Best Actress | 2013 Archived 26 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Ingar Helge Gimle | Best Actor | 2013 Archived 26 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Kine Bendixen | Best Supporting Actress | 2013 Archived 26 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Espen Klouman Høiner | Best Supporting Actor | 2013 Archived 26 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Oskaras Koršunovas | Best Direction | 2013 Archived 26 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Stalker | Production of the year | 2013 Archived 26 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Eg – Ik, Ich, I | Best production for children and youth | 2013 Archived 26 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Lawrence Malstaf | Best Stage/Costume Design | 2013 Archived 26 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Roger Gihlemoen | Best Audiovisual Design | 2013 Archived 26 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| De utvalgte | Honorable Artistic Achievement | 2013 Archived 26 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Ane Dahl Torp | Best Actress | 2012 Archived 24 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Mattis Herman Nyquist | Best Actor | 2012 Archived 24 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Gjertrud Jynge | Best Supporting Actress | 2012 Archived 24 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Torbjørn Eriksen | Best Supporting Actor | 2012 Archived 24 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Sigrid Strøm Reibo | Best Direction | 2012 Archived 24 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Abrahams barn | Production of the year | 2012 Archived 24 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Veggen | Best production for children and youth | 2012 Archived 24 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Boya Bøckman | Best Visual Design | 2012 Archived 24 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Thorbjørn Harr, Mariann Hole and Jan Gunnar Røise | Honorable Artistic Achievement | 2012 Archived 24 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine |
| Heidi Gjermundsen Broch | Best Actress | 2011 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Henrik Mestad | Best Actor | 2011 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Liv Bernhoft Osa | Best Supporting Actress | 2011 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Herman Bernhoft | Best Supporting Actor | 2011 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Peer Perez Øian | Best Direction | 2011 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| John-Kristian Alsaker, Torbjørn Ljunggren and Øyvind Wangensteen | Best Visual Design | 2011 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Det eviga leendet | Production of the year | 2011 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Oslo Internasjonale Teater | Honorable Artistic Achievement | 2011 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Trine Wiggen | Best Actress | 2010 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Anders Mordal | Best Actor | 2010 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Valborg Frøysnes | Best Supporting Actress | 2010 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Christian Skolmen | Best Supporting Actor | 2010 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Victoria Meirik | Best Direction | 2010 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Vi som er hundre | Production of the year | 2010 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Før det ringer | Best production for children and youth | 2010 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Milja Salovaara | Best Visual Design | 2010 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Sogn og Fjordane Teater director of the Theatre Terje Lyngstad | Honorable Artistic Achievement | 2010 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Edith Roger | Hedda Honorary Award | 2010 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Birgitta Victoria Svendsen | Best Actress | 2009 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Mads Ousdal | Best Actor | 2009 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Kirsti Stubø | Best Supporting Actress | 2009 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Pål Rønning | Best Supporting Actor | 2009 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Eirik Stubø | Best Direction | 2009 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| En vanlig dag i helvete | Production of the year | 2009 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Operasjon Almenrausch | Theatre project of the year | 2009 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Ellen Ruge | Best Stage/Costume/Lighting Design | 2009 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Jungle Book | Best production for children and youth | 2009 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Kjersti Sandal | Best Actress | 2008 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Anders Baasmo Christiansen | Best Actor | 2008 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Mari Maurstad | Best Supporting Actress | 2008 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Morten Espeland | Best Supporting Actor | 2008 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Anne-Karen Hytten | Best Direction | 2008 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Mann = Mann | Most Notable Theater Project | 2008 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Ingrid Tønder | Best Stage/Costume/Lighting Design | 2008 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Vinterdvale | Best production for children and youth | 2008 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Christopher Nielsen | Most Promising Newcomer | 2008 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Tormod Lindgren | Honorable Achievement | 2008 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Elsa Nordvang | Hedda Honorary Award | 2008 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Birgitte Larsen | Best Actress | 2007 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Sven Nordin | Best Actor | 2007 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Hildegunn Eggen | Best Supporting Actress | 2007 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen | Best Supporting Actor | 2007 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Øyvind Osmo Eriksen | Best Direction | 2007 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Growth of the Soil [Markens Grøde] | Most Notable Theater Project | 2007 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Nora Furuholmen and Joakim Moe Røisland | Best Stage/Costume/Lighting Design | 2007 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Betre utan ball | Best production for children and youth | 2007 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Alexander Rybak | Most Promising Newcomer | 2007 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Per Chr. Revholt and Ket Iren Lødemel | Honorable Achievement | 2007 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Ingunn Beate Øyen | Best Actress | 2006 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Øystein Røger | Best Actor | 2006 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Lise Fjeldstad | Best Supporting Actress | 2006 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Nils Ole Oftebro | Best Supporting Actor | 2006 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Sophia Jupiter | Best Direction | 2006 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Bollywood Ibsen - Fruen fra Det indiske hav | Most Notable Theater Project | 2006 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Jūratė Paulėkaitė | Best Stage/Costume/Lighting Design | 2006 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Trollprinsen | Best production for children and youth | 2006 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Erlend Sandem | Most Promising Newcomer | 2006 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Sogn og Fjordane Teater | Honorable Achievement | 2006 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Nina Ellen Ødegård | Honorable Artistic Achievement | 2005 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Grusomhetens Teater | Performing Arts Hub Norway's Award | 2005 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Sebastian Hartmann | Best Direction | 2005 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Staff at Rogaland Teater | Honorable Achievement | 2005 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Ingrid Bolsø Berdal | Most Promising Newcomer (and Hedda grant) | 2005 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Peer Gynt | Production of the year | 2005 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Christian Friedländer | Best Stage/Costume/Lighting Design | 2005 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Espen Skjønberg and Toralv Maurstad | Hedda Honorary Award | 2005 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Jan Grønli | Particularly excellent performance | 2004 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Purpur og gull | Production of the year | 2004 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Gábor Zsámbéki | Best Direction | 2004 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Ingrid Nylander | Best Stage/Costume/Lighting Design | 2004 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Jesper Halle | (Open category) | 2004 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Lasse Kolsrud | Most Promising Newcomer (and Hedda grant) | 2004 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Baktruppen | Performing Arts Hub Norway's Award | 2004 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Marianne Westby | Simen's Grant | 2004 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Laila Goody | Particularly excellent performance | 2003 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Production of the year | 2003 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Kjetil Bang-Hansen | Best Direction | 2003 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Tre mødre - ex auditorio | Best production for children and youth | 2003 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Kari Gravklev | Best Stage/Costume Design | 2003 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Bjørnar Teigen | Most Promising Newcomer (and Hedda grant) | 2003 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Oddvar Nilsen | Simen's Grant | 2003 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Arlene Wilkes | Particularly excellent performance | 2002 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| There | Production of the year | 2002 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Tamas Ascher | Best Direction | 2002 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| John-Kristian Alsaker | Best Stage/Costume/Lighting Design | 2002 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Lisbeth Narud | (Open category) | 2002 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Wenche Foss | Hedda Honorary Award | 2002 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Terje Strømdahl | Particularly excellent performance | 2001 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Runar Hodne | Best Direction | 2001 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Amadeus | Production of the year | 2001 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Gerd Zoe Christiansen | Best Stage/Costume Design | 2001 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Marit Moum Aune | (Open category) | 2001 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Trond Espen Seim | Particularly excellent performance | 2000 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Alexander Mørk-Eidem | Best Direction | 2000 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Personkrins 3:1 | Production of the year | 2000 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Aage Gaup and Berit Marit Hætta | Best Stage/Costume Design | 2000 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Teater Ibsen | (Open category) | 2000 Archived 23 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine |
| Anne Krigsvoll | Particularly excellent performance | 1999 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Stein Winge | Best Direction | 1999 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Sult | Production of the year | 1999 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Jo Strømgren | (Open category) | 1999 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Iben Sandemose | Best Stage/Costume Design | 1999 Archived 3 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine |
| Even Stormoen | Particularly excellent performance | 1998 |
| Yngve Sundvor | Best Direction | 1998 |
| Skjønnhetsdronninga | Production of the year | 1998 |
| Kristin Bredal | (Open category) | 1998 |
| Unni Walstad | Best Stage/Costume Design | 1998 |