# 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

### 1880s

| Year | Recipient(s) | Field |
| 1887 | Michael Ancher | Painter |
| 1887 | Christian Blache | Painter |
| 1888 | Christian Blache | Painter |
| 1888 | Valdemar Irminger | Painter |
| 1889 | Michael Ancher | Painter |
| 1889 | Valdemar Irminger | Painter |

### 1890s

| Year | Recipient(s) | Field |
| 1890 | Georg Achen | Painter |
| 1890 | Erik Henningsen | Painter |
| 1890 | Edvard Petersen | Painter |
| 1890 | Theodor Philipsen | Painter |
| 1891 | Edvard Petersen | Painter |
| 1892 | Ludvig Brandstrup | Sculptor |
| 1892 | Joakim Skovgaard | Painter |
| 1893 | H. A. Brendekilde | Painter |
| 1893 | Niels Pedersen Mols | Painter |
| 1893 | Laurits Tuxen | Painter |
| 1894 | Niels Pedersen Mols | Painter |
| 1894 | Knud Larsen | Painter |
| 1894 | Hans Ole Brasen | Painter |
| 1895 | | |
| 1896 | Ludvig Brandstrup | Sculptor |
| 1896 | Gunnar Jensen | Medallist/sculptor |
| 1896 | L.A. Ring | Painter |
| 1897 | | |
| 1898 | Heinrich Wenck | Architect |
| 1898 | Lauritz Jensen | Sculptor |
| 1898 | Knud Larsen | Painter |
| 1899 | Peter Ilsted | Painter |

### 1900s

| Year | Recipient(s) | Field |
| 1900 | Rasmus Andersen | Sculptor |
| 1900 | Carl Bonnesen | Sculptor |
| 1901 | Martin Borch | Architect |
| 1901 | Thorvald Jørgensen | Architect |
| 1901 | Lorenz Vilhelm Hinrichsen | Painter |
| 1901 | Carl Holsøe | Painter |
| 1901 | L.A. Ring | Painter |
| 1901 | Carl Wentorf | Painter |
| 1902 | Gotfred Tvede | Architect |
| 1902 | Carl Wentorf | Painter |
| 1903 | Anna Ancher | Painter |
| 1903 | Hans Nikolaj Hansen | Painter |
| 1903 | Carl Locher | Painter |
| 1903 | Carl Mortensen | Painter |
| 1903 | Henrik Jespersen | Painter |
| 1904 | Anna Ancher | Painter |
| 1904 | Victor Nyebølle | Architect |
| 1904 | Niels Vinding Dorph | Painter |
| 1904 | Edvard Eriksen, | Sculptor |
| 1904 | Viggo Jarl | Sculptor |
| 1904 | Carl Locher | Painter |
| 1905 | Lauritz Jensen | Painter |
| 1905 | Charles Lindstrøm | |
| 1905 | Hans Smidth | Painter |
| 1906 | Hans Smidth | Painter |
| 1906 | Agnes Slott-Møller | Painter |
| 1907 | Carl Brummer | Architect |
| 1907 | Niels Vinding Dorph | Painter |
| 1907 | Vilhelm Arnesen | |
| 1907 | Frederik Lange | Painter |
| 1907 | J.C. Schlichtkrull | Painter |
| 1908 | Gotfred Tvede | Architect |
| 1908 | Carl Holsøe | Painter |
| 1908 | Ejnar Nielsen | Sculptor |
| 1908 | Ingeborg Plockross Irminger | Sculptor |
| 1908 | Peter Alfred Schou | Painter |
| 1908 | Herman Vedel | Painter |
| 1908 | Sigurd Wandel | Painter |
| 1909 | Anton Rosen | Architect |
| 1909 | Josef Theodor Hansen | Painter/illustrator |
| 1909 | Johannes Magdahl Nielsen | Architect |
| 1909 | Carl V. Meyer | |
| 1909 | Herman Vedel | Painter |
| 1909 | Carl Mortensen | |

### 1910s

| Year | Recipient(s) | Field |
| 1910 | Axel Berg | Architect |
| 1910 | Jens Jacob Nielsen Bregnø | Sculptor |
| 1910 | Hans Nikolaj Hansen | Painter |
| 1910 | Frederik Lange | |
| 1910 | Johannes Wilhjelm | Painter |
| 1911 | Carl Brummer | Architect |
| 1911 | Vilhelm Th. Fischer | |
| 1911 | Lorenz V. Hinrichsen | |
| 1911 | Carl V. Meyer | |
| 1911 | Einar Utzon-Frank | Sculptor |
| 1911 | Johannes Wilhjelm | |
| 1912 | Vilhelm Th. Fischer | |
| 1912 | Svend Hammershøi | Painter/ceramist |
| 1912 | Gunnar Jensen | Medallist/sculptor |
| 1912 | P.A. Schou | |
| 1912 | Sigurd Wandel | |
| 1913 | Carl Møller | Painter/Architect |
| 1913 | Svend Hammershøi | Painter/ceramist |
| 1914 | Rasmus Harboe | Sculptor |
| 1914 | Kristoffer Varming | Architect |
| 1914 | Axel Poulsen | Sculptor |
| 1914 | Eiler Sørensen | Painter |
| 1915 | Henning Hansen | Architect |
| 1915 | Eiler Sørensen | Painter |
| 1915 | Valdemar Neiiendam | Painter |
| 1916 | Thyra Boldsen | Sculptor |
| 1916 | Hans Knudsen | Painter |
| 1917 | Hans Knudsen | Painter |
| 1918 | Maleren Tycho Jessen | Painter |
| 1918 | Carl Harild | Architect |
| 1919 | Knud Kyhn | Painter(ceramist/sculptor |
| 1919 | Karl Larsen | Painter |
| 1919 | Jens Lund | Painter/illustrator |
| 1919 | Sigurd Swane | Painter |

### 1920s

| Year | Artist | Medium |
| 1920 | FilePoul Holsøe | Architect |
| 1920 | Jens Lund | Painter |
| 1921 | Axel Ekberg | Architect |
| 1921 | Niels Hansen | Painter |
| 1921 | Hans Henningsen | Painter |
| 1922 | Carl Fischer | Painter |
| 1923 | Emanuel Monberg | Architect |
| 1923 | Niels Bjerre | |
| 1923 | Kræsten Iversen | Painter |
| 1923 | Svend Jespersen | Sculptor |
| 1924 | Olaf Rude | Painter |
| 1924 | William Scharff | Painter |
| 1925 | Edvard Weie | Painter |
| 1926 | Kay Fisker | Architect |
| 1926 | Axel P. Jensen | Painter |
| 1926 | Ernst Zeuthen | Painter |
| 1927 | Johannes Ottesen | Painter |
| 1927 | Knud V. Engelhardt | Architect |
| 1927 | Kay Fisker | Architect |
| 1928 | Ludvig Find | Painter |
| 1928 | Kaare Klint | Architect |
| 1928 | Hans W. Larsen | Painter |
| 1929 | Bent Helweg-Møller | Architect |
| 1929 | Jais Nielsen | Painter/ceramist |

### 1930s

| Year | Recipient | Field |
| 1930 | Thorkild Henningsen Mogens Bøggild Ebba Carstensen | Architect Sculptor Painter |
| 1931 | Johan Vilhelm Andersen Jens Søndergaard Poul Andreas Kiærskou | Painter Painter Sculptor |
| 1932 | | |
| 1933 | Oluf Høst Einar Packness Arno Malinowski Siegfred Neuhaus | Painter Architect Sculptor Painter |
| 1934 | Harald Quistgaard Kaj Søren Sørensen Harald Hansen | Sculptor Painter Painter |
| 1955 | Thomas Havning | Architect |
| 1936 | Arne Jacobsen Aage Rafn Adam Fischer Georg Jacobsen Herluf Jensenius Arnoff Thomsen | Architect Architect Sculptor Painter Illustrator Sculptor |
| 1937 | Gudmund Nyeland Brandt Niels Lergaard | Landscape architect Painter |
| 1938 | Mogens Koch Axel Salto Knud Agger | Architect Sculptor Painter |
| 1939 | Egil Fischer Poul Høm Sigurjón Ólafsson Johannes Hansen | Architect Painter Painter Sculptor Sculptor |

### 1940s

| Year | Recipient | Field |
| 1940 | Henrik Starcke Astrid Noack Flemming Larsen Erik Møller Lauritz Hartz Søren Hjorth Nielsen | Sculptor Sculptor Architect Architect Painter Painter |
| 1941 | Aage Petersen Gunnar Hansen Vilhelm Lauritzen Frits Schlegel Otto Nielsen Victor Haagen Müller | Sculptor Sculptor Architect Architect Painter Painter |
| 1942 | Hugo Liisberg Anker Hoffmann Elof Risebye Niels Grønbech | Sculptor Sculptor Painter Painter |
| 1943 | Aage Nielsen-Edwin Agnes Lunn Kaj Louis Jensen Hans Christian Hansen Viggo S. Jørgensen Povl Schrøder Christine Swane | Sculptor Sculptor Sculptor Architect Architect Painter Painter |
| 1944 | Knud Nellemose Gottfred Eickhoff Eske Kristensen Axel Skjelborg Carl Jensen | Sculptor Sculptor Architect Painter Painter |
| 1945 | Inge Finsen Tyge Holm C. F. Møller C.Th. Sørensen Arne Ludvigsen Ole Søndergaard Erik Hoppe | Sculptor Architect Architect Architect Architect Architect Painter |
| 1946 | Ulf Rasmussen J. Gudmundsen-Holmgreen F. Grut Paul Sørensen Sophie Pedersen | Sculptor Sculptor Architect Painter Painter |
| 1947 | Ejgill Vedel Schmidt Finn Juhl Júlíana Sveinsdóttir Bizzie Høyer Ville Jais Nielsen | Sculptor Architect Painter Painter Painter |
| 1948 | Tove Olafsson Stephensen Knud Hansen Mogens Andersen Svend Johansen Lauritz Hartz | Sculptor Architect Painter Painter Painter Painter |
| 1949 | August Keil Agnete Jørgensen Hans Georg Skovgaard Edvard Klindt-Larsen Egon Mathiesen | Sculptor Sculptor Architect Architect Painter |

### 1950s

| Year | Recipient | Field |
| 1950 | Carl-Henning Pedersen Richard Mortensen Børge Mogensen | Painter Painter Architect |
| 1951 | Holger J. Jensen Hans Bendix Hans Hansen Helge Refn Henning Seidelin Grethe Bagge | Painter Painter Architect Architect Sculptor Sculptor |
| 1952 | Helge Nielsen Dan Sterup-Hansen P.E. Hoff B. Windinge | Painter Painter Architect Architect |
| 1953 | Kaj Mottlau Petri Gissel Halldor Gunnløgsson Ole Hagen William Gersel Jørgen Thoms | Painter Painter Architect Architect Sculptor Sculptor |
| 1954 | Mogens Zieler Kaj Ejstrup Viggo Møller-Jensen Hjalte Skovgaard | Painter Painter Architect Sculptor |
| 1955 | S. Danneskjold-Samsøe Christian Daugaard Eva & Nils Koppel | Painter Painter Architects |
| 1956 | Carl Østerbye Erik Herløw Hans J. Wegner | Painter Architect Architect |
| 1957 | Albert Gammelgaard Karl Bovin Jørn Utzon Erik Christian Sørensen Helge Holmskov | Painter Painter Architect Architect Sculptor |
| 1958 | Harald Leth Holger Jensen Vilhelm Wohlert | Painter Architect Architect |
| 1959 | Egill Jacobsen Ole Kielberg Jørn Nielsen Jørgen Bo | Painter Painter Architect Architect |

### 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

### 2000s

| Year | Recipient(s) | Field |
| 2000 | Per Arnoldi | Painter |
| 2000 | Nina Sten-Knudsen | Painter |
| 2000 | Mogens Otto Nielsen | Painter |
| 2000 | Georg K. S. Rotne | Architect |
| 2000 | Morten Stræde | Sculptor |
| 2001 | Jes Fomsgaard | Painter |
| 2001 | Michael Kvium | Painter |
| 2001 | Ole Helweg | Architect |
| 2001 | Ole Helweg | Architect |
| 2001 | Knud Fladeland Nielsen | Architect |
| 2001 | Kim Utzon | Architect |
| 2001 | Lone Høyer Hansen | Sculptor |
| 2001 | Anita Jørgensen | Sculptor |
| 2002 | Viera Collaro | Painter |
| 2002 | Nils Erik Gjerdevik | Painter |
| 2002 | Stig Lennart Andersson | Landscape architect |
| 2002 | Søren Robert Lund | Architect |
| 2002 | Øivind Nygård | Sculptor |
| 2002 | Finn Reinbothe | Sculptor |
| 2003 | Peter Bonde | Artist |
| 2003 | Mogens Gissel | Painter |
| 2003 | Nille Juul-Sørensen | Architect |
| 2003 | Torben Schønherr | Landscape architect |
| 2003 | Eva Koch | Sculptor |
| 2004 | Jeppe Aagaard Andersen | Landscape architect |
| 2004 | Dorte Mandrup | Architect |
| 2004 | Martin Erik Andersen | Sculptor |
| 2004 | Olafur Eliasson | Sculptor |
| 2004 | Søren Jensen | Sculptor |
| 2004 | Claus Carstensen | Painter |
| 2004 | Leif Kath | Painter |
| 2005 | Bjarke Ingels | Architect |
| 2005 | Julien De Smedt | Architect |
| 2005 | Steen Høyer | Architect |
| 2005 | Jørgen Michaelsen | Sculptor |
| 2005 | Henning Christiansen | sculptor |
| 2005 | Ellen Hyllemose | Sculptor |
| 2005 | Tal R | Painter |
| 2005 | Per Bak Jensen | Painter |
| 2005 | Vibeke Mencke Nielsen | Painter |
| 2006 | Jytte Høy | Sculptor |
| 2006 | Erland Knudssøn Madsen | Sculptor |
| 2006 | Jørgen Carlo Larsen | Sculptor |
| 2006 | Peter Holst Henckel | Painter |
| 2006 | Malene Landgreen | Painter |
| 2006 | Signe and Christian Cold | Architects |
| 2007 | Troels Troelsen | Architect |
| 2007 | Jens Haaning | Sculptor |
| 2007 | Kerstin Bergendal | Sculptor |
| 2007 | Cai-Ulrich von Platen | Painter |
| 2007 | Poul Pedersen | Painter |
| 2007 | Per Marquard Otzen | Painter |
| 2008 | Karen Exner | Architect |
| 2008 | Mads Bjørn Hansen | Architect |
| 2008 | Mette Tony | Architect |
| 2008 | Henrik B. Andersen | Sculptor |
| 2008 | Sophia Kalkau | Sculptor |
| 2008 | Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen | Sculptor |
| 2008 | Kasper Bonnén | Painter |
| 2009 | Kim Holst Jensen | Architect |
| 2009 | Jesper Rasmussen | Sculptor |
| 2009 | Ole Broager | Sculptor |
| 2009 | Inge Ellegaard | Painter |
| 2009 | Leonard Forslund | Painter |

### 2010s

| Year | Recipient(s) | Field |
| 2010 | Anna Maria Indrio | Architect |
| 2010 | Thomas Carstens | Architect |
| 2010 | Nils Holscher, Mikkel Nordberg, Claus Sivager | Architects |
| 2010 | Peter Callesen | Visual artist |
| 2010 | Kirsten Dufour and Finn Thybo Andersen | Visual artist |
| 2011 | Louis Becker | Architect |
| 2011 | Poul Ove Jensen | Architect |
| 2011 | Erik Varming | Sculptor |
| 2011 | Ursula Reuter Christiansen | Painter |
| 2012 | Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset | Visual artists |
| 2012 | Marianne Levinsen | Landscape architect |
| 2012 | Marianne Hesselbjerg | Visual artist |
| 2012 | John Kørner | Painter |
| 2013 | Kristine Jensen | Landscaåe architect |
| 2013 | Frans Jacobi | Visual artist |
| 2013 | Bodil Nielsen | Visual artist |
| 2013 | Søren Martinsen | Visual artist |
| 2014 | Frank Maali and Gemma Lalanda | Architects |
| 2014 | Pernille Schyum Poulsen and Jan Albrechtsen | Architects |
| 2014 | Jesper Just | Visual artist |
| 2014 | Finn Naur Petersen | Sculptor |
| 2014 | Kirstine Roepstorff | Visual artist |
| 2015 | Carsten E. Holgaard | Architect |
| 2015 | Christina Sofia Capetillo | Architect |
| 2015 | Henrik Plenge Jakovsen | Visual artist |
| 2015 | Ann Kristin Lislegaard | Visual artist |
| 2015 | Mette Winckelmann | Visual artist |
| 2015 | Lars Juel This, Ib Valdemar Nielsen, Bo Lautrup, Peter Dalgaard | Architects |
| 2016 | Dan Stubbergaard | Architect |
| 2016 | Peter Land | Visual artist |
| 2016 | Joachim Koester | Visual artist |
| 2017 | Terese Erngaard | Architect |
| 2017 | Sergej Jensen | Visual artist |
| 2017 | Hanne Nielsen (artist), Birgit Johnsen | Visual artists |
| 2017 | Annette Harboe Flensburg | Visual artist |

### 2020s

| Year | Recipient(s) | Field |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Camilla Berner | Visual artist |
| 2020 | René Schmidt | Visual artist |
| 2020 | Mads Mandrup | Architect |
| 2020 | Søren Rasmussen | Architect |