page_title: Leonard Statuette
section_title: Prize winners
hierarchical_section_title: Leonard Statuette / Prize winners
caption_attribution_description: English: Otto Nielsen (1909–1982), Norwegian songwriter, cabaret artist and radio personality. Photo by Rigmor Dahl Delphin in the collections of Oslo Museum via DigitaltMuseum.
context_page_description: Leonardstatuetten is a prize awarded by the Norwegian Comedy Writers' Association. The award is named after revue instructor, composer and director Einar Leonard Schanke, one of Norway's most important revue personalities. The prize is regarded the highest distinction in Norwegian revue. First awarded in 1968, the statuette is given to persons with a significant and lasting importance to Norway's entertainment industry.
context_section_description: 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
caption: Otto Nielsen, winner 1979
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