Peer Gynt
The Peer Gynt Prize award ceremony takes place during the Peer Gynt Festival ("Peer Gynt-stemnet") at Vinstra in Gudbrandsdalen, one of Norway's leading festivals. Peer Gynt Festival is a 12-day cultural festival that takes place in the beginning of August each year. The first Festival was held in 1928, for the centennial of Henrik Ibsen's birth.