King Olav V's Prize for Cancer Research

The King Olav V's Prize for Cancer Research is a research award given annually by the Norwegian Cancer Society to a researcher who has distinguished himself through his scientific contributions to Norwegian cancer research. It was established in 1992. ^[1]

Recipients

Source: Norwegian Cancer Society (Norwegian) 2017-08-21 at the Wayback Machine

• 1992 – Per Magne Ueland, Institute of Pharmacology of the University of Bergen.
• 1993 – Terje Espevik, Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
• 1994 – Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale, Department of Genetics, Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet.
• 1995 – Stein-Ove Døskeland, Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Bergen.
• 1996 – Rune Blomhoff, Department of Nutrition, University of Oslo.
• 1997 – Sophie D. Fosså, Oncology Department, Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet.
• 1998 – Kirsten Sandvig, Department of Biochemistry of the Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet.
• 1999 – Per Eystein Lønning, Department of Cancer of Haukeland University Hospital.
• 2000 – Anders Waage, Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine of the NTNU.
• 2001 – Erling Seeberg, Microbiological Institute of the Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet.
• 2002 – Eiliv Lund, Institute for Society Medicine of the University of Tromsø.
• 2003 – Sjur Olsnes, Department of Biochemistry of the Institute for Cancer Research of the Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet.
• 2004 – Erlend B. Smeland, Department of Biochemistry of the Institute for Cancer Research of the Rikshospitalet–Radiumhospitalet.
• 2005 – Stein Kaasa, Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, NTNU
• 2006 – Øystein Fodstad, Department for Tumour Biology of the Radiumhospitalet-Rikshospitalet
• 2007 – Ragnhild A. Lothe, Department for Cancer Prevention of the Institute for Cancer Research, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet
• 2008 – Hans Einar Krokan, Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine of NTNU
• 2009 – Lars A. Akslen, Gades Institute of the University of Bergen and Haukeland University
• 2010 – Lars Vatten, NTNU
• 2011 – Sverre Heim, Cytogenetic Cancer Section, Radiumhospitalet-Rikshospitalet
• 2012 – Claes Göran Tropé, Department of Gynecological Cancer, Oslo University, Radiumhospitalet-Rikshospitalet
• 2013 – Olav Dahl, Haukeland University Hospital
• 2014 – Harald Stenmark, University of Oslo
• 2015 – Rolf Bjerkvig, University of Bergen
• 2016 - Kjetil Taskén, University of Oslo
• 2017 - Per Ottar Seglen, University of Oslo
• 2018 - Vessela Kristensen, University of Oslo^[2]
• 2019 - Anne Simonsen ; Norwegian Breast Cancer Group (NBCG) (two prizewinners)
• 2020 - Bjarne Bogen, University of Oslo ^[3]
• 2021 - Bjørn Tore Gjertsen, University of Bergen ^[4]

See also

• List of medicine awards
• List of prizes named after people

References

1. "Kong Olav Vs kreftforskningspris". Norwegian Cancer Society. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
2. . 12 April 2018. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
3. "Kreftforskningsprisen 2020 til Bjarne Bogen". Kreftforeningen (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
4. "Kreftforskningsprisen 2021 til Bjørn Tore Gjertsen". Kreftforeningen (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2021-11-24.

• Based on equivalent article on Norwegian wiki