Jacob Prize

{{Infobox award | name = Jacob Prize | native_name = Jacob-prisen | description = Norway's highest award for architects, artists, and designers | country = Norway | presenter = DOGA (Design and Architecture Norway) }}[[File:Niels Torp Peter Butenschøn.jpg|thumb|Norwegian architect Niels A. Torp receiving the 1999 Jacob Prize award from Peter Butenschøn.]] The '''Jacob Prize''' ({{Langx|no|Jacob-prisen}}) is an annual award presented to an active Norwegian architect, artist, craftsman, or designer who has made a lasting contribution to their field.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sheffield, Jr. |first=Clarence Burton |date=1999 |title=Leena Mannila, God Form i Norge: Jacob-Prisens Vinnere 1957-1995/Good Form in Norway: Winners of the Jacob Prize 1957-1995. Translated by Seán Martin. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40662730 |journal=Studies in the Decorative Arts |publisher=University of Chicago Press |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=124–125|doi=10.1086/studdecoarts.7.1.40662730 |jstor=40662730 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The award is Norway's highest design award.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jevnaker |first=Birgit Helene |url= |title=The Highways and Byways to Radical Innovation: Design Perspectives |date=January 2014 |publisher=Design School Kolding |isbn=978-87-90775-74-2 |editor-last=Christensen |editor-first=Poul Rind |edition=1st |pages=52 |chapter=Chapter 2: The Paradoxical Road to Innovation |editor-last2=Junginger |editor-first2=Sabine |chapter-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318440825}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Linder |first=Mats |date=20 February 2021 |title=I fjor gikk Jacobprisen til Runa Klock – dette er Jacobprisen |language=no |work=PLNTY |url=https://plnty.no/2021/02/dette-er-jacobprisen/}}</ref>

Since 2014, DOGA has presented the award.<ref name=snl>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Jacob-prisen |encyclopedia=Great Norwegian Encyclopedia |url=https://snl.no/Jacob-prisen |last1=Kalleklev |first1=Katrine |language=no |last2=Linder |first2=Mats|date=13 November 2022 }}</ref>

== Recipients == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Recipient |- id="1957" |1957 |Jacob Prytz<ref name=snl/> and Willy Johansson<ref name=snl/> |- |1958 |Elise Jakhelln<ref name=snl/> |- |1959 |Birgit Wessel<ref name=snl/> |- id="1960" |1960 |Bjørn Ianke<ref name=snl/> |- |1961 |Sigurd Alf Eriksen<ref name=snl/> |- |1962 |Bendt Winge<ref name=snl/> |- |1963 |Sigrun Berg<ref name=snl/> |- |1964 |Kjellaug Hølaas<ref name=snl/> |- |1965 |Tone Vigeland<ref name=snl/> |- |1966 |Arne Lindaas<ref name=snl/> |- |1967 |Synnøve Anker Aurdal<ref name=snl/> |- |1968 |Birger Dahl<ref name=snl/> |- |1969 |Benny Motzfeldt<ref name=snl/> |- id="1970" |1970 |Margrethe von der Lippe and Jens von der Lippe<ref name=snl/> |- |1971 |Tormod Alnæs<ref name=snl/> |- |1972 |Grete Prytz Kittelsen<ref name=snl/> |- |1973 |Anne Lise Aas<ref name=snl/> |- |1974 |Tias Eckhoff<ref name=snl/> |- |1975 |Charlotte Block Hellum<ref name=snl/> |- |1976 |Bjørn A. Larsen<ref name=snl/> |- |1977 | align="center" | ''Not awarded'' |- |1978 |Ingmar Relling<ref name=snl/> |- |1979 |Severin Brørby<ref name=snl/> |- id="1980" |1980 |Vivian Zahl Olsen<ref name=snl/> |- |1981 |Dagny Hald and Finn Hald<ref name=snl/> |- |1982 |Hermann Bongard<ref name=snl/> |- |1983 |Johannes Rieber<ref name=snl/> |- |1984 |Annelise Knudtzon<ref name=snl/> |- |1985 |Aud Dalseg<ref name=snl/> |- |1986 |Balans-gruppen<ref name=snl/> |- |1987 |Arne Åse<ref name=snl/> |- |1988 |Jan Herman Linge<ref name=snl/> |- |1989 |Sven Ivar Dysthe<ref name=snl/> |- id="1990" |1990 |Bjørg Abrahamsen<ref name=snl/> |- |1991 |Bruno Oldani<ref name=snl/> |- |1992 |Arne Jon Jutrem and Ellinor Flor<ref name=snl/> |- |1993 |Sverre Fehn<ref name=snl/> |- |1994 |Konrad Mehus<ref name=snl/> |- |1995 |Terje Meyer<ref name=snl/> |- |1996 |Beate Ellingsen<ref name=snl/> |- |1997 |Liv Blåvarp<ref name=snl/> |- |1998 |Lisbet Dæhlin<ref name=snl/> |- |1999 |Niels A. Torp<ref name=snl/> |- id="2000" |2000 |Solveig Hisdal<ref name=snl/> |- |2001 |Roy Håvard Tandberg<ref name=snl/> |- |2002 |Leif Anisdahl<ref name=snl/> |- |2003 |Petter Abrahamsen<ref name=snl/> |- |2004 |Odd Thorsen<ref name=snl/> |- |2005 |Enzo Finger<ref name=snl/> |- |2006 |Ingjerd Hanevold<ref name=snl/> |- |2007 |Jensen & Skodvin Architects<ref name=snl/> |- |2008 |Ståle N. Møller<ref name=snl/> |- |2009 |Egil Haraldsen<ref name=snl/> |- id="2010" |2010 |Sigurd Bronger<ref name=snl/> |- |2011 |Lavrans Løvlie<ref name=snl/> |- |2012 |Peter Opsvik<ref name=snl/> |- |2013 |Helen & Hardv |- |2014 |Reiulf Ramstad<ref name=snl/> |- |2015 | align="center" |''Not awarded'' |- |2016 |Bengler<ref name=snl/> |- |2017 |Cathrine Vigander<ref name=snl/> |- |2018 |Elisabeth Stray Pedersen<ref name=snl/> |- |2019 |Runa Klock<ref name=snl/> |- id="2020" |2020 | align="center" |''Not awarded'' |- |2021 |Goods<ref name=snl/> |- |2022 |KIMA arkitektur<ref>{{Cite web |title=News |url=https://kimaarkitektur.no/news |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=KIMA Arkitektur |language=en}}</ref> |- |2023 |Lala Tøyen, landskapsarkitekter<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-24 |title=Lala Tøyen: Lekne landskapsarkitekter |url=https://doga.no/forbilder-og-eksempler/lala-toyen |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=DOGA |language=nb}}</ref> |- |2024 |T-Michael og Alexander Helle for Norwegian Rain<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regntøygründere får den høyeste norske formgiverprisen / Design og arkitektur / Artikler / Pressenytt! |url=http://www.pressenytt.no/nor/Artikler/Design-og-arkitektur/Regntoeygruendere-faar-den-hoeyeste-norske-formgiverprisen |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=www.pressenytt.no}}</ref> |}

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