Announcement of the 2026 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize

Name: Announcement of the 2026 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize
Start: 2026-03-17T09:00:00+01:00
Location: University Aula in Bergen

Schedule

Tue, 17 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 am

UTC+01:00

Location

University Aula in Bergen | Bergen, HO

On Tuesday, 17 March, the 2026 Holberg Prize and Nils Klim Prize will be announced at the University Aula in Bergen.
The event has free admission and will be livestreamed on the Holberg Prize YouTube channel:

At the event, the Rector of the University of Bergen, Margareth Hagen, will present welcoming remarks. The Chair of the Holberg Prize Board, Professor Jørgen Sejersted, will announce the recipients of the 2026 Holberg Prize and the 2026 Nils Klim Prize. We will also hear the citations from the Academic Committees, before the Holberg Prize Academic Director, Professor Bjørn Enge Bertelsen, will lead a conversation between experts on the Laureates and their scholarly work.
There will be musical performances, and light refreshments will be served.
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THE HOLBERG PRIZE is an international research prize awarded annually to a scholar who has made outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology. The Prize is worth NOK 6,000,000.
THE NILS KLIM PRIZE is awarded annually to a researcher from/in a Nordic country, under the age of 40, for outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology. The Prize is worth NOK 500,000.