Leonard Statuette
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.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
- 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
