The Cavling Prize is a prestigious Danish journalist award. It is awarded annually in January to "a journalist or a group of journalists who have shown initiative and talent in the past year." It is generally considered the most prestigious prize for Journalism in Denmark.
The Prize commemorates Henrik Cavling, founder of the Danish Journalists Confederation.
The prize consists of 20,000 kroner and a statuette made by George Rode depicting Henry Cavling. The prize is awarded by a committee appointed by the Danish Journalists' Federation executive committee.
Recipients
1945 Henrik V. Ringsted
1946 Ole Vinding
1947 Gunnar R. Næsselund
1948 Nele Topsøe (Nele Poul Sørensen) 1949 Poul Dalgaard / Anders B. Nørgaard 1950 Mogens Bostrup 1951 Niels Blædel 1952 Aage Hastrup 1953 Per Arboe Rasmussen 1954 Robert Kjældgård 1955 not given 1956 Røde Kors Ungarn-indsamlingen (eng: Red Cross Hungary-fund raiser) 1957 Ole Hansen 1958 not given 1959 Dan Larsen 1960 Viggo Duvå 1961 Willy Reunert 1962 Jørgen Hartmann-Petersen 1963 Poul Trier Pedersen 1964 Knud Poulsen 1965 Poul Dalgaard 1966 Herbert Pundik 1967 Hans V. Bischoff 1968 Erik Nørgaard 1969 Thyra Christensen 1970 Leif Blædel 1971 Torgny Møller 1972 Leif Kjeldsen 1973 The chief editors of Vejle Avis 1974 Anne Wolden-Ræthinge (Ninka) 1975 Nele Rue 1976 Harry Rasmussen 1977 Jacob Andersen / Søren Jacobsen 1978 Svend Bedsted / Jens Otto Kjær Hansen 1979 Jørgen Flindt Pedersen / Erik Stephensen 1980 Hanne Dam 1981 Henning Thøgersen / Jan Michaelsen 1982 J. B. Holmgård 1983 Hanne Reintoft 1984 Sten Bådsgård / Jørgen Pedersen 1985 Allan Graubæk / Gunner Nielsen / Henrik Thomsen 1986 Alex Frank Larsen 1987 The magazine Press 1988 Jens J. Espersen 1989 Anders Peter Mathiasen / Jeppe Juhl 1990 Erik Eisenberg / Ulrik Haagerup / Martin Uhlenfeldt 1991 Leif O. Dahl / Claus G. Theilgaard 1992 Nils Ufer (posthumous) 1993 Mikkel Hertz 1994 John Mynderup 1995 Christian Nordkap / Lars Rugaard / Erik Valeur 1996 Henrik Grunnet / Michael Klint 1997 Poul Brink 1998 Tonni Vinkel Sørensen 1999 Søren Funch / Jens Chr. Hansen / Erik Eisenberg 2000 Kim Dahl Nielsen / Kasper D. Borch 2001 Poul Høi 2002 Morten Pihl / Jakob Priess-Sørensen 2003 Charlotte Aagaard / Jørgen Steen Nielsen / Bo Elkjær 2004 Miki Mistrati / Thomas Stokholm / Jeppe Facius / Anders-Peter Mathiasen 2005 / Michael Klint 2006 Miriam Dalsgaard / Olav Hergel 2007 Peter Øvig Knudsen 2008 Morten Crone / Morten Frich / Erik Refner / Jesper Woldenhof 2009 Jesper Tynell 2010 Lars Nørgaard Pedersen / Asger Westh / Stine Larsen 2011 Ulrik Dahlin / Anton Geist 2012 Asbjørn With 2013 Jeppe Gaardboe, Frederik Brun Madsen, Søren Kristensen, Michael Klint og Steen Jensen for Danmarks Radio 2014 Morten Pihl for Jyllands-Posten 2015 Puk Damsgård for Danmarks Radio 2016 Chris Kjær Jessen, Michael Lund / Lars Nørgaard Pedersen for Berlingske 2017 Camilla Stockmann and Janus Køster-Rasmussen for Politiken and DR 2018 Eva Jung, Simon Bendtsen and Michael Lund for Berlingske 2019 Tea Krogh Sørensen and Morten Pihl for Jyllands-Posten