Ingenio et arti (from Latin: For Science and Art) is a Danish medal awarded to prominent Danish and foreign scientists and artists. The honour, a personal award of the Monarch, was instituted by King Christian VIII in 1841, and could be awarded to women as well as men.
The reverse shows The Genius of Light, engraved after the 1841 plaster relief by Bertel Thorvaldsen.
The medal is awarded irregularly, on average less than twice per year, and was most recently () awarded to John Neumeier after the première of his ballet Mahler's 3rd Symphony on 19 May 2021 at the Copenhagen Opera House.
Recipients Bertha Wegmann, 1892 Anna Ancher, 1913 Emilie Ulrich, 1917 Adeline Genée, 1923 Gerda Christophersen, 1929 Karen Blixen, 1952 Bjørn Nørgaard, 1999 Kirsten Simone, 2001 Ghita Nørby, 2006 Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen, 2013 , 2020 John Neumeier, 2021
References List of recipients. Self-published, but with references
Online medal-database of medals from the Kingdom of Denmark. Self-published.
An example of an early female recipient.
External links
Provides details including pictures of obverse and reverse with ribbon of Ingenio et Arti medals awarded to actress Anna Bloch in 1910, sculptor Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen in 1927 and actress Clara Pontoppidan in 1931. Self-published. Navigation in English.