The Cavling Prize () is a 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."
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 Union of Journalists' executive committee. The prize fund is sponsored in part by the Danish Union of Journalists, and in part by the two newspapers Politiken and Berlingske.
History The prize was founded on 18 December 1944. The prize fund was created by Danish Union of Journalists, Politiken and Berlingske Tidende.
Recipients + Year Name(s) Publication 1945 Henrik V. Ringsted Politiken 1946 Ole Vinding 1947 Gunnar R. Næsselund 1948 Nele Topsøe (Nele Poul Sørensen) 1949 Poul Dalgaard / Anders B. Nørgaard Social-Demokraten 1950 Mogens Bostrup Nationaltidende 1951 Niels Blædel 1952 Aage Hastrup 1953 Per Arboe Rasmussen 1954 Robert Kjældgård Social-Demokraten 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 Social-Demokraten 1961 Willy Reunert Danmarks Radio 1962 Jørgen Hartmann-PetersenPolitiken 1963 Poul Trier Pedersen Danmarks Radio 1964 Knud Poulsen - 1965 Poul Dalgaard Ekstra Bladet 1966 Herbert Pundik Politiken 1967 Hans V. Bischoff - 1968 Erik Nørgaard Politiken 1969 Thyra Christensen - 1970 Leif Blædel - 1971 Torgny Møller Dagbladet Information 1972 Leif Kjeldsen Politiken 1973 The chief editors of Vejle Avis Vejle Avis 1974 Anne Wolden-Ræthinge Politiken 1975 Nele Rue Danmarks Radio 1976 Harry Rasmussen Næstved Tidende 1977 Jacob Andersen / Søren Jacobsen Ekstra Bladet 1978 Svend Bedsted / Jens Otto Kjær Hansen Jyllands-Posten 1979 Jørgen Flindt Pedersen / Erik Stephensen Danmarks Radio 1980 Hanne Dam Dagbladet Information 1981 Henning Thøgersen / Jan Michaelsen Ekstra Bladet 1982 J. B. Holmgård Politiken 1983 Hanne Reintoft Danmarks Radio 1984 Sten Bådsgård / Jørgen Pedersen Danmarks Radio 1985 Allan Graubæk / Gunner Nielsen / Henrik Thomsen Holbæk Amts Venstreblad 1986 Alex Frank Larsen Dagbladet Information 1987 - The magazine Press 1988 Jens J. Espersen Ritzau 1989 Anders Peter Mathiasen / Jeppe Juhl Ekstra Bladet 1990 Erik Eisenberg / Ulrik Haagerup / Martin Uhlenfeldt Jyllands-Posten 1991 Leif O. Dahl / Claus G. Theilgaard Vendsyssel Tidende 1992 Nils Ufer (posthumous) Weekendavisen 1993 Mikkel Hertz Jyllands-Posten 1994 John Mynderup Dagbladet Børsen 1995 Christian Nordkap / Lars Rugaard / Erik Valeur Danmarks Radio 1996 Henrik Grunnet / Michael Klint TV2 Nordisk Film Broadcast 1997 Poul Brink Danmarks Radio 1998 Tonni Vinkel Sørensen Bagsværd/Søborg Bladet 1999 Søren Funch / Jens Chr. Hansen / Erik Eisenberg Jyllands-Posten 2000 Kim Dahl Nielsen / Kasper D. Borch Jydske Vestkysten 2001 Poul Høi Berlingske 2002 Morten Pihl / Jakob Priess-Sørensen B.T. 2003 Charlotte Aagaard / Jørgen Steen Nielsen / Bo Elkjær Dagbladet Information and Ekstra Bladet 2004 Miki Mistrati / Thomas Stokholm / Jeppe Facius / Anders-Peter Mathiasen Bastard Film and Ekstra Bladet 2005 / Michael Klint Danmarks Radio 2006 Miriam Dalsgaard / Olav Hergel Politiken 2007 Peter Øvig Knudsen - 2008 Morten Crone / Morten Frich / Erik Refner / Jesper Woldenhof Berlingske 2009 Jesper Tynell Danmarks Radio 2010 Lars Nørgaard Pedersen / Asger Westh / Stine Larsen Jyllands-Posten 2011 Ulrik Dahlin / Anton Geist Dagbladet Information 2012 Asbjørn With Nordjyske Medier 2013 Jeppe Gaardboe, Frederik Brun Madsen, Søren Kristensen, Michael Klint og Steen Jensen Danmarks Radio 2014 Morten Pihl Jyllands-Posten 2015 Puk Damsgård Danmarks Radio 2016 Chris Kjær Jessen, Michael Lund / Lars Nørgaard PedersenBerlingske 2017 Camilla Stockmann / Janus Køster-Rasmussen Politiken and DR 2018 Eva Jung / Simon Bendtsen / Michael Lund Berlingske 2019 Tea Krogh Sørensen / Morten Pihl Jyllands-Posten2020Anders Legarth SchmidtPolitiken2021Nagieb Khaja, Jeppe Findalen, Thomas Foght and Magnus MioEkstra Bladet2022Frederik Hugo Ledegaard ThimDR Dokumentar2023Astrid Fischer, Laura Marie Sørensen, Jonas DeiborgDR2024Theis Ehler Molin, Helle Fuusager, Mathias Mencke, Kaare SørensenZetland2025Lasse Skou Andersen, Sebastian Gjerding, Emilie Ekeberg, Nikolaj Houmann Mortensen, Charlotte Aagaard.Danwatch / Information
References Winners - Dansk Journalistforbund