• 1989:
Håkon Stødle (clarinet), from
Porsanger • 1990:
Paul Wåhlberg (flute), from
Gothenburg • 1991:
Tori Stødle (piano), from
Oslo • 1992:
Tove Karoline Knutsen (vocals), from
Torsken • 1993:
Arne Dagsvik (conductor and composer), from
Åfjord • 1994:
Mari Boine (vocals), from
Karasjok • 1995:
Bjørn Andor Drage (composer and
concert organist), from
Saltdal • 1996:
Bjarte Engeset (conductor), from
Ørsta • 1997:
Arne Bjørhei (trumpet), from
Troms • 1998:
Henning Gravrok (saxophone), from
Tovik • 1999:
Geir Jensen (keyboards), from Tromsø • 2000:
Arvid Engegård (violin), from
Bodø • 2001:
Malfred Hanssen (violin), from Bodø • 2002:
Knut Erik Sundquist (double bass), from Tromsø • 2003:
Ingor Ánte Áilo Gaup (
joik and composer), from
Kautokeino • 2004:
Ola Bremnes (
troubadour), from
Svolvær • 2005:
Susanne Lundeng (violin and
fiddle), from Bodø • 2006:
Jan Gunnar Hoff (piano), from Bodø • 2007:
Anneli Drecker (vocals), from Tromsø • 2008:
Ragnar Rasmussen (conductor), from
Vardø • 2009:
Marianne Beate Kielland (
mezzo-soprano), from
Lørenskog • 2010:
Bodvar Moe (double bass & composer), from
Mo i Rana • 2011:
Marit Sandvik (vocals), from
Harstad • 2012:
Inga Juuso (vocals), from Kautokeino • 2013:
Nils Anders Mortensen (piano), from
Flekkefjord • 2014:
Anne-Lise Sollied Allemano (soprano), from Tromsø • 2015:
Ragnar Olsen, (folk singer, songwriter), from Tromsø • 2016:
Ketil Vea and
Sigmund Lillebjerka • 2017:
Terje Nilsen • 2018:
Ragnhild Furebotten • 2019:
Roger Ludvigsen • 2020: Jens Christian Kloster • 2021: Ola Graff == References ==